About Me

MAHESH
DIVAKARAN

✦CDISC VOLUNTEER ✦KERALA POLICE CYBERDOME ✦PHUSE SPEAKER ✦BIOSTATISTICS LECTURER ✦R PACKAGE AUTHOR ✦ISPS LIFE MEMBER ✦CDISC VOLUNTEER ✦KERALA POLICE CYBERDOME ✦PHUSE SPEAKER ✦BIOSTATISTICS LECTURER ✦R PACKAGE AUTHOR ✦ISPS LIFE MEMBER
Mahesh Divakaran

Hi, I'm Mahesh!

I'm a Senior Statistical Programmer and Clinical Data Scientist with close to a decade of experience in clinical data analysis, CDISC standards (SDTM, ADaM), and TLG/TFL generation. I currently work at IQVIA and am pursuing my PhD in Statistics at Amity University, Lucknow.

My work sits at the intersection of statistics, software engineering, and clinical research. I have presented original research at PHUSE US Connect 2023 and PHUSE EU Connect 2021 & 2022, authored peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and built R packages used in production clinical reporting pipelines.

Outside work, I volunteer with the CDISC Open-Source Alliance (COSA) and the Kerala Police Cyberdome. I'm a life member of the Indian Society for Probability and Statistics (ISPS) and hold an NCC B Certificate.

9+Years Exp.
4PHUSE Papers
7Certs
5Conferences
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expertise

Tech Stack

Statistical Programming
R (Advanced) Python (Advanced) SAS Base SAS Macros SAS/STAT R Package Development R Shiny R Markdown
Clinical & Regulatory
CDISC Standards SDTM ADaM TLG / TFL Define.xml FDA XML Submissions CSR & SAP Automation
Pharmaverse
admiral sdtm.oak xportr metacore rtables
Visualization & ML
Tableau Power BI ggplot2 Plotly Survival Analysis NLP / NER Git / GitHub LaTeX
work history

Experience

01
Senior Statistical Programmer
IQVIA RDS Pvt. Ltd. · India
July 2024 – Present
  • Lead R package development and validation for clinical trial reporting
  • Maintain R package catalogue for reproducibility and compliance
  • Drive TLG generation aligned with CDISC and regulatory standards
02
Associate Lead – Clinical Data Analytics
Genpro Research Pvt. Ltd. · Trivandrum, Kerala
April 2023 – July 2024
  • Led R Shiny dashboard development and TFL reporting automation
  • Architected R packages for end-to-end SDTM / ADaM / TFL creation
  • Mentored analysts in open-source clinical reporting tools
03
Part-Time Lecturer in Biostatistics
Gulf Medical University · UAE (Remote)
January 2022 – August 2023
  • Taught Biostatistics covering descriptive statistics, inferential methods, and clinical trial design
04
Data Analyst II → Statistical Programmer I
Genpro Research Pvt. Ltd. · Trivandrum, Kerala
September 2019 – March 2023
  • Converted clinical study datasets to CDISC/SDTM standards across multiple therapeutic areas
  • Developed SAS macro programs for ADaM and TFL generation
  • Generated XML outputs for FDA regulatory submissions
05
Data Scientist
Menerva Software · Cochin, Kerala
February 2019 – November 2019
  • Developed Medical Entity Recognition (Bio-NER) models for insurance data
  • Researched cryptocurrency value forecasting using time-series models
06
Data Scientist / ML Developer
Suyati Technologies · Cochin, Kerala
June 2018 – January 2019
  • Developed ML models for Pricing Intelligence, Sales Forecasting, and CLTV
  • Delivered a webinar on the Buy Till You Die model for CLTV
07
Business Analyst
BRIDGEi2i Analytics Solutions · Bangalore
May 2017 – May 2018
  • Tweet Sentiment Analysis using NLP, contributed to chatbot development
  • Built regression, classification, and dynamic pricing models
academic background

Education

PhD
PhD in Statistics (In Progress)
Amity University · Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
2024 – Present
DPM
Diploma in Project Management
Oxford Home Study Center (OHSC) · Oxford, UK
2023
MSc
M.Sc. in Statistics
Cochin University of Science and Technology · Kerala
2015 – 2017
BSc
B.Sc. in Statistics
Christian College, Kattakada · University of Kerala
2012 – 2015

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