- Published on March 15, 2022
- In AI Features
On the first day of my job, I struggled to even operate a Linux machine: Kaggle Triple GrandMaster Sudalai Rajkumar
"It is hard to get started, but once we are into Kaggling, it is very addictive."
- By Meeta Ramnani
The engineering life of Chennai-based Kaggle Triple Grandmaster Sudalai Rajkumar had its turns. He graduated as a mechanical engineer joined an analytics firm - but in the software team. It was his interest in data science that has made him learn more about the field and master it.
Sudalai Rajkumar is a Competitions, Notebooks and Datasets Grandmaster on Kaggle and is currently working as an AI/ML Advisor for a few start-ups. He was previously with H2O.ai, Freshworks, Tiger Analytics and Global Analytics. Rajkumar also did an Executive program on Business Analytics from IIM Bangalore.
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In an interview with Analytics India Magazine, SRK spoke about his learning about data and machine learning on the job and how keeping the curiosity alive
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Meeta Ramnani
Meeta has completed PGD in Business Journalism from IIJNM, Bangalore. She comes with over six years of experience in journalism and writes about emerging enterprise technologies with a focus on digital transformation. She loves to go on bike rides and stays in touch with nature. Contact: meeta.ramnani@analyticsindiamag.com
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