Sonal Bakiwala

About Sonal Bakiwala

Currently working in remote sensing field with good experience in data science statistics, machine learning, In addition having expertise in, data analytics, visualizations and R programming along with python as well. Advance skills using BI tools like Power BI. Also experienced in Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, NGS data analytics.

Experience

1. Apac Satellite Remote Sensing Lead

   Corteva Agriscience

   Jun 2019 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Currently working as a remote sensing data scientist and leading data science digital Ag efforts for Corteva Agriscience, India-Developing, digital disease portfolio for the Corteva Asia Pacific region-Developed Forecasting method Fall armyworm to help famers mitigate FAW damages in advance using multi sensor data for maize crops in crop classification layer for entire India using deep learning techniques, using microwave sensored satellited data-Developing corn yeild estimation pipeline for entire India-Supporting brown plant hopper risk forecasts for Asia Pacific region in rice-Involved in rice practices classification like DSR and TPR using SAR satellite data sets in collaboration with IRRI, India-Training field scientists for data collection using geo-spatial tools-Working with business leaders to understand and enable the digital Ag business for Asia Pacific region-Established the field data collection protocols and managed the field campaigns in India -Forecasting powdery mildew for grapes farmers and potato late blight for potato using weather data augmented with SAR satellite data and ground data collected through field scientists-Collaborating with external companies and start-ups to attract talent and state-of the-art capabilities related to remote sensing and software developments to Corteva family-Present a talk in IPPC 2019 on \"Spatio-temporal Prediction on FAW in India\"

Education

• University of Pune

  Master's degree

  2009 — 2011

Skills

• Drug Discovery
• Sequencing
• Chemical Engineering
• Microbiology
• Dna Sequencing
• Research
• Sequence Analysis
• Machine Learning
• Gel Electrophoresis
• R
• Lifesciences
• Computational Biology
• Biochemistry
• Molecular Biology
• Cell Culture
• Bioinformatics
• Science
• Statistics
• Molecular Genetics
• Biotechnology
• Protein Purification
• Molecular Modeling
• Life Sciences
• Microsoft Office
• Genomics
• Pcr
• Genetics
• Proteomics
• Dna
• Perl