MLDS 2027 · Awards since 2019
AIM 40 Under 40 AI Builders Awards
Honouring India’s engineers shipping AI into production. Earlier called the 40 Under 40 Data Scientists Awards, it is presented on stage at MLDS 2027.
- Editions
- 8
- 2019–2026
- Builders honoured
- 305
- Named on this page
Source and footnote
About this numberNamed honorees, 2019–26. The awards page says 300+; a few names may repeat across years. - Age cap
- 40
- Under 40

Eligibility
For the builders shipping AI into production
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.
How we choose
A weighted rubric scoring production impact, technical depth, scale and reliability, open source signal, business outcomes and peer endorsements.

Judging
How the jury scores every nomination
The weighted rubric, in three parts.
Production impact
Systems shipped and running in the real world — not prototypes, not pilots, not slideware.
Technical depth
Rigour of the engineering behind the work: scale, reliability, and open source signal.
Business outcomes
Measurable results for users and the organisation, backed by peer endorsements.
Hall of Honour
8 editions of honorees
The practitioners who have shaped how India builds with AI, recognised year after year. Pick a year to see every name.
2026 · 40 Under 40 AI Builders · 38 honorees
2019 · 40 Under 40 Data Scientists
36 honorees
- Saurabh KhannaVice President at Bank Of America
- SenthilSenior data scientist at Cholamandalam investment and finance ltd
- Jacob JosephLead Data Scientist at Clevertap
- Zabi Ulla SSr. Director – Advance Analytics & Data science at Course5 Intelligence
- Satya Gautam VadlamudiHead of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at CreditVidya
- Navneet KumarManager at Cvent
- Ravi ShuklaSenior Advisor, Data Science, GBS Performance Analytics Group at Dell EMC
- Saurabh KumarLead Data Scientist at DXC Technology
- Ruble JosephAssociate Vice President – Lead, Advanced Analytics Center of Excellence at eClerx
- Shibsankar DasSenior Lead Data Scientist at Envestnet | Yodlee
- Chirag JainAssistant Vice President at Genpact
- Asadullah AnsariHarman International Industries, Inc
- Sunil D PatilSenior Data Scientist at IBM India
- Avi PatchavaVice President – Data Sciences and Machine Learning at InMobi Technologies Pvt. Ltd
- Deepika GoelDirector at JLT Group
- Shantanu BhattacharyyaData Scientist at Locus
- Pradeepta MishraChief Data Scientist at Lymbyc Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
- Sonny LaskarAssociate Director – Automation & Analytics at Microland
- Rahul GuptaAssociate Vice President & Head- Pricing & Data Science at OYO
- Dr. Sunil Kumar VuppalaPrincipal Scientist at Philips Research India
- Akshay KulkarniSenior Data Scientist at Sapient
- Sanjeev SharmaFounder, Director and CEO at Swaayatt Robots
- Dr. Indrajit MandalHead, Cognitive Centre of Excellence, Cognitive Business Operations, TCS at Tata Consultancy Services
- Shrey SrivastavaManager – Marketing Analytics at Uber (India)
- Jayanta PalStaff Data Scientist at Zendrive Technologies
- Rajat NarangDirector, Absolutdata Labs at Absolutdata Research and Analytics Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
- Pawan GuptaCo founder and CEO at Betterhalf.ai
- Dipyaman SanyalFounder-CEO at dono consulting
- Abhay Kumar JhaHead of Analytics at Indiabulls Consumer Finance Limited
- Viswanath Reddy (Vishy)Head of Innovation at Tibil Solutions
- Aswani YeraguntlaDirector – Analytics Solutions & Platforms at Tiger Analytics
- Ranajoy BoseSolution Engineering Manager at Oracle
- D. BinuManaging Director at Resbee Info. Technologies Pvt. Ltd
- Sanjay ThawakarVice President at Max Life Insurance
- Manish KhandelwalEngineering Manager – Data Science at MiQ Digital Ltd
