Avinal Garach

About Me

I have a multifaceted set of skills and interests encompassing data science, healthcare, and sustainable business.

Location

New York City, NY
Johannesburg, South Africa
Education
    New York University
    September 2018 - May 2022
    degree
    Bachelor's
    majors
    Business
    Data Science
    Sustainability Studies
    Jeppe High School For Boys
Work Experience
    NYU Stern School of Business
    Research Assistant
    New York City, NY, United States, 10075
    March 2020 - present
    company
    NYU Stern School of Business
    title
    Research Assistant
    overview
    • Quantitative and qualitative analyses of CPG B Corps and emergent sustainable business strategies • Conducted the collection, cleaning, and analysis of UPC and GTIN datasets • Training/testing set development for machine-learning algorithm in R (R Studio) • Algorithmic assessment of crowdsourced micro-lending habits on the Kiva.org platform • Analysis of state-level executive response to COVID-19, using SafeGraph geotag dataset
    Chimera Tech (Pty) Ltd
    Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
    Johannesburg, GT, South Africa
    December 2017 - present
    NYU Stern School of Business
    Software Development Intern
    New York City, NY, United States, 10075
    March 2018 - June 2018
Passion

Entrepreneurial approaches to emerging technology. Modernizing strategies with sustainable alternatives for long-term financial & societal value.

Skills
Languages
AfrikaansEnglish
Technical skills
pythonsqlstata
Skills
ConsultingResearchWriting Skills
Volunteer
    Even Ground
    January 2018 - July 2018
Leadership
    NYU Leadership Initiative
    Leadership Fellow
    September 2020 - May 2021
Hobbies
Reading
Yoga
Tennis