2023 Award nominations are now open

AI
100

Recognising 100 Most Influential AI & Analytics Leaders in India.

About AI 100 Awards

AI100 is an effort towards recognizing the best minds in the AI & data science industry in India who have successfully transformed data into meaningful insights.

This prestigious award celebrates the men and women behind the success of AI/ML in India.These individuals have implemented AI/ML solutions in innovative ways to deliver business insights and enable growth. Nominations for AI100 can be submitted by CXOs, head of Analytics, internal or external PR representatives.

2023 nominations are Open.

Note: We do not charge for any of our awards. Applicants are handpicked through a rigorous process by our editors and industry veterans and vetted against the best in the industry.

AI50 will be given out in 13 categories

Awards Category

The Machine Conference is honored to recognize recipients of AI100 awards for outstanding achievement in AI/ML for the following categories

02 GROUP CATEGORIES (Multiple AWARDS per category)

Data Driven CxO
Exemplary Data Scientists
The Early Adopters
The Sourcing Luminary
Data Science Transformers

50 Most Influential AI Leaders in India

2021 Winners

Here are the winners for last year.

2019 Winners

Paul Pallath

EVP Big Data Science, Business Analytics & Business Intelligence at Vodafone Idea

Dharmesh Sanghavi

Head IT at Bajaj Consumer Care

Prasanna Lohar

Head Innovation & Architecture at DCB Bank

Sasidhar Vavilala

SVP Business solutions and Analytics at Suryoday small finance bank

Madhu Gopinath

VP Data Science at MakeMyTrip.com

Sourav Shah

Head E-Commerce at Trent

Ratnakar Pandey

Head of Analytics at Kabbage

Salil Kumar

Head- Business Intelligence & Analytics at Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management

Rohit Pandharkar

Head of Data Science at Mahindra Group

Ravi Kumar

Head – Digital Initiatives at Pidilite Industries

Abhinav Kashyap

Head of Analytics & BI at Godrej Consumer Products

Aneesh Chaudhry

Chief Data Officer for Hindustan Unilever

Kamal Kumar

Head Of Analytics at Tata Unistore

Poornima Dore

Head – Data Driven Governance at Tata Trusts

Alok Shukla

Senior Vice President at Bharti AXA General Insurance

Bhavik Shah

Head of Loyalty & CRM at Metro Brands

Mehul Bhagadia

Chief Data and Analytics Officer at IDFC FIRST Bank

Raju Varanasi

CIO at Catholic Education Office, Parramatta

Ankush Saha

Head of Analytics at OPPO India

Rajeev Jorapur

CIO at Bajaj Auto

Swapnil Kudle

Lead HR Analytics and Digitization at Legrand Group

Avneesh Vats

CIO at EESL

Rajesh Narayan

Head of Data Visualization at Reliance Industries

Udhav Halgeri

AVP – Insights and Consumer Strategy at Sony Pictures Networks

Vikas Babel

VP at SBI Funds Management

Ritesh Mohan Srivastava

Advanced Analytics Team – Leader at Novartis

Shweta Singh

Head Business Intelligence and Analytics at Tata AIA Life Insurance

Chitranjan Kesari

Head of IT at Kanakia Group

Syed Rahim

Head – Customer Experience at SPAR India

Rohan Sharma

Head – Predictive Analytics at Reliance Industries

Varun Rajwade

GM – Loyalty & Analytics at Pantaloons

Ashish Krishna

VP & Head of strategic investments at National Stock Exchange

Saurabh Khanna

Vice President Analytics | Digital Transformation at Bank of America

Yashu Kant Gupta

Head – Insights & Data Sciences at Times Internet

Sourabh Tiwari

CIO at Meril Group

Anish Agarwal

Director & Head of Data & Analytics (Commercial & Private Banking), India at Royal Bank of Scotland

Simran Khanna

SVP, Country Head Unsecured lending Credit Risk at Citibank, India

Rajiv Jain

Head of Growth & Cross Sell Analytics at Clix Capital

Raj Koganti

Vice President at Acko General Insurance

Tanuja Pradhan

Head – Consumer Insights & Analytics at Jio

Shashwat Kumar

Head of Analytics with Aditya Birla Health Insurance

Pradeep Jayaraman

Head of Analytics at Adani Ports & SEZ

Guruprasad P.M

Head of Business Intelligence at Star India

Bhavik Gandhi

Director, Data Sciences and Analytics at People Interactive Pvt Ltd (Shaadi.com)

Srinath Jangam

Global Head of Advance Analytics at L&T Construction

Chinmay Jain

Associate Director, Data Science at PayU

Vikash Raj

Head- Business Analytics and Process Engineering at IDFC Asset Management

Harshit Sarna

Head of Analytics at Lodha Group

Meheriar Patel

Group CIO at Jeena & Company

Jitendra Singh

CIO at JK Cement

Sidharth Kedia

Head, Corporate Strategy, M&A, Data Sciences at Viacom18 Media

Dwiraj Bose

SVP & Head of Analytics at Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

Sandeep Chordia

Head of Strategy and Digital Business at Kotak Securities

Puesh Ajmani

Head of Advanced Analytics & Insights at Mahindra & Mahindra

Devendra Sharnagat

SVP, Analytics and Customer Value Management at Kotak Mahindra Bank

Anand Sundaram

GEVP Data Analytics Center at Yes Bank

Kaushik Ghate

SVP & Head – Consumer Analytics and Data Sciences at HDFC Bank

Manindra Mohan

Head of Analytics at Amazon Prime Video India

Amit Soni

Group Head—Analytics in Piramal Enterprises

Uma Talreja

Chief Marketing & Chief Customer Officer at Shoppers Stop

2018 Winners

Guruprasad P.M

Head of Business Intelligence at Star India

Mani Bhushan

Head – Product Development, Analytics, Market Research, Reach Expansion and Innovation at Bluedart Express

Vishal Gupta

Head – I.T. at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals

Rajiv Jain

Head of Growth & Cross Sell Analytics at Clix Capital

Shailesh Kumar

Chief Data Scientist at Reliance Jio

Jitendra Singh

CIO at JK Cement

Vishal Ahuja

Head of Risk Management at Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company

Sayan Sen

Head – HDFC Life Data Labs

Vinay Gupta

Head of Analytics at Suzlon

Sidharth Kedia

Head, Corporate Strategy, M&A, Data Sciences at Viacom18 Media

Pratham Hegde

Head of Marketing Sciences at Facebook India

Vyom Upadhyay

Head of Business Intelligence at ICICI Bank

Rasleen Kaur

Head, Corporate Strategy & Investor Relations at Policybazaar

Piyush Chowhan

CIO at Arvind Lifestyle Brands

Kapil Malhotra

Head of Analytics at PepsiCo

Dwiraj Bose

SVP & Head of Analytics at Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

Ankur Jain

Head of Business Intelligence at Reliance Nippon Life Ins.

Amit Gupta

Head, Strategy and New Revenue Development at HT Media

Sumit Puri

Head Loyalty and Analytics at Shoppers Stop

Atul Nigam

CIO at Micromax

Vineet Bhardwaj

Head of IT at Godrej Properties

Niranjan Ramakrishnan

Group Head IT at Kauvery Group of Hospitals

Shivani Venkatesh

Head Client Insights at RBL Bank

Shailesh Joshi

CIO at Birla Estates

Sandeep Chordia

Head of Strategy and Digital Business at Kotak Securities

Dhinesh Rajamanickam

Chief Manager – Business Analytics at TVS Credit Services

Puesh Ajmani

Head of Advanced Analytics & Insights at Mahindra & Mahindra

Sayed Peerzade

Group CIO at Reliance Big Entertainment

Rishi Swami

Head of Data Science at OYO

Vijay Nair

Director Analytics at Lowe

Devendra Sharnagat

SVP, Analytics and Customer Value Management at Kotak Mahindra Bank

Amitkumar Banka

VP Digital Operations at Hotstar India

Milan Kumar

Global CIO at WABCO

Saurabh Awasthi

Head Of Analytics at Cigna TTK Health Insurance

Avik Sarkar

Head, Data Analytics Cell at NITI Aayog

Arindam Biswas

Head – Digital Intelligence COE at FedEx

Ankit Gupta

Head of Analytics at Healthkart

Krishnakumar Ramasubramanian

SVP & Head of Analytics CoE at Max Life Insurance

Prakhar Mehrotra

Head of Data Science, Finance at Uber

Gunjan Gupta

SVP & Head of Analytics at Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance

Anand Sundaram

GEVP Data Analytics Center at Yes Bank

Kaushik Ghate

SVP & Head – Consumer Analytics and Data Sciences at HDFC Bank

Paritosh Anand

VP & Group Head – Analytics at Reliance Industries

Indranath Mukherjee

Head of Strategic Analytics at XL Catlin India

Ankur Narang

SVP – Technology & Decision Sciences at Yatra.com

Paresh Goel

SVP and Head of Decision Science at Indusind Bank

Manindra Mohan

Head of Analytics at Amazon Prime Video India

Amit Soni

Group Head—Analytics in Piramal Enterprises

Uma Talreja

Chief Marketing & Chief Customer Officer at Shoppers Stop

Venkat Nettimi

EVP, Head of Strategy and Consumer Insights at Zee Entertainment

Deep Thomas

Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Aditya Birla Group

Ravi Vijayaraghavan

Head of Analytics at Flipkart

2023 Award nominations are now open

AI100

Recognising 100 Most Influential AI & Analytics Leaders in India.

About AI 100 Awards

2023 nominations are Open.

AI50 will be given out in 13 categories

Awards Category

01

Individual Categories (1 award per category)

02

GROUP CATEGORIES (Multiple AWARDS per category)

50 Most Influential AI Leaders in India

2021 Winners

2019 Winners

Paul Pallath

Dharmesh Sanghavi

Prasanna Lohar

Sasidhar Vavilala

Madhu Gopinath

Sourav Shah

Ratnakar Pandey

Salil Kumar

Rohit Pandharkar

Ravi Kumar

Abhinav Kashyap

Aneesh Chaudhry

Kamal Kumar

Poornima Dore

Alok Shukla

Bhavik Shah

Mehul Bhagadia

Raju Varanasi

Ankush Saha

Rajeev Jorapur

Swapnil Kudle

Avneesh Vats

Rajesh Narayan

Udhav Halgeri

Vikas Babel

Ritesh Mohan Srivastava

Shweta Singh

Chitranjan Kesari

Syed Rahim

Rohan Sharma

Varun Rajwade

Ashish Krishna

Saurabh Khanna

Yashu Kant Gupta

Sourabh Tiwari

Anish Agarwal

Simran Khanna

Rajiv Jain

Raj Koganti

Tanuja Pradhan

Shashwat Kumar

Pradeep Jayaraman

Guruprasad P.M

Bhavik Gandhi

Srinath Jangam

Chinmay Jain

Vikash Raj

Harshit Sarna

Meheriar Patel

Jitendra Singh

Sidharth Kedia

Dwiraj Bose

Sandeep Chordia

Puesh Ajmani

Devendra Sharnagat

Anand Sundaram

Kaushik Ghate

Manindra Mohan

Amit Soni

Uma Talreja

2018 Winners

Guruprasad P.M

Mani Bhushan

Vishal Gupta

Rajiv Jain

Shailesh Kumar

AI
100