- Raj KogantiHead-Data, Analytics & Pricing at Acko General Insurance Ltd Krupal Modi – Machine Learning Head at Haptik Ashwini Agrawal – Director at BRIDGEi2i Analytics Solutions Raman Shrivastava – CEO and AI Lead at Marax AI Inc
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2020 · 40 Under 40 Data Scientists
39 honorees
- Mary EapenAssociate Manager, Analytics at Absolutdata Research & Analytics Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
- Indrajit karManager-Tech sol plan and Enablement manager at Accenture
- Madhav KaushikAVP, Client Solutions and Products at Analyttica Datalab K V
- Vijay GirishTechnical Lead at Belong
- Aashish PrakashManaging Director at BlackRock
- Deepika sandeepSenior Program Manager – AI and ML at BLP Clean Energy
- Arjun V ShenoyDirector – Solutions at BRIDGEi2i Analytics Solutions
- Rajesh DevasiaDirector Advanced Analytics at Course5 Intelligence
- Deepak Chandrakant PatilData Scientist at Envestnet|Yodlee
- Sai Hareesh AnamandraSenior Data Scientist at Global AI Accelerator at Ericsson Global India Pvt Ltd
- Archana SManager at EY
- Bhavesh BhattData Scientist at Fractal Analytics
- Prakash SelvakamarAssistant Vice President at Genpact
- Ankur ShahCloud Analytics Architect / Manager at IBM
- Samarth BharadwajResearch Scientist at IBM Research India
- Krishna Kumar TiwariArchitect at InMobi
- Vibhuti AgrawalDirector – Product Management at Innovaccer Analytics Pvt. Ltd.
- James MacwanManager – Analytics at JSW Steel Limited
- Pradeepta MishraLead Technical Architect- AI at L&T Infotech
- Dr. Sunil Kumar ChinnamgariGM – Engineering Innovation at Maersk Technology Center
- Prathamesh Prakash KarmalkarPrincipal Data Scientist & India Lead – NLP, Text Analytics & AI at Merck Life Sciences
- Aparna KulkarniSenior Manager, Data Science at Michelin India Private Limited
- Biddappa MuthappaManager – Data Science at MIQ digital India
- Ritesh Mohan SrivastavaAssociate Director – Data Sciences at Novartis USA
- Shrey SrivastavaSenior Manager – Data Science at OYO
- Abhishek KumarSenior Manager, Data Science at Publicis Sapient
- Anish AgarwalDirector – Data & Analytics at Royal Bank of Scotland
- Sibanjan Debeeprasad DasData Scientist at ServiceNow
- Vijay Pravin MaharajanData Analytics Expert at Siemens Germany
- Karan ShahDirector – Analytics at Swiggy
- Srivatsa KanchibotlaSenior Partner at TheMathCompany
- Karthik RagunathanDirector – Data Science at Tiger Analytics
- Shashikiran PBPrincipal, Supply Chain at Tredence Inc
- Abhinav BhatnagarData Scientist, Lead at Truecaller
- Anubhav SrivastavaHead – Data Sciences and Analytics, Digital Ventures at Viacom18 Media
- Dr. Prakash PKSAssociate Principal at ZS Associates
- Suvadip ChakrabortyLead Assistant Vice President, Analytics at HSBC
- Asadullah AnsariSenior Engineering Manager at Harman International Industries, Inc
- Manish BajpaiManager (Analytics and Insights) at TCS
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2021 · 40 Under 40 Data Scientists
40 honorees
- Abhishek SanwaliyaPractice Lead – Data Science at Maersk
- Aditya AgarwalAdvanced Analytics – Practice Lead at Abzooba
- Aman GargHead of Analytics at Vodafone Shared Services
- Amit SachanAssistant Vice President at Jio Platforms Limited
- Arul FrancisEngagement Manager at Shell
- Ashish KumarSenior director -AI research at Reliance Jio digital services (Jio Haptik)
- Ashish Ranjan SinghVice President – Customer Engineering at Innovaccer Analytics Private Limited
- Bala Gangadhar Thilak AdiboinaSenior Member- Data Science at Verizon
- Deepanshu MalhotraDirector at Swiggy
- Dipanjan SarkarData Science Lead at Applied Materials
- Dr. Indrajit MandalHead of Data Science at Tata Consultancy Services
- Harsha GurulingappaText Analytics Lead Scientist at Merck KGaA
- Hemant PalivelaHead of AI and machine learning at eClerx Services
