{"id":12623,"date":"2025-12-07T14:29:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T19:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/?p=12623"},"modified":"2025-12-08T11:35:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:35:27","slug":"catching-up-with-sabin-pradhan-16-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/07\/catching-up-with-sabin-pradhan-16-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching Up With Sabin Pradhan \u201916, \u201918"},"content":{"rendered":"

What do free pizza, paper planes and convincing professors to offer extra credit have to do with succeeding as a lead data scientist using artificial intelligence at General Mills, the packaged food giant with a market cap over $30 billion?<\/p>\n

For Sabin Pradhan \u201916, \u201918, it all goes back to his time with the Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s University Physics Club. When he and his friends were struggling to attract more than a handful of attendees to their lectures on astronomy, flight and plasma, they turned to some creative troubleshooting.<\/p>\n

\"photo<\/a>Want people to show up for your astronomy documentary? Pizza. Want to get them thinking about the Wright Brothers? Paper plane contest. Need enough people for a guest lecture? Get a professor to offer extra credit to anyone willing to write a paper on the esoteric topic of plasma science. \u201cWe went from having four people show up to standing room only in Pope Hall,\u201d Pradhan said. \u201cThe sales side of data science is all about asking how I can take something that\u2019s really complex and figure out what really matters to the folks I\u2019m trying to engage with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, that experience helps Pradhan play a key role at General Mills, where he has spent the last five years helping shape the company\u2019s technical direction by using artificial intelligence and machine learning to optimize operations. A highlight was being the recipient of the 2025 AI Momentum Maker Award for building high-value AI pipelines in whitespace domains that unlocked new opportunities for the company. \u201cI spend a lot of time identifying new opportunities within our data,\u201d he said. \u201cA big part of my role is guiding the technical direction to help shape our approach.\u201d<\/p>\n

At a Data Science Showcase held at Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s in December, Pradhan offered students one key piece of advice: Focus less on mastering every technical tool and more on solving meaningful problems. He drew a parallel to his physics courses, where complex math only became valuable when applied to real-world challenges. \u201cThe most difficult math classes I took were my physics classes, because you had to put the tools in context of a problem you\u2019re solving,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Read the full story in the Summer 2025 issue of Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What do free pizza, paper planes and convincing professors to offer extra credit have to do with succeeding as a lead data scientist using artificial intelligence at General Mills, the packaged food giant with a market cap over $30 billion? 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