Pradeep

Pizza

There is always space for a slice more! I love pizza. Who doesn’t? If you are in India, PizzaHut and Dominos are two major brands which deliver pizza to home. Often, it tastes more like a topped-up bread. I always wished if they understand how bad their pizza bread is. I made tens of iterationsContinue reading “Pizza”

Veg Chow Mein – Hakka Noodles

Chow mein tastes better when its Indianized to the least. More veggies, less masala! This recipe is all about making a quick authentic chow mein. Ingredients: Hakka Noodles (300 grams) Onion, French Beans, Carrot (orange/red), capsicum Ginger (20 grams) Oil (6 table spoons) Salt, Vinegar (preferably synthetic/ chili), sugar, soy sauce, chili sauce Preparation Time:Continue reading “Veg Chow Mein – Hakka Noodles”

Gobi Paratha (Simplified Version)

Another simple north Indian recipe. Ingredients: Gobi (100-150 grams) Onion (2 medium sized) French Beans (20 grams) Atta (150 grams) Green Chilli (2 pieces) Water (20 ml) Cummins, Coriander, black pepper powder Preparation Time : 30 minutesCooking Time: 15 minutes Step 1 of 4 : The art of making perfect Dough! Parathas are soft whenContinue reading “Gobi Paratha (Simplified Version)”

ChangePoint Detection

Work in progress. I’m looking forward to include offline changepoint detection with its business uses cases, search algorithms, cost functions and implementing it in python

Paneer Paratha (Simplified Version)

Paneer parathas are the most easiest and quickest to make. Here is a simple version of it with ingredients and 4 steps to follow. Ingredients: Paneer (200-240 grams) Onion (3 regular sized) (optional) Green Chillies (2), Cummins, Coriander, black pepper, ajwain powders Atta (150 grams) water, ghee Preparation Time : 30 minutesCooking Time: 15 minutesContinue reading “Paneer Paratha (Simplified Version)”

Combination Creation with Rollup and Cube functions in PySpark

Creating combinations is one of the most common tasks in preprocessing techniques. Remember permutations and combinations in higher school? Yes, these are related. While there are different types of combinations, with and without hierarchies are the most used ones in practice. Lets start simple by taking an example. Consider you have a few categorical variables/DimensionsContinue reading “Combination Creation with Rollup and Cube functions in PySpark”

Minimizing Loan Evasions for a Bank – 2

This is the second part of the Case Study, the first part can be accessed here : Part I Do you remember filling in details while applying for a loan? In which, a blank box ‘description’ is provided to fill in the reason for loan. To my ignorance, I always believed that information was onlyContinue reading “Minimizing Loan Evasions for a Bank – 2”

Email Marketing Efficacy and Business Decisions

Analysis on Email Marketing Campaigns and Analytics to improve business decisions

What’s killing Americans?

This is my first project at University of Chicago – Data Understanding and Preparation program. The idea is to take any descent sized dataset ( with records more than 50,000) and draw meaningful insights. Hence, this would be a open ended challenge. However to start with an idea, I was always curious which deceases haveContinue reading “What’s killing Americans?”

Comprehensive Analysis on Indian Finance Ministers

Finance Ministers’ of 21st century are more influential than the Defense Ministers’! At least in case of India. Every move FMs’ office makes in budgeting, policy making, grants, etc. directly shapes the economy. An individual can see a direct and indirect impact by FMs’ decisions. What if you are an venture capitalist/ looking to expandContinue reading “Comprehensive Analysis on Indian Finance Ministers”