- James MacwanManager – Analytics at JSW Steel Limited
- Kamal KumarHead of Analytics and Data Engineering at Tata Cliq
- Kartik PatelHead – Insurance Analytics & Products at TransUnion CIBIL
- Kiran RokkamDirector – Data Science at Tiger Analytics
- Lavi NigamData Scientist at Gartner
- Manikandan JeevaAsst Vice President at Genpact India
- Mihir PunjabiSolutions Director Architect – Edge Intelligence at Capgemini
- Muthumari SAssociate Director, Analytics at Brillio Technologies
- Mythili KrishnanVice President (Analytics advisory senior manager) at Accenture
- Nitin AggarwalTechnical PM, Cloud AI at Google
- Nitish PalapartiBusiness Analytics Specialist at Microsoft
- Parikshit NagCountry Manager, Data Science at Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
- Piyush GuptaHead of Intelligence at PayU Finance India Pvt Ltd
- Pooja AggarwalAdvisory Research Scientist at IBM Research India
- Sandeep EarayilVice President – Head of Machine Learning and Quantitative Analytics at Credit Suisse
- Sanjay ShuklaDirector – Data Science, Media and Customer Engagement at Dunnhumby
- Satyen AbrolPrincipal Research Scientist at Rakuten India
- Sayanti BhattacharyaSenior Manager at Ugam, a Merkle company
- Sharmistha ChatterjeeSenior Manager, Data Sciences at Publicis Sapient
- Shrutendra HarsolaSr Machine Learning Scientist at Intuit India
- Suguna JayarajSenior Manager- Predictive Modelling at AIG Analytics & Services Private Limited
- Sumit BhatiaSenior Research Scientist at IBM Research India
- Swapnil SrivastavaVice President & Global Head of Analytics at Evalueserve
- Swapnil TambiDirector AI & ML (Head) at BNY Mellon
- Vartul MittalTechnology & Innovation Specialist
- Vibhu SrivastavaAssistant Vice President, AI Works at Max Life Insurance
- Vikram KhuranaHead of Data at Times Internet Gaana
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2022 · 40 Under 40 Data Scientists
40 honorees
- Aditya UpadhyaySenior Manager at Walmart
- Akhil BehlHead of Data Science, North America at Fractal.ai
- Alka PandeyManager Data Scientist at Schneider Electric
- Amarjeet KaurSr. Data Scientist at Health.JIO, RIL
- Amit GuptaDirector, Consumer International, CVM and Head CoE Advanced Analytics at Etisalat
- Anish Abhay ParulekarHead of Data Science, AI and Personalization CoE at Axis Bank
- Ankit JainTech Lead, Machine Learning at Meta (Facebook)
- Ankit SirmoryaSenior Machine Learning Engineer at Amazon services inc
- Ankur JainVice President at Macquarie
- Arjun BeriVice President, Corporate Model Risk & Advanced Analytics at Wells Fargo
- Arpita PaulConsultant at Hansa Cequity (Hansa Customer Equity Private Limited)
- Ashwin Kumar SHead of Data Science Solutioning at TheMathCompany Inc.
- Aswini Nath Roy ThotaPrincipal Data Scientist/ Data Scientist V at Bose Corporation
- Bharath Kumar BollaSenior Data Scientist at Salesforce
- Bidisha PaulDirector, Insights and Analytics at Microsoft
- Brijraj SinghResearch Scientist at Sony Research India
- Darpan JainVice President at EXL Services
- Rajan GuptaVP – Research & Analytics at Analyttica Datalab
- Govind Rajith CheramkalamSenior Manager – Measurement and Analytics at AstraZeneca
- Himali BhasinApplied data science manager at Dunnhumby India
- Karan OberoiAdvanced Lead Engineer – Fleet Management at General Electric – Aviation
- Komal SandhuSenior Manager at Genpact
- Kushal MukherjeeStaff Data Scientist at Rakuten India Private Limited
- Mamta Aggarwal RajnayakManaging Director at Accenture Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
- Indrajit MitraAssociate Director at Deloitte
- Natalia LyarskayaChief Data Officer at ZestMoney
- Nilanjan MukhopadhyayVice President at HSBC
- Nitin GuptaManager 2 – Data Science and Analytics at Transunion
- Pavan NanjundaiahHead of Solutions at Tredence Inc.
