Analytics India Magazine brings to you its annual list of the Most Influential AI Leaders In India for the year 2022. Selected on the basis of the expertise they hold in the field of AI and Data Science, the list recognises the exceptional work these professionals have accomplished over the last year.
Leaders in this list have shown great ability to lead their teams to develop state-of-the-art AI solutions and support their companies or clients. Along with significant career accomplishments, the leaders inducted into the awards demonstrate the kind of substantial business impact, technology vision and inspirational leadership that advances their role and creates a positive influence on the analytics profession.
The final record is the work of over two months as AIM invited nominations from various leading organisations in India. The selection is done by a panel that includes members internal and external to AIM. The list is finalised primarily based on the criteria of the leader’s impact on the AI ecosystem in India.
You can access the list from previous years at the link below:
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These leaders were awarded the AI100 awards at this year’s MachineCon — an invite-only conference with analytics leaders coming together to explore the groundbreaking innovations and the challenges they face in data adoption. Below is the list of the top 100 influencers in the Indian AI industry for 2022, presented in alphabetical order.
Ajoy Singh
COO at Fractal Analytics
Akash Agrawal
Director – Data & Analytics at Tata Consumer Products
Aman Garg
Head of Data & Analytics at DSP Mutual Fund
Ambica Rajagopal
Group Chief AI Officer at Michelin
Amit Gupta
Director, Consumer | Asia, ME, Africa | Group CVM, Loyalty & Analytics | Head CoE Advanced Analytics at e&
Amit Kalra
Managing Director, Head Global Business Solution Centres India at Swiss Re
Anand Das
Head Digital and AI – Domestic 2W & International business at TVS Motors
Anand K Sundaram
Head Analytics Retail Bank at IDFC FIRST BANK
Angshuman Ghosh
Head of Data Science at Sony Research India
Anirban Nandi
Head of Analytics (Vice President) at Rakuten India
Anish Agarwal
Head of Analytics at Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
Ankit Mogra
Head – BI & Analytics at Ather Energy
Ankush Gadi
Director – Data Management & Analytics at CRISIL Limited
Arun Kumar
Vice President Data Science at Paytm
Arun Mehta
Head of Data Engineering – D&A Technology, Services at Natwest
Arun S. Pai
SVP – Head of Analytics and Decision Sciences at Dream 11
Ashish Gupta
Head of Data & Analytics at PerkinElmer
Ashish Singru
Senior Director & Head, Global Business Analytics Center at eBay
Avinash Narasimha
Analytics Leader at Koch Technology Center
Bharat Belavadi
India Head, Advanced Analytics Officer at Western Digital
Bhargab Dutta
Head of Digital & Analytics CoE at Colgate-Palmolive
Bhupinder Singh
Head, Data Science at Ecom Express Private Limited
Chandra Shekhar Prasad
Chief Data Officer at Mahindra First Choice
Chiranjoy Chowdhuri
Chief of Data Science & Analytics at Pidilite
Debayan Bose
Head of Analytics and Data Science at redBus (go-MMT group)
Deependra Singh
VP & Head Data Science and Analytics at Junglee Games
Devendra Sharnagat
Sr. Executive Vice President – Data Analytics and Customer Value Management at Kotak Mahindra Bank
Dhruv Rastogi
Vice President and Head of Data Science at IKS Health
Farhat Habib
Director, AI Glance at InMobi
Ganesh Bhat
Senior Manager – Analytics & IoT at CEAT Limited
Gaurav Kumar
Head – Data Science, Data Analytics and Data Engineering at MobiKwik
Guninder Bajwa
Head of India Business Centre at Circle K
Hari Saravanabhavan
Vice President – Global Analytics at Concentrix
Harish Gudi
COO at Tredence
Haryyaksha Ghosh
Chief Data Officer at Aadhar Housing Finance
Ishu Jain
Head Of Analytics for Central Functions at Swiggy
Issac Mathew
Sr. Director, Technology at Lowe’s Companies Inc.
