Open to Summer 2027 internships

DikshanChhikara

Data science, business systems, analytics

I analyze operational data with SQL, Python, and Power BI, turn business requirements into working systems, and present what I find to technical and business audiences.

About

I like finding out how things actually work, then making them simpler.

I'm a data science student at Lake Forest College, studying computer science with a business minor, and I play tennis for the college.

Most of what I build starts with a conversation rather than a dataset. I'd rather spend a morning with the person who runs a process, asking what actually slows them down, than guess at it from a spreadsheet afterwards. The software comes second, and it's usually smaller than people expect.

Lake Forest College

Lake Forest, IL · Expected May 2028

B.A. Data Science · Computer science concentration · Business minor

GPA 3.67 · Dean's List, Spring 2025

Projects

Chicago 311

Python · SQL · Power BI

An analytics pipeline over 7 million city service requests, built to find out how the system was really performing.

More than half the logged volume turned out to be activity that was never dispatched, which made resolution times look far better than they were. Correcting for it revealed 94,522 requests sitting untouched for over ninety days.

Source

KenZen Labs

Next.js · TypeScript · OpenAI

Software for small businesses that are still run on spreadsheets and group chats.

The first product, EventOS, handles everything a wedding planner juggles — invitations, RSVPs, guest lists, seating, schedules. It's live and in pilot use, and I'm extending the same idea to real estate.

kenzenlab.com Source

Finance Dashboard

Python · Pandas · Streamlit

Drop in a bank export and see where the money went. It learns what normal spending looks like for you, so it flags the charges that genuinely stand out.

Open app Source

J.P. Morgan — Forage

Java · REST · Kafka

A backend simulation of how a trading team actually ships: adding endpoints and a live data stream to a service that already existed.

Experience

Business Systems Analyst Intern

Norplex-Micarta · Postville, IA · Summer 2026

A factory floor running 200–300 work orders a week, tracked on paper. I interviewed the maintenance team, mapped how the work really flowed, and found where things were falling through.

Then I built the replacement — dashboards for technicians, managers, and admins, with shift assignment, labor timers, and full history. Eleven technicians piloted it.

Data Analyst Intern

EuroKids Preschool · New Delhi · Summer 2025

Attendance, enrollment, and tuition records for over a hundred students, audited and rebuilt into reports the administration used to spot trends and plan ahead.

Investment Analyst

The Fund, Drew University · Madison, NJ · 2024 — 2025

Researched companies and pitched them to the committee. Four of my recommendations went into a $60k+ student-run portfolio.

Skills

Data and analytics
SQL · Power BI · DAX · Excel · Pandas · Plotly
Business and process
Requirements gathering · Process mapping · Workflow automation · KPI reporting
Programming
Python · TypeScript · JavaScript · Java · Next.js · React · Node.js
AI and tools
OpenAI GPT API · LangChain · REST APIs · Git · Vercel
Languages
English · Hindi

Contact

Looking for a Summer 2027 internship in data, analytics, or business systems.