- Praneet DuttaMachine Learning Research Engineer at Google DeepMind
- Prithvi KolaparthySr. Manager, Analytics at Ugam, a Merkle company
- Rajesh ParvathiniDirector – Data Science at Tiger Analytics
- Rajkumar JSenior Research analyst at Toshiba software india
- Ria NagData scientist III (Lead data scientist) at Oracle
- Sattwati KunduSr. Data Scientist and WW Data Science Manager at IBM India Software Labs
- Shashank ShekharHead – AI Labs at Subex Inc
- Shuddha Satwa HaldarHead of Analytics at Swiggy
- Suranjana SamantaAdvisory Researcher at IBM Research India
- Swadeep SinghDirector Data Science at Optum
- Venkat RaghavanAssociate Director – Analytics at Tesco
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2023 · 40 Under 40 Data Scientists
39 honorees
- Aakash KathuriaGeneral Manager/Head – Business Growth, Lenskart
- Abhilash SurendranAssistant Vice President, Insights and Analytics – Merkle
- Abhishek MishraVice President – Senior Manager of Analytics, MarshMclennan
- Aditya DuraiDelivery Unit Head at Math Company
- Aditya Kumar PalAssociate Director – Head of Artificial Intelligence, Lendingkart
- Anurodh Kumar GuptaHead Data Science Compliance – Societe Generale Global Solution Centre
- Dr Anusuya KirubakaranLead Assistant Vice President – HSBC
- Arvind JayakumarDirector of Technology, Artificial Intelligence – Springer Nature Group
- Ashwini ChandrashekharaiahSenior Manager – Walmart Global Tech India
- Balaji JaganAssociate Manager – Data Science (NLP), Allstate India
- Deekshant SaxenaGlobal Director – Software Engineering, AI & ML, research, HERE Technologies
- Deepak SinghPrincipal – Analytics, Dr. Reddy’s
- Deepika KaushalDeputy Vice President – Piramal Finance
- Divyan KavdiaAssistant Vice President – Max Life Insurance Company
- Dr Santosh KarthikeyanAssociate Director, Clinical Programming – AstraZeneca
- Hirdesh KhannaAsst. Vice President and Lead Data Scientist – HDFC Bank
- Hitesh NahataSenior Manager, Capabilities – MiQ
- Jitendra GuptaData Science Leader – Baker Hughes
- Kumar AbhishekSenior Machine Learning Engineer – Expedia Group
- Nakul LaadHead of Analytics – Dunzo
- Parimesh PandaSenior Manager – Genpact
- Pramod RDirector, Data Science – Falabella
- Praveen JesudhasAssociate Director – Data Science, Tiger Analytics
- Preetam BiswasHead Analytics – Aditya Birla Health Insurance
- Preity YadavManager (Strategic Information Systems) – Indian Oil Corporation Limited
- Pritam BanerjeeAVP – Advanced Analytics, Chubb
- Rahul PandeyAssociate Vice President – Advanced Analytics & Applied AI, Course5 Intelligence
- Rai Rajani VinodkumarGlobal Director Data Science – AB InBev
- Sachin ChaudhariManager – Charge Management Data Science, Maersk
- Sateesh GottumukkalaHead of AI Engineering Centre of Excellence (Associate Director, Data Science) – LTIMindtree
- Seema NagarStaff Research Scientist – IBM Research, India
- Shuaib Ahmed STechnical Manager – Mercedes Benz R&D India
- Siddhant VermaDepartment Manager – Usha International
- Sudalai Rajkumar4x Kaggle Grandmaster
- Sunil Kumar SinghSr Director, Artificial Intelligence (AI Engineering) – IQVIA
- Suresh SethuramaswamyEngineering Lead – Data and AI for FSI, Microsoft
- Suvajit MukhopadhyayPrincipal Solution Architect and Data Scientist – Uno Bank
- Syed Mohammad Imran Hashmico-founder and Chief Analytics Officer – Loyalytics Consulting
- Varsha SinghChief Manager – Data Scientist, Reliance Securities
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2024 · 40 Under 40 Data Scientists
38 honorees
- Aayush MudgalSenior Machine Learning Engineer at Pinterest
- Aditi KalraSenior Manager, Data Science at slice
- Akash KaulHead – Applied Data Science at Tesco Business Solutions
- Aman JainDirector- Product Analytics & Experimentation at American Express
- Anantha Krishna RajpurohitAssociate Director – Data Science at Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited
- Anil GoyalPrincipal Data Scientist at Housing.com
- Anuja RanjanVice President/Partner Financial Services at Fractal
- Aravind MohanSoftware Engineer / Data Scientist at Waymo
- Deepak YadavSenior Data Scientist at Commonwealth Bank
- Garvit AryaSenior Data Analytics Engineer at Google
- Gaurav JainSenior Manager at Adani Digital Labs
- Ishan BasuPrincipal – Delivery at MathCo
- Itti SinghAVP, Head of Analytics Advisory DLL, Landmark Group
- Kedar PotdarManager, System Software – AI at NVIDIA
- Lokesh MalikVP, AI Solutions at EXL
- Manu JosephStaff Data Scientist at Walmart Global Tech
- Mukul JainPrincipal Data Scientist at Bajaj Finserv Health
- Nakul PuriDirector of Analytics – APAC at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
- Naveen RathaniVice President and India Head, AI for Chief Operating Office (COO) at Wells Fargo
- Nimai Chand Das AdhikariSenior Data Scientist at Microsoft
- Nishant Prakash Gameskraft
- Preeti J.Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Toyota Connected North America
- Rafat SiddiquiPeople Analytics – Data Scientist at Shell India
- Raghavan MuthuregunathanSenior Engineering Manager, Search AI at LinkedIn
- Rahul PandeyAssociate Vice President | Data Science & Applied AI at Course5i
- Ravindra PatilSenior Director – Data Science at Tredence Inc.
- Rohit JainGeneral Manager Analytics & Senior Data Scientist at Niva Bupa Health Insurance
- Sanjay BhansaliHead of AI Frameworks, RBC Capital Markets
- Saurabh PramanickHead of Data Governance and Analytics, Bank Muscat
- Setu ShahGlobal HCM Product Strategy Director, Oracle
- Shivani SharmaVice President, Barclays
- Urvinder SinghAssociate General Manager- Data Science, Linde APAC
- Vaishnavi KandalaPrincipal NLP Scientist, Tiger Analytics
- Varsha RaniSenior Manager, Genpact
- Varun VermaChief Data Analytics Officer, L’Oréal
- Vinayraj G ovindarajanDirector at Deloitte
- Vipul G.Group Manager – Data Analytics at Times Internet
- Yugank AmanVP of Engineering at PepsiCo
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2025 · 40 Under 40 Data Scientists
35 honorees
- Gaurav MhatreDirector at Tiger Analytics
- Namita KhuranaData Scientist Associate Director at Accenture
- Swapnil Ashok JadhavSr Director Machine Learning & Engg at Angel One
- Pankaj GoelAssociate Vice President – Innovations at BA Continuum India Pvt Ltd (Bank of America subsidiary)
- Debanjan MahataSenior Machine Learning Research Engineer at Bloomberg
- Sachin Kumar TiwariDeputy Vice President at Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company
- Ritwik ChattarajData Science Manager/Senior Data Scientist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Nandita SainiManager – AI & Cognitive Solutions at e& enterprise (formerly Etisalat)
- Dr. Vikram SinghSenior Vice President AI & Digital at EightBit AI Private Limited (A CtrlS Datacenters Ltd Group Company)
- Namit ChopraVP-2 at EXL Service
- Gopinath ChidambaramGlobal Technical Director, AI/ML & Cloud at Ford Motors
- Mahish RamanujamAssociate Director – Analytics at Games24X7
- Nishant RanjanHead of analytics at Godrej Consumer Products
- Anupam TiwariData Science Manager at GoTo Company
- Akshay JainAGM – Lead Digital Downstream at Hindalco Industries Ltd.
- Abhishek KumarVice President-Analytics Lead at HSBC
- mahima bansodData Science and Analytics Leader at Logicmonitor
- Sumeet PundlikDelivery Unit Head at MathCo (legally known as TheMathCompany Pvt. Ltd.)
- Pavak BiswalSenior Manager at Merkle
- Rajaram KalaimaniSr. Prinicpal Data Scientist at Mindsprint
- Akhil MakolPrincipal Engineer at NatWest Group
- Amresh KumarGeneral Manager at Niva Bupa Health Insurance
- Avinash KanumuruSenior Manager – Data Science & Engineering at Niyo (Finnew Solutions Pvt Ltd)
- Shravan Kumar KonintiAssociate Director – Data Science at Novartis
- Kantesh MalviyaAssociate Vice President – Analytics at Paytm
- Anup Kumaar GoenkaDeputy Director Data Science at PepsiCo
- Abhinav VajpayeeSenior Manager – II, Analytics at Razorpay Software Private Limited
- Dr. Shital PatilSolution Architect at Robert Bosch Middle East, Dubai
- Puspanjali SarmaSenior Managee – AI at ServiceNow
- Kulbhooshan PatilHead of Data Science and Analytics at Tata AIG General Insurance Company Limited
- Mehuli MukherjeeVice President at Wells Fargo
- Mr. Sairam MushyamHead of Data and AI (SVP @ Zupee) at Zupee
- Pawan Kumar Rajpoot,Principal Data Scientist at Gainsight
- Arjit Jainco-founder and CTO at TurboML
- Ankit SatiSenior Manager at Genpact
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2026 · 40 Under 40 AI Builders
38 honorees
- Aaditya RaghavendranVertical Head & Associate Director – Retail & Marketplaces, LatentView Analytics
- Ajith K PVP – Principal Applied Scientist, Kotak 811
- Amit R ShahDelivery Unit Head, MathCo
- Arijit MallickSenior Manager – AI and Emerging Technologies, Merkle Inc
- Arindam RoyVice President – Client Partner, Gramener (A Straive Company)
- Arti MishraSenior Manager – Decision Scientist, Enterprise Analytics, Tesco Business Solutions
- Arpit KapoorSenior Staff Data Scientist, ServiceNow
- Ankush ChopraSenior Director – AI Center of Excellence, Tredence Analytics Solutions
- Ayushman GuptaSenior Manager, Genpact
- Charchit BahlVice President, EXL Services
- Chiranjeev PatidarPrincipal Data Scientist, Franklin Templeton Investments Management
- Deep SrivastavaData Science Expert, SAP Labs India
- Dhairya BadiyaniDirector – Technology Enablement (AI), Riveron
- Divyanshu ShekharAI Practice Head, Bajaj Auto Credit Limited
- Dr. Daisy DasManager Data Scientist, State Bank of India
- Gaurav NagarCo-Founder and Senior Director – Engineering, Acceldata
- Hema DurairajSenior Data Scientist, Publicis Sapient
- Karan SindwaniSenior Applied Scientist, Amazon Web Services
- Lakshmi Devi PrakashVice President – Applied AI ML Lead, JP Morgan Chase & Co
- Murari RamukaSenior AI Technologist, Microsoft
- Nikhil GundawarDirector of Analytics and Insights, Slice
- Pragati ChopadeData Scientist Lead, Johnson Controls
- Prerit KhandelwalDirector – Product Analytics, Razorpay
- Ranjani SubramaniamData Analytics & System Manager, Shell Engineering
- Shital PatilAI Expert, Robert Bosch Middle East Dubai
- Shrutorsi NundyVice President – Global Data Science & GenAI for Citi Wealth, Citi
- SiddheshTechnical Product Manager, Mastercard
- Soumitra ChatterjeeSenior Manager – Applied AI POD, Dentsu Global Services
- Sunny ManchandaDirector, DRDO Young Scientist Laboratory – Artificial Intelligence, Bengaluru
- Suvro Shankar GhoshHead- AI Solution (MFCWL), Mahindra Group
- Sweta SinghSenior Manager- Data Science & AI, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Swati UpadhyayaPrincipal – Consulting, IQVIA
- Swarnendu BhattacharyaSenior Manager, Unilever
- Taniya GhoshSenior Engineering Manager – AI, Salesforce India
- Vidya LakshmyManager – Data Science, Optum (UHG)
- Vinay KumarDirector DS, Tiger Analytics India Consulting
- Vishal NagpalDirector of AI and Data, Best Buy
- Vivek PariharHead of Engineering & CISO, Purplle.com
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Presented 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 AIM. This award is a testament to the hard work and dedication that I have put into my craft.”
Jitendra GuptaBaker 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 — SRKGrowfin.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.”
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