PORTFOLIO / 2026

Esha Roy

Data Scientist

Working across Applied AI, Machine Learning and Agentic AI systems.

IISc Bangalore · Industry AI · Published research

Esha Roy standing outdoors by the waterfront
Data Scientist · Applied AI / ML

Research-led machine learning,
put to work.

I began in engineering, moved into simulation-driven research at IISc, and found the part I liked most: building models that are useful and explainable. That foundation now shapes how I approach production data science and AI systems.

  1. 01EngineeringIIEST Shibpur
  2. 02ResearchIISc Bangalore
  3. 03Machine LearningPrediction · Explainability · Evaluation
  4. 04Applied AIIndustry systems · Agentic AI

Work that moved from a model
to a usable system.

Sanitized professional case studies — no proprietary source code, client data or internal confidential details.

I built an in-house, pip-installable Python evaluation library for LangGraph-based agents. A project only needs a lightweight agent configuration and a golden-script file describing expected tools, expected outputs and where in the interaction those tools should trigger.

The library runs the evaluation workflow, prints metric values in the terminal and generates output files — removing repetitive evaluation setup across internal agent projects.

Evaluates
Tool accuracy, redundant tool behaviour, tool-call rate, safety / PII, helpfulness-oriented LLM checks and latency.
Method
Golden-script scenarios, tool-call validation and LLM-as-judge style checks.
Current scope
Implemented for LangGraph, with a design that can be extended to other agent frameworks.
Impact
Reduced repeated evaluation work for teams building and testing agentic applications.

For CollateralIQ, I developed an XGBoost regression model using roughly 30,000 historical auction records to support construction-equipment and commercial-asset valuation.

The model combines asset age, usage, make/model, geography and market features to generate valuation ranges that support — rather than replace — underwriter judgement.

30Khistorical auction records
0.92R² achieved
~9%median absolute percentage error
1 mo.delivery cycle
Outcome
A more structured, data-driven baseline for collateral review and less repetitive manual valuation effort.

I engineered multi-scale temporal features from high-frequency electricity-consumption data, then applied UMAP and KMeans to segment premises by behavioural consumption patterns.

Approach
Temporal feature engineering → dimensionality reduction → behaviour-based clustering.
Validation
Variance-ratio analysis to assess separation rather than accepting clusters at face value.

EARLIER APPLIED AI / NLP

Systems before the current chapter.

01

Adaptive health-profile chatbot

Dialogflow CX decision trees with Gemini APIs for personalized onboarding from structured user inputs.

02

Supplier & product data pipelines

Python NLP extraction, standardization and matching across CSV, Excel and PDF inputs.

03

Offline RAG assistant

Llama + RAG information retrieval for business-continuity knowledge in an offline setup.

04

Risk analytics prototypes

Reconciliation, transaction-pattern analysis, anomaly detection and fraud-risk screening.

M.TECH THESIS / IISc BANGALORE / 2023

From engineering simulation
to explainable ML.

Explainable Machine Learning Model for Uplift Capacity Prediction in Anchor Foundation Using XGBoost-SHAP, Meta Model and Reliability Analysis.

Under the guidance of Prof. G. L. Sivakumar Babu, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science.

0.984XGBoost R²
unreinforced case
0.991Meta-model R²
unreinforced case
~23%uplift capacity gain
with reinforcement in evaluated case

METHOD / PIPELINE

  1. 01
    3D FLAC SimulationNumerical modelling & validation
  2. 02
    Latin Hypercube Sampling400 generated datasets — 200 reinforced, 200 unreinforced
  3. 03
    XGBoostUplift-capacity prediction
  4. 04
    SHAP ExplainabilityFeature attribution and sensitivity
  5. 05
    Reliability AnalysisMonte Carlo probabilistic assessment
P

SPRINGER NATURE / PUBLISHED 29 APRIL 2025

Prediction and Sensitivity Analysis of Reinforced Anchor Foundations Using XGBoost-SHAP Machine Learning Algorithm

International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering · Volume 11 · Article 27

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Experience

  1. Moative

    Data Scientist

    Agent evaluation · collateral intelligence · time-series ML
  2. Evonence India Pvt Ltd

    Jr. AI / ML Engineer

    Conversational AI · NLP extraction & matching
  3. Ascent Risk and Resilience

    Artificial Intelligence Engineer — Product Development

    Offline RAG · anomaly / fraud-risk prototypes

Education

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / BANGALORE

M.Tech · Geotechnical Engineering

Oct 2021 — Aug 2023 · CGPA 7.4 / 10

Audited coursework in Computing for AI & Machine Learning and Data Science for Smart City Applications.
IISc convocation group photograph
Indian Institute of Science · Convocation

IIEST SHIBPUR

Integrated Dual Degree

Engineering and Water Resources; Engineering and Management

Jun 2014 — Jun 2019 · CGPA 7.17 / 10

NABADWIP WRIHANSHI FOUNDATION

Technology is only one
part of the work.

I am an active core member of a small volunteer team that supports children through education assistance and weekly tuition, and provides regular essentials to elderly people in need.

~80children supported
22–25elderly people supported regularly
10–12core volunteers

In one emergency, I mobilized approximately ₹1.5 lakh within 3–4 days through direct outreach to support an urgent surgery for a 12-year-old child. The treatment was completed successfully and she recovered.

Theatre, painting
and the spaces between.

Former General Secretary of Les Thespian — IIEST Drama Society, Core Committee Member of REBECA Annual Cultural Festival, and Core Member of SCAGE creative arts society.

Participated in the 34th National Theatre Festival at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, associated with the bilingual street play ATM.

Poster for the bilingual street play ATM at the 34th National Theatre Festival
34th National Theatre Festival · ATM
Stage performance scene
Stage performance
Theatre production scene
Theatre production

SELECTED ARTWORK

Painting · Sketching · Visual practice
Hand-painted portrait artwork on a red card
Illustration
Colourful architectural painting
Architecture study
Expressive painted portrait
Portrait study
Pencil portrait sketch
Pencil portrait

MACHINE LEARNING

XGBoost · SHAP · Predictive Modeling · Feature Engineering · Model Validation · Regression / Classification · Clustering · UMAP · Time Series

AGENTIC AI / LLMs

LangGraph · RAG · LLM Evaluation · LLM-as-Judge · Safety / PII Evaluation · Agent & Tool Evaluation

DATA / NLP

Python · Pandas · NumPy · scikit-learn · NLP · API Integration · Data Cleaning · Error Analysis

FOUNDATIONAL

TensorFlow / Keras · Statistics & Probability · Data Visualization

Let’s make the next
problem interesting.

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