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The Data Stack Show

02: The Importance of Data During a Global Pandemic with Utkarsh Gupta of 1mg

Aug 19, 2020
45:27

In this episode, Kostas Pardalis sits down with Utkarsh Gupta, senior engineer of data science at 1mg, India’s largest online healthcare platform.

Together they discussed 1mg’s data infrastructure, its response to the global pandemic and how data drives their product and their business. Highlights from the show included discussions about:

  • Utkarsh and 1MG’s background (1:32) 
  • 1mg being based on a bedrock of data (4:25)
  • Business analytics (5:33)
  • Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on business (11:40)
  • Description of 1mg’s data stack (16:53)
  • Biggest challenges faced and managing collaboration (27:08)
  • Opinions on open source technology (40:31)

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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