Who can apply
India-linked, hands-on AI builders under 40 who shipped meaningful production impact in the past 18 months — across startups, enterprises and GCCs.
MLDS 2027 · Awards · Est. 2019
The AIM 40 Under 40 AI Builders Awards honour India's
engineers shipping AI into production.
Earlier called the 40 Under 40 Data Scientists Awards. Presented on stage at MLDS 2027.
Editions08
Honorees300+
Age cap40
Eligibility
For the builders shipping AI into production
How we choose
A weighted rubric scoring production impact, technical depth, scale and reliability, open source signal, business outcomes and peer endorsements.
40 Under 40 · MLDS
Hall of Honor
Evaluation · The weighted rubric
How the jury scores every nomination
01 / 03
Production impact
Systems shipped and running in the real world — not prototypes, not pilots, not slideware.
02 / 03
Technical depth
Rigour of the engineering behind the work: scale, reliability, and open source signal.
03 / 03
Business outcomes
Measurable results for users and the organisation, backed by peer endorsements.
GalleryMoments from the stage
A night of recognition.
Glimpses from past Minsky Awards — honoring the visionaries shaping India's AI landscape.
Hall of Honor
Eight editions of honorees
The practitioners who have shaped how India builds with AI — recognised year after year.
38 honorees
Aaditya Raghavendran
Vertical Head & Associate Director – Retail & Marketplaces, LatentView Analytics
Ajith K P
VP – Principal Applied Scientist, Kotak 811
Amit R Shah
Delivery Unit Head, MathCo
Arijit Mallick
Senior Manager – AI and Emerging Technologies, Merkle Inc
Arindam Roy
Vice President – Client Partner, Gramener (A Straive Company)
Arti Mishra
Senior Manager – Decision Scientist, Enterprise Analytics, Tesco Business Solutions
Arpit Kapoor
Senior Staff Data Scientist, ServiceNow
Ankush Chopra
Senior Director – AI Center of Excellence, Tredence Analytics Solutions
Ayushman Gupta
Senior Manager, Genpact
Charchit Bahl
Vice President, EXL Services
Chiranjeev Patidar
Principal Data Scientist, Franklin Templeton Investments Management
Deep Srivastava
Data Science Expert, SAP Labs India
Dhairya Badiyani
Director – Technology Enablement (AI), Riveron
Divyanshu Shekhar
AI Practice Head, Bajaj Auto Credit Limited
Dr. Daisy Das
Manager Data Scientist, State Bank of India
Gaurav Nagar
Co-Founder and Senior Director – Engineering, Acceldata
Hema Durairaj
Senior Data Scientist, Publicis Sapient
Karan Sindwani
Senior Applied Scientist, Amazon Web Services
Lakshmi Devi Prakash
Vice President – Applied AI ML Lead, JP Morgan Chase & Co
Murari Ramuka
Senior AI Technologist, Microsoft
Nikhil Gundawar
Director of Analytics and Insights, Slice
Pragati Chopade
Data Scientist Lead, Johnson Controls
Prerit Khandelwal
Director – Product Analytics, Razorpay
Ranjani Subramaniam
Data Analytics & System Manager, Shell Engineering
Shital Patil
AI Expert, Robert Bosch Middle East Dubai
Shrutorsi Nundy
Vice President – Global Data Science & GenAI for Citi Wealth, Citi
Siddhesh
Technical Product Manager, Mastercard
Soumitra Chatterjee
Senior Manager – Applied AI POD, Dentsu Global Services
Sunny Manchanda
Director, DRDO Young Scientist Laboratory – Artificial Intelligence, Bangalore
Suvro Shankar Ghosh
Head- AI Solution (MFCWL), Mahindra Group
Sweta Singh
Senior Manager- Data Science & AI, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Swati Upadhyaya
Principal – Consulting, IQVIA
Swarnendu Bhattacharya
Senior Manager, Unilever
Taniya Ghosh
Senior Engineering Manager – AI, Salesforce India
Vidya Lakshmy
Manager – Data Science, Optum (UHG)
Vinay Kumar
Director DS, Tiger Analytics India Consulting
Vishal Nagpal
Director of AI and Data, Best Buy
Vivek Parihar
Head of Engineering & CISO, Purplle.com
Submit nominationsPresented at MLDS 2027
Winner voices
What the honorees say
“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.”
Jitendra Gupta
Baker Hughes
“Honoured to have received the #40under40 Data Scientists award. Got a chance to meet a lot of folks in the industry and connect with them.”
Sudalai Rajkumar — SRK
Growfin.ai
“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
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