Recognizing Young Data Scientists in India

40 Under 40 Data Scientists

40Under40 is an attempt towards recognizing the leading data scientists in India who have successfully transformed data into meaningful insights. The award recognizes India’s young Data Scientists and leaders who are supporting the growth of analytics in their organisation, have deep industry and analytics expertise and are addressing the insights gap for clients by addressing their most complex challenges.

This prestigious award brings together the brightest leaders in the Data Science field in India and celebrates their achievements. These young scientists are the driving force behind the Data Science field in India and it’s their vision that is shaping the Indian Analytics Landscape. This award recognizes and distinguishes the data scientists, the real innovators and achievers of analytics industry and separates them from the rest of the crowd. Nominees are carefully reviewed and selected by our team of editors and industry veterans.

2025 Nominations closed

Winners will be recognized at the annual MLDS in Bangalore.

40Under40 award recognizes and celebrates dynamic data science leaders who, through their unique analytics strategies are delivering tangible business impact and have fostered a data-native culture. As data scientists, these visionaries are creating an environment that is inspiring and innovative.

These individuals — the most prominent data scientists in the industry have demonstrated considerable expertise in implementing Analytics in innovative ways to drive business insights and enable growth.

Nominations for 40Under40 can be submitted by individuals, CXOs, head of Analytics, internal or external PR representatives. After being reviewed by our editors, each application would be evaluated by a jury comprising of industry experts, academicians, business heads and CAO’s.

For the 40Under40 award, nominees should be currently serving as Data Scientist and have at least 5 years of experience. Along with significant career accomplishments, the individual inducted into the awards would have delivered substantial business impact, technology vision and inspirational leadership. S/he would have demonstrated expertise in building new business models based on data assets, significantly advance the data scientist role, create a positive influence on the analytics ecosystem in India and contributed to the growth of analytics industry in India.

40 under 40 data scientist Winners

40 under 40 data scientists awards

40Under40 is an attempt towards recognizing the leading data scientists in India who have successfully transformed data into meaningful insights.

2025 nominations are OPEN.

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Truly honored to be recognized as one of the top 40 under 40 data scientists from Analytics India Magazine. This award is a testament to the hard work and dedication that I have put into my craft, and I am grateful to have the opportunity to share my passion for data science with others.

Jitendra Gupta

Baker Hughes

Honoured to have received the #40under40 Data Scientists award in #MLDS2023 yesterday. Thank you Analytics India Magazine for the event. Got a chance to meet a lot of folks in the industry and connect with them.

Sudalai Rajkumar - SRK

Growfin.ai

Thank you Analytics India Magazine for honouring me with the #40under40 data scientists award at #mlds2023 It was a great experience to connect and learn from experts in data science. Really enjoyed talking about ‘Solving business problems with computer vision’ in the midst of a fantastic audience.

Praveen Jesudhas

Tiger Analytics

Honored to be among recipients who received #40under40 Data Scientist 2023 in #MLDS. Analytics India Magazine, Bhasker Gupta kudos to you and entire team for hosting event and great management of the entire event providing opportunity and platform to meet and connect with lot of bright minds.

Rahul Pandey

Course5i

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