Pranit Pankaj is a Data Scientist at Blackstraw.ai, where expertise includes Azure ML, Snowflake, PowerBI, Databricks, Postgres SQL, hierarchical forecasting, and natural language processing, with tenure starting in September 2021. Prior experience includes working as an Associate Data Engineer at InuAid Solutions and as a Business Technical Analyst focused on machine learning digital solutions for a brief period in June 2020. Notable earlier roles include Project Specialist at SMS Group Inc. from September 2017 to July 2019, managing steel and cement plant projects to enhance resource utilization and profitability, and a summer internship at NTPC Limited in 2015. Educationally, Pranit holds a Master of Technology in Ocean Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (2019-2021) and a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar (2013-2017).