Instructors
Learn from India’s leading Data Science faculty and industry leaders
Hindol Basu
CEO
An alumnus of IIT and IIM with over 13 years of experience in analytics with industry leaders such as the CitiGroup, Tata Industries, etc.
Chandrashekar Ramanathan
Dean - Academics
Prof. Chandrashekar has a Ph.D. from Mississippi State University and experience of over 10 years in several multinational organizations.
S. Anand
CEO
A gold medallist from IIM Bangalore, an alumnus of IIT Madras and London School of Business, Anand is among top 10 data scientists in India with 20 years of experience.
Tricha Anjali
Associate Dean
Prof. Anjali has a Ph.D. from Georgia Tech as well as an integrated M.Tech. (EE) from IIT Bombay. Her research interests include computer and wireless networks.
Sameer Dhanrajani
Co-Founder & CEO
An AI and Analytics evangelist for Fortune 500 companies who has won several industry awards in the field of analytics
Prof. S. Sadagopan
Director
Prof. Sadagopan is currently the Director (President) of IIIT Bangalore. He has an M.S. and a Ph.D. from Purdue University as well as a B.E. (Hons.) degree from Madras University.
Ujjyaini Mitra
Head of Data
An alumnus of McKinsey and Co., Flipkart, and Bharti Airtel with over 11 years of experience
Prof. G. Srinivasaraghavan
Professor
Prof. Srinivasaraghavan has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur and 18 years of experience with Infosys Technologies as well as several other Fortune 500 companies.
Dinesh Babu Jayagopi
Associate Professor
Prof. Dinesh has a Ph.D. from Ecole Polytechnic Federate Switzerland, M.Sc. from IISc Bangalore in System Science and Signal Processing and a B.Tech. from Madras Institute of Technology
Mirza Rahim Baig
Lead Business Analytics
Advanced analytics professional with 8+ years of experience as a consultant in the e-commerce and healthcare domains
Mukesh Jain
CTO - Insights, AI & Data
An experienced professional in the field of Insights, AI & Data with 20+ years of experience spanning Microsoft, Jio & Capgemini
Anshu Sharma Raja
Managing Director
Strategic Leader with over 20 years of experience, recognized as one of the Top 10 Influential Data Science Leaders by Analytics India Magazine
Srikant Panigrahy
VP, Data & Analytics
Seasoned Analytics & Data Science professional with 18+ years of experience spanning MuSigma, Genpact & DRG
Chandra Shekhar Prasad
Head - Data Science, Analytics & Data Engineering
Extensive experience in Advanced Analytics / data science & Insights. Chandra has also built Analytics & Data Science teams from scratch.
Ram Kumar
Practice Director, Data Science
Advanced Analytics Leader with diverse experience including leading Delivery, Pre-Sales & Solutioning, Client engagement, Product development
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