As a child, I always admired writers, I dreamt of becoming a writer then. However, back then, career choices were often dictated by our strongest academic subjects. I was very good at mathematics and joined Engineering at CET (College of Engineering, Trivandrum). Over time, my childhood aspiration of writing faded, and I found myself exclusively reading engineering-related books.

Days turned into months and years. I continued my education and took a Master’s degree in Engineering from NIT, Calicut. It was during my graduate days I fell in love with Statistics. The major chunk of my thesis work consisted of data collection and analysis and I used Multiple linear regression for statistical modelling.

I started my career as a research assistant at Bangalore University in the Department of Transportation. As I was climbing the career ladder, I was getting different experiences mainly in the areas of software development, business analysis, Production support, and data analysis.

My coding journey commenced with languages such as Fortran, C, C++, SQL, PL/SQL, Java, and Python, among others. In the early years, I coded using Text editors, but the advent of IDEs was a game-changer. I’m enthusiastic about continuously learning new techniques in a challenging and fast-paced environment.

During my Software Engineer days, I got the opportunity to create the design documents both preliminary and detailed design documents. Later, I was leading the requirement gathering team and was responsible for the functional documentation at the client’s location. As a senior project officer at IIT-Madras, I was doing traffic data analysis and making meaningful reports out of it.

After working in the IT industry for more than 15 years, I decided to take a sabbatical. As I am/was always curious about learning new things, I learned how to start a blog and started blogging.

But I have always been a techie and the life away from my IT career didn’t stop me from learning anything technical. I have always had an interest in data analysis. Creating stories by analyzing and visualizing the patterns fascinates me. So I joined Coursera and learned Machine learning, Python, R Programming, and Tableau.

I have done a post-graduate program in machine learning and AI. Even though I am still learning, I thought it would be beneficial to share my notes and scribblings here. These notes are based on my own learning, and my attempt to articulate my understanding. If there are errors in my understanding, please feel free to correct me so that we can all learn together in the process. Click here to view my blog page.

I really enjoy reading and comprehending research papers about the subjects that spark my interest! In my blog, Advanced Transport Analytics, I provide concise summaries of the recent research papers published in the field of intelligent transport systems.

I once believed that my passion for writing and my inclination towards technical subjects were like two parallel lines, never to meet. But now, I see them as two dots that I can seamlessly connect through technical articles!

Happy Learning!