Jitendra Singh
President and Chief Digital Officer at JK Cement
Kamal Kumar
Head Of Analytics at Myntra
Karthik Shashidhar
Senior Vice President and Head, Analytics, Business Intelligence and Data Science at Delhivery
Kaushik Ghate
Sr. Vice President II and Head – Customer Analytics and Data Sciences at HDFC Bank
Kiran Samudrala
Chief Data and Analytics Officer and Centre Head at Equifax
Madhurima Khandelwal
Head Of AI Labs, Global Decision Science, Credit & Fraud Risk at American Express
Manindra Mohan
SVP & Head of Analytics at Unacademy
Mathangi Sri
Chief Data Officer at Yubi (Formerly CredAvenue)
Namit Sharma
Vice President & Head GDCA at FICO™
Nidhi Pratapneni
SVP, Product, Analytics & Modelling, Public Affairs, India & Philippines at WellsFargo
Nishant Pradhan
Senior Vice President at Axis Bank
Nitendra Rajput
VP & Head – AI Garage at Mastercard
Padmashree Shagrithaya
Global Head – Analytics & Data Science at Capgemini
Pankaj Rai
Group Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Aditya Birla Group
Phaneendra Durgam
VP & Head – Analytics at Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company
Pradeep Gulipalli
Co-founder at Tiger Analytics
Prakash Hegde
Chief Digital & Information Officer (CDIO) & Head IT at L&T Construction & Mining Machinery
Prasana Balasubramanian
Head of Analytics at Sundaram Finance
Prashanth Kaddi
Partner, Analytics & Cognitive at Deloitte
Prudhvi Vasa
Analytics Leader at Postman
Puesh Ajmani
Senior Vice President & Global Chief Digital Officer at Welspun Group
Rahul Bharde
VP & Head of Analytics & Insights at Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd
Rahul Chogle
Head – Data and analytics at SpiceJet
Rajiv Jain
Chief Analytics & Risk Officer at Faircent.com
Ram Kumar
Head of Data Sciences at Snapdeal
Ramachandran Srinivasan
Head of Data Analytics & AI at SUN Mobility
Ramya Achar
Chief Product Officer at Tata Health
Ravi Vijayaraghavan
Head of Analytics at Flipkart
Rishi Sharma
Head of Analytics at SonyLIV
Rishi Swami
Head of Data Science at MPL
Rohini Srivathsa
National Technology Officer at Microsoft India
Rohit Khushu
Head of Analytics at Landmark Group
Rupesh Khare
Global Head – Advanced Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence at ABB
Sanjay Thawakar
Corporate Vice-President & Head, AI Works & Business Insights at Max Life Insurance
Sanjeev Chaube
EVP & Head – Big Data & Advanced Analytics and Business Intelligence at Vodafone Idea
Sanjeev Kumar
Head of Analytics at Bigbasket
Santhosh Vasanthakumar
Site Lead, India – CDTO (Chief Digital Transformation Office) Product Management at VMware
Sasidhar Vavilala
EVP Analytics at Suryoday Small Finance Bank
Saswata Kar
Senior Director, Head of Global Product Data, Analytics & Data Sciences, GBS at Philips
Satya Kiran Dhulipala
Country Manager at Vertica/ Microfocus
Sayandeb Banerjee
CEO and Co-founder at TheMathCompany
Shailesh Kumar
Chief Data Scientist, CoE AI/ML at Jio
Shashwat Kumar
Head Advanced Analytics at L&T Financial Services
Shiv Kumar
Head – Analytics | IT Data & Analytics at Schlumberger India Technology Centre
Shivani Venkatesh
Head , Client Insights at RBL Bank
Shuvajit Basu
VP & Head of Data Science at Tata Digital
Shweta Singh
Chief Data Officer at Tata AIA Life Insurance
Siddhartha Thimmavajjala
Head of AI and ML at Standard Chartered Bank
Sreekanth Menon
VP – Data Science at Genpact
Srinidhi Shama Rao
Chief Strategy Officer at Aegon Life
Srinivas Gopinath
Head – Digital and Analytics at Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd
Subhajit Ghosh
Head – Data Strategy & Analytics at Adani Group
Subhobroto Ghosh
Head – Data & Analytics at Allstate India
Surajit Roy
MD & CEO at IDBI Intech
Sutirtha Chakraborty
Head – Global Data Science & Analytics Center of Excellence at Abbott
Thomas Jacob Kollenkeril
Head of Process Analytics at Biocon Group
Venkatesh Channaraj
VP – Growth & Analytics at Licious
Vijay Nair
Sr Dir & Regional Lead – Data, Analytics and AI (APAC & MEA) at Levi’s
Vikash Raj
Group Vice President (Head of Data) at Mahindra Group
Vineet Shukla
Head – Data Science & Analytics at South Indian Bank
Vinod G
Head – Data Science & Analytics at South Indian Bank
Vishal Dhupar
Managing Director, Asia South at NVIDIA
