23 Jun 2023

Hotel Radisson Blu, Bangalore

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.

AI100 will be given out in 13 categories

Awards Category

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

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Individual Categories (1 award per category)

Leader of the year

Recognizing the individual who has demonstrated exceptional leadership skills and significantly impacted their organization's success.

Entrepreneur of the year

Celebrating the entrepreneur who has achieved extraordinary growth and innovation in their industry.

Industry Evangelist Award

Honoring the individual who passionately advocates for the advancement and adoption of AI technology across sectors.

Visionary Leader

Awarding the forward-thinking individual who has inspired change and innovation by setting ambitious goals and strategies.

Leader of Tomorrow

Acknowledging the emerging leader who demonstrates exceptional potential for future success and positive impact on the AI landscape.

Young Business Leader of the Year

Saluting the young trailblazer who has made impressive strides in their industry, showcasing a unique blend of business acumen and creative problem-solving.

CEO of the Year

Applauding the top executive who has expertly steered their organization to achieve substantial growth, while fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

CDO of the Year

Commending the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer who has expertly integrated AI solutions into their organization, driving significant value and transformation.

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GROUP CATEGORIES (Multiple AWARDS per category)

Data Driven CxO Award

Recognizing the Executives who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in leveraging data to drive business transformation and create significant value for their organization.

Exemplary Data Scientist Award

Honoring the individual who has made significant contributions to the field of data science through their expertise, research, and innovative application of data science methods.

The Early Adopter Award

Celebrating the individual who has demonstrated exceptional foresight and leadership by embracing AI technologies early on, driving significant competitive advantage and shaping the industry landscape.

The Sourcing Luminary Award

Acknowledging the individual who has demonstrated outstanding sourcing and management of AI talent, building exceptional teams to drive organizational success.

Data Science Transformer Award

Commending the individual who has led their organization through a significant transformation leveraging AI and data science, driving innovation and delivering unprecedented value to their customers.

2022 Winners

Pankaj Rai

Group Chief Data Analytics Officer at Aditya Birla Group

Ravi Vijayaraghavan

Head of Analytics at Flipkart

Vishal Dhupar

Managing Director, Asia South at NVIDIA

Rupesh Khare

Global Head - Advanced Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence at ABB

Sayandeb Banerjee

Co-founder & CEO at TheMathCompany

Sreekanth Menon

VP – Data Science at Genpact

Ambica Rajagopal

Group Chief AI Officer at Michelin

Anish Agarwal

Head of Analytics at Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories

Anirban Nandi

Head of Analytics (Vice President) at Rakuten India

Devendra Sharnagat

Sr. EVP – Data Analytics and CVM at Kotak Mahindra Bank

Mathangi Sri

Chief Data Officer at CredAvenue

Sanjay Thawakar

Corporate Vice-President & Head, AI Works & Business Insights at Max Life Insurance

Shivani Venkatesh

Head - Insights, Analytics & AI CoE at RBL Bank

Vineet Shukla

Group Vice President (Head of Data) at Mahindra Group

Vijay Nair

Sr Dir & Regional Lead - Data, Analytics and AI (APAC & MEA) at Levi's

Kaushik Ghate

Sr. Vice President II and Head - Customer Analytics and Data Sciences at HDFC Bank

Bhupinder Singh

Head, Data Science at Ecom Express

Nidhi Pratapneni

SVP, Product, Analytics & Modelling, Public Affairs, India & Philippines at WellsFargo

Puesh Ajmani

Senior Vice President & Global Chief Digital Officer at Welspun Group

Angshuman Ghosh

Head of Data Science at Sony Research India

Anand k Sundaram

Head Retail Analytics at IDFC FIRST Bank

Ankush Gadi

Director - Data Management & Analytics at CRISIL

Siddhartha Thimmavajjalla

Executive Director - AI & ML at Standard Chartered Global Business Services

Nitendra Rajput

VP & Head - AI Garage at Mastercard

Hari Saravanabhavan

Vice President - Global Analytics at Concentrix

Srinidhi Shama Rao

Chief Strategy Officer at Aegon Life

Ganesh Bhat

Head - Digital & Analytics (CoE) at CEAT

Yoganand Tadepalli

Global Chief Digital and Information Officer at PGP Glass

Namit Sharma

Head of Global Delivery Center for Analytics, India at FICO™

Akash Agrawal

Director - Data & Analytics at Tata Consumer Products

Shweta Singh

Chief Data Officer at Tata AIA Life Insurance

Prakash Hegde

Chief Digital & Information Officer (CDIO) & Head IT at L&T Construction & Mining Machinery

Padmashree Shagrithaya

Global Head - Analytics & Data Science, at Capgemini

Surajit Roy

MD & CEO at IDBI Intech

Nishant Pradhan

SVP at Axis Bank

Arun S. Pai

SVP - Head of Analytics and Decision Sciences at Dream 11

Rahul Bharde

Head of Analytics & Insights at Jubilant FoodWorks

Dhruv Rastogi

VP & Head of Data Science at IKS Health

Ishu Jain

Head of Analytics at Swiggy

Srinivas Gopinath

Head - Digital and Analytics at Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail

Sutirtha Chakraborty

Head - Global Data Science & Analytics Center of Excellence at Abbott

Kamal Kumar

Head Of Analytics at Myntra

Bharat Belavadi

India Head, Advanced Analytics Office at Western Digital

Rishi Sharma

Head of Analytics at SonyLIV

Arun Mehta

Head of Data & Analytics Engineering at NatWest Group

Debayan Bose

Head of Data Science and Analytics at Ibibo Group

Deependra Singh

VP & Head Data Science and Analytics at Junglee Games

Sanjeev Chaube

EVP & Head – Big Data & Advanced Analytics and Business Intelligence at Vodafone Idea

Issac Mathew

Senior Director, Data Science at Lowe's

Farhat Habib

Director, AI at Glance InMobi

Rishi Swami

Head of Data Science at MPL

Phaneendra Durgam

VP & Head - Analytics at Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company

Bhargab Dutta

Head of Digital & Analytics CoE at Colgate-Palmolive

Ashish Singru

Senior Director & Head, Global Business Analytics Center at eBay

Chandra Shekhar Prasad

Chief Data Officer at Mahindra First Choice

Haryyaksha Ghosh

Chief Data Officer at Aadhar Housing Finance

Sasidhar Vavilala

EVP Analytics at Suryoday Small Finance Bank

Kiran Samudrala

Chief Data and Analytics Officer and Centre Head at Equifax

Ramachandran Srinivasan

Head of Data Analytics & AI at SUN Mobility

Vinod G

Head - Data Science & Analytics at South Indian Bank

Anand Das

Head of Digital & AI at TVS Motor Company

Shuvajit Basu

VP & Head of Data Science at Tata Digital

Madhurima Khandelwal

Head of AI Labs, Global Decision Science, Credit & Fraud Risk at American Express

Vikash Raj

Head- Business Analytics and Process Engineering at IDFC Asset Management

Thomas Jacob Kollenkeril

Head of Process Analytics at Biocon Group

Shiv kumar

Head of Analytics at Schlumberger

Saswata Kar

Senior Director, Head of Global Product Data, Analytics & Data Sciences, GBS at Philips

Subhajit Bose

Head - Data Strategy & Analytics at Adani Group

Karthik Shashidhar

Senior Vice President and Head, Analytics, Business Intelligence and Data Science at Delhivery

Prasana Balasubramanian

Head of Analytics at Sundaram Finance

Amit Gupta

Director, Consumer | Asia, ME, Africa | Group CVM, Loyalty & Analytics | Head CoE Advanced Analytics at e&

Gaurav Kumar

Head - Data Science, Data Analytics and Data Engineering at MobiKwik

Ram Kumar

Head of Data Sciences at Snapdeal

Shashwat Kumar

Head Advanced Analytics at L&T Financial Services

Ashish Gupta

Head of Data & Analytics at PerkinElmer

Ajoy Singh

COO and Head of AI at Fractal.ai

Rohini Srivathsa

National Technology Officer at Microsoft India

Pradeep Gulipalli

Co-founder at Tiger Analytics

Aman Garg

Head of Data & Analytics at DSP Mutual Fund

Venkatesh Channaraj

VP - Growth & Analytics at Licious

Rohit Khushu

Head of Analytics at Landmark Group

Amit Kalra

Managing Director, Head Global Business Solution Centres India at Swiss Re

Subhobroto Ghosh

Head - Data & Analytics at Allstate India

Guninder Bajwa

Head of India Business Centre at Circle K

Shailesh Kumar

Chief Data Scientist, CoE AI/ML at Jio

Harish Gudi

COO at Tredence

Avinash Narasimha

Analytics Leader at Koch Technology Center

Prudhvi Vasa

Analytics Leader at Postman

Arun Kumar

Vice President, Data Science at Paytm

Chiranjoy Chowdhuri

Chief of Data Science & Analytics at Pidilite

Rajiv Jain

Chief Risk & Analytics Officer at Faircent.com

Ankit Mogra

Head - BI & Analytics at Ather Energy

Satya Kiran Dhulipala

Country Manager - VERTICA, India & SAARC

Rahul Chogle

Head - Data and analytics at SpiceJet

Prashanth Kaddi

Partner | AI & Data at Deloitte

Santhosh Vasanthakumar

Site Lead, India - CDTO (Chief Digital Transformation Office) Product Management at VMware

Sanjeev Kumar

Head of Analytics at bigbasket

Jitendra Singh

President and Chief Digital Officer at JK Cement

Manindra Mohan

SVP & Head of Analytics at Unacademy

Ramya Achar

Chief Product Officer at Tata Health

50 Most Influential AI Leaders in India

2021 Winners

Abhinav Shashank

CEO & Co-founder at Innovaccer

Ambica Rajagopal

Group Chief AI Officer at Michelin

Anand Ekambaram

Country Manager, India at Tableau

Anirban Nandi

Head of Analytics (Vice President) at Rakuten India

Anish Agarwal

Director – Data & Analytics, India at NatWest Group

Ankush Gadi

Director – Data Management & Analytics at CRISIL

Anshu Sharma

CIO, Consumer Private Business Banking at Standard Chartered Bank

Anshuman Gupta

Vice President – Data Science at MiQ Digital India

Asha Poulose Johnson

Vice President, Data and Analytics, GE Healthcare

Ashwin Mittal

CEO at Course5i

Atul Jalan

CEO at Algonomy

Biswanath Choudhary

Vice President & Global Head of Analytics Operations at Evalueserve

David Zakkam

Vice President – Analytics at Swiggy

Devendra Sharnagat

Sr. EVP – Data Analytics and CVM at Kotak Mahindra Bank

Dinanath Kholkar

Vice President and Global Head of Analytics & Insights at TCS

Gaurav Dhall

Vice President – APJ & Middle East, Managing Director – India at SingleStore

Gunjan Gupta

Director- Collections & Contact Centers Technology, US Consumer Bank at Barclays

Kaushik Sanyal

GCP Data and AI Capability Lead at Accenture

Manish Gupta

Director at Google Research India

Manoj Madhusudanan

Head of dunnhumby India

Mathangi Sri

VP Data Science & Head of Data at Gojek

Mihir Kittur

Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Ugam

Neeraj Pratap

Chief Operating Officer at Hansa Cequity

Nidhi Pratapneni

SVP, Product, Analytics & Modelling, Public Affairs at Wells Fargo

Noshin Kagalwalla

VP & Managing Director, SAS India

Padmashree Shagrithaya

Global Head – Analytics & Data Science at Capgemini

Pankaj Rai

Group Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Aditya Birla Group

Paritosh Anand

SVP and Group Head for Analytics & Strategic Initiatives at Reliance Industries Limited

Phanimitra B

Head Digital & Process Excellence, India & Emerging Markets at Dr Reddy’s Laboratories

Pradeep Menon

Managing Director & GCC Head – HSBC Technology

Prakash Mallya

VP & MD – Sales, Marketing & Communications Group, Intel India

Prashanth Kaddi

Partner, Analytics & Cognitive at Deloitte

Prashanth Rao

Head of Application Engineering at MathWorks, India

Prithvijit Roy

CEO and Co-founder at BRIDGEi2i

Rahul Singh

Co-Founder & Chief Analytics Officer at Sigmoid Analