Dinesh Kumar Katal
I build scalable products using data, AI, and analytics.
Data Analytics, Product Strategy, and Growth.
Building systems that scale—from AI-powered platforms serving 20,000+ users to ML algorithms driving real business outcomes. IIT Kharagpur grad combining technical depth with product thinking. I use data, Python, and AI to ship products that matter.
What I Actually Do
Four areas where I spend my time creating impact
Build Products That Scale
From Beyond Career's platform serving 20,000+ users to ML matchmaking algorithms connecting 400+ teams—I architect end-to-end solutions with 99.9% uptime. At Edupolis, drove 25% enrollment growth through data-driven strategies. Built ATS scoring engine analyzing 2000+ resumes. Product isn't just features—it's measurable impact.
Data-Driven Decision Making
Python, SQL, Power BI—these aren't just tools, they're how I solve problems. Built forex trading system with 85% signal accuracy, expense tracker reducing costs by 30%, and healthcare equity dashboards for 2,585 hospitals. I don't guess—I analyze, model, and optimize. Every decision backed by data, every insight leads to action.
Ship Fast with AI
Can't code without AI—but with AI, I ship production systems solo. NLP models achieving 89% accuracy, computer vision systems processing 1000+ images, ARIMA forecasting for financial optimization. Used BERT, RNN, ANN for gender bias detection (2nd place, 67 teams). AI isn't the future—it's how I work today.
Growth Through Analytics
At Edupolis: 120% brand reach increase, 150% lead boost, 15% CAC reduction. At Beyond Career: improved ATS keyword matching by 45% through funnel analysis. I track user journeys, run cohort analysis, and optimize conversion. Features don't matter if they don't move metrics. I build what grows—measurably.
Proof, Not Promises
Numbers that show what I've actually built and achieved
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Users Served
Beyond Career platform with 99.9% uptime across 50+ API endpoints
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LinkedIn Followers
Active LinkedIn presence with 20K+ followers and 2M+ impressions on posts
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Topmate Mentor
Ranked in Top 5% of mentors with 21+ bookings, earning Curator and People's Choice badges
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Mentee Engagements
Active mentor on Unstop with 85% average attendance and 5.0 rating
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Resumes Analyzed
ATS scoring engine with 60+ criteria, improving candidate scores by 35% via NLP
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National Competition Wins
🥇 Product Design, 🥈 Data Analytics, Finalist ConsultQuiz & more achievements
Work Experience
The roles, projects, and experiences that shaped how I think about building products with data
Founding Member & Product Analytics Lead
Beyond Career
Gurugram, Haryana, India · Remote
April 2025 - Present
Making traditional EdTech smarter with AI-based solutions
- Architected end-to-end product platform scaling to 20,000+ users with 99.9% uptime across 50+ API endpoints
- Built ML matchmaking algorithm analyzing 30+ parameters, facilitating 400+ team formations for competitions
- Developed ATS scoring engine parsing 2,000+ resumes against 60+ criteria, boosting user scores by 35% via NLP
- Led growth analytics tracking user funnels via SQL, improving ATS keyword matching by 45% through data insights
- Curated resource hub with 50+ PM resources and 20+ books, supporting community of 1,000+ students
Finance Research Analyst Intern
Gravitas Masters
Kharagpur, West Bengal, India · Remote
January 2025 - February 2025
Delivered weekly equity insights and financial market analysis
- Analyzed financial market data and economic trends to provide investment recommendations
- Contributed to research reports and presentations with insights on market movements
- Monitored financial news and economic developments for impact assessment on investments
- Uplifted engagement by 35% through data-driven equity research and analytics rigor
- Integrated live data across multiple platforms for comprehensive market analysis
Business Analyst Intern
Edupolis Education Technology Pvt Ltd
Remote
May 2024 - June 2024
Drove marketing campaigns and data-driven growth strategies for EdTech courses
- Amplified brand reach by 120%, leveraging HubSpot CRM and Hootsuite to optimize marketing campaigns across 5 different platforms
- Organized 15 virtual events via Zoom and Eventbrite, resulting in a 150% increase in targeted qualified leads for 10 EdTech courses
- Analyzed market trends using Google Analytics and Power BI tool, boosting course enrollments by 25% through data-driven strategies
- Collaborated in a 10-membered team, achieving 120% of monthly growth sales target and reduced customer acquisition cost by 15%
Teaching Assistant
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
August 2024 - April 2025
Supported academic instruction and student mentorship at IIT Kharagpur
- Assisted professors in course delivery and academic assessment
- Mentored undergraduate students in technical subjects and project guidance
- Conducted doubt-clearing sessions and tutorial classes
- Evaluated assignments and provided constructive feedback to students
Student Mentor
Student Welfare Group, IIT Kharagpur
Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
November 2022 - August 2023
Guided incoming students through academic and social integration
- Guided and supported incoming undergraduate students at IIT Kharagpur, fostering academic and social integration
- Developed personalized mentorship strategies to enhance leadership skills and academic excellence among mentees
- Provided comprehensive orientation and ongoing assistance to new students, addressing academic requirements and campus resources
- Mentored 10+ freshers facilitating smooth transition as primary student support for academic success
Education
Academic foundation and specialized training
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
M.Tech Dual Degree (5 Years)
Mining Engineering (B.Tech + M.Tech)
Integrated Dual Degree program combining undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Mining Engineering with strong focus on data analytics and computational methods
Key Achievements
- Team Captain - Athletics, Nehru Hall of Residence (Bronze Medal in Inter-Hall Athletics)
- 2nd Place - OpenIIT Data Analytics Competition (67 teams, 89% accuracy ML model)
- 1st Place - Product Design General Championship (TIMETINT pharmaceutical innovation)
- Finalist - ConsultQuiz Strategy & Finance Quiz, BITS Mesra
St. Aloysius Senior Secondary School
Central Board of Secondary Education (Class XII)
Science Stream
St. Aloysius Senior Secondary School
Central Board of Secondary Education (Class X)
General
Certifications & Training
Fundamentals of Equity Valuation
365 Financial Analyst
ISRO's AI/ML Certification
ISRO
Machine Learning Specification
Coursera
CS50: Intro to Computer Science
Harvard University (edX)
LangChain for LLM Apps
Online Course
Generative AI for Everyone
Online Course
Github Activity
Some of my public repos, live projects, practice code and small experiments!
Contribution Activity (Last 6 Months)
Featured Projects
realface-ai
Real-time facial recognition system using OpenCV with 95% accuracy across 1000+ images.
expense-tracker
Python-driven expense tracker with ARIMA forecasting model reducing monthly expenses by 30%.
forex-trading-bot
Automated forex trading bot with SMA crossover strategy achieving 85% signal accuracy.
Skills
Learning
Using LLMs
Product Management
Business & Growth
How I Got Here
The journey from mining engineering to building data-driven products that scale
IIT Kharagpur: The Beginning
Started dual degree in Mining Engineering at IIT Kharagpur. Discovered passion for data analytics, coding, and product building through coursework and self-learning.
I joined IIT Kharagpur in December 2020 for a 5-year integrated dual degree in Mining Engineering. While everyone expected me to go into traditional mining roles, I had different plans.
The pivot to tech:
During my first year, I took courses in Probability & Statistics, Computer Organisation, and DBMS. Something clicked—I loved working with data more than rocks. I started learning Python, SQL, and machine learning through online courses (CS50, Machine Learning Specialization) while maintaining my core engineering curriculum.
First technical project:
Built a Healthcare Equity Data Exploration dashboard analyzing 4,000+ hospital records across 5 states using PowerBI and SQL. Created 15 visualizations that revealed 87% of hospitals were non-profit—this sparked my interest in data-driven decision making.
Why this mattered:
I realized I could combine engineering problem-solving with data analytics to build products that actually solve real problems. This wasn't just about code—it was about impact.
Competition Wins: Proving Technical Depth
Secured 2nd place in OpenIIT Data Analytics (67 teams) with 89% accuracy ML model. Won Gold in Product Design competition. Started building real systems.
2022 was when I stopped being a student who codes and became someone who ships products. I competed, I won, and I learned what it takes to build under pressure.
OpenIIT Data Analytics - 2nd Place (67 teams):
Developed an ML model to identify gender bias from 2,000+ pairs of labeled text sentences using advanced NLP techniques. Applied BERT, RNN, and ANN models, achieving 89% accuracy. Beat 65 other teams by focusing on inference quality and stereotype detection—not just accuracy.
Product Design Championship - Gold Medal:
Created TIMETINT, a color-changing label for pharmaceuticals that reduces expired medicine use by 60%. Optimized production cost by 49.7% through market research, reduced legal risks by USD 300 Cr annually, and achieved breakeven projection in 8 years. Learned that great products solve real problems with business viability.
What I learned:
Winning isn't about perfection—it's about understanding the problem deeply and executing fast. These competitions taught me to work with constraints, present complex ideas simply, and build what actually matters.
Building Real Systems: From Theory to Production
Built automated forex trading system (85% accuracy), expense tracker with ARIMA forecasting, and real-time face recognition engine. Shipped production-grade code.
This was my 'learn by building' phase. I stopped taking courses and started shipping. Every project had to solve a real problem—not just look good on a resume.
Automated Forex Trading System (Sept-Oct 2023):
Created an automated forex trading system processing 10,000+ EUR/USD price points daily using yfinance for real-time data acquisition. Executed SMA crossover strategy analyzing 50-day and 200-day moving averages to generate buy/sell signals with 85% accuracy. Optimized API request management, reducing data retrieval latency by 40% and ensuring 90% uptime for real-time monitoring. This taught me production systems aren't about fancy models—they're about reliability.
Personal Expense Tracker with ARIMA (Jan-Feb 2024):
Built a Python-driven expense tracker leveraging ARIMA model to forecast spending patterns and optimize budgets. Designed 20+ dashboards using pandas, seaborn, and matplotlib for transaction analysis. Integrated SQL for data management, generating actionable insights that reduced my monthly expenses by 30%. Learned that the best products solve your own problems first.
RealFace AI: Computer Vision System (Apr-May 2023):
Developed a real-time face recognition system using OpenCV, achieving 95% accuracy across 1,000+ facial images. Implemented Haar Cascades and LBPH algorithms for face detection and feature extraction. Built data pipeline to capture, preprocess, and augment 30 images per subject. This was my introduction to production ML—where accuracy matters, but speed and reliability matter more.
First Real Business Impact: Edupolis Internship
Business Analyst Intern—amplified brand reach by 120%, boosted enrollments by 25%, reduced CAC by 15%. Learned data-driven growth.
May-June 2024: My first role where metrics actually mattered. This wasn't a class project—real money, real customers, real growth targets.
The challenge:
Edupolis Education Technology needed to scale their EdTech courses. I was brought in as a Business Analyst Intern to optimize marketing campaigns and drive enrollment growth across 10 courses.
What I did:
Amplified brand reach by 120% by leveraging HubSpot CRM and Hootsuite to optimize campaigns across 5 platforms. Organized 15 virtual events via Zoom and Eventbrite, resulting in a 150% increase in qualified leads. Analyzed market trends using Google Analytics and Power BI, boosting course enrollments by 25% through data-driven strategies. Collaborated in a 10-member team, achieving 120% of monthly sales target while reducing customer acquisition cost by 15%.
The lesson:
Data without action is useless. I learned to move fast, test hypotheses quickly, and double down on what works. This was my introduction to growth analytics—and I was hooked.
Leadership & Mentorship: Giving Back
Team Captain - Athletics (Bronze Medal), Student Mentor for 10+ freshers, Active mentor on Unstop with 823 engagements and 5.0 rating.
While building products, I realized impact isn't just about code—it's about people. I started mentoring, leading teams, and helping others succeed.
Athletics Team Captain (Jan-Feb 2024):
Strategically managed a team of 21 athletes, aligning training with competitive strategies, securing a bronze medal in inter-hall athletics. Coordinated over 30 training sessions, conducted performance analysis, and led 12 team meetings. Learned that leadership is about bringing out the best in others—not being the best yourself.
Student Welfare Group - Mentoring (Nov 2022 - Aug 2023):
Guided 10+ incoming undergraduate students through academic and social integration at IIT Kharagpur. Developed personalized mentorship strategies to enhance leadership skills and academic excellence. Provided comprehensive orientation and ongoing assistance to new students. This taught me empathy and communication—skills that make you a better product builder.
Unstop Mentor - 823 Engagements, 5.0 Rating:
Became an active mentor on Unstop platform with 823+ mentee engagements and 85% average attendance. Maintained a perfect 5.0 rating by providing actionable career guidance, resume reviews, and interview preparation. Helped students navigate product management, data analytics, and growth roles. Mentorship taught me to think in frameworks—how to break down complex problems and teach others to solve them.
Beyond Career: Building at Scale
Founding Member & Product Analytics Lead—architected platform serving 20,000+ users, built ML matchmaking algorithm, developed ATS scoring engine.
April 2025: I joined Beyond Career as a founding team member. This is where everything came together—product, data, growth, AI. We're making traditional EdTech smarter with AI-based solutions.
What we're building:
Beyond Career is an AI-powered platform helping students navigate careers, find opportunities, and connect with mentors. We're serving 20,000+ users with 99.9% uptime across 50+ API endpoints.
My role & impact:
As Product Analytics Lead, I architected the end-to-end platform infrastructure. Built an ML matchmaking algorithm analyzing 30+ parameters, facilitating 400+ team formations for competitions. Developed an ATS scoring engine parsing 2,000+ resumes against 60+ criteria, boosting user scores by 35% via NLP. Led growth analytics tracking user funnels via SQL, improving ATS keyword matching by 45% through data insights. Created a resource hub with 50+ PM resources and 20+ books, supporting a community of 1,000+ students.
Why this matters:
I'm not just building features—I'm building systems that help people succeed. Every algorithm I write, every dashboard I create, every insight I generate has real impact on real people's careers. This is what I was meant to do: use data, AI, and product thinking to solve problems that matter.
What's next:
We're scaling to 100,000+ users, adding more AI features, and expanding our mentorship network. I'm learning product strategy, growth loops, and how to build teams. The journey from mining engineering student to product builder has been non-linear—but that's exactly what made it worth it.
"The journey from mining engineering student to product builder has been non-linear—but that's exactly what made it worth it."
Let's Connect
I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, collaborations, or just having a great conversation about technology and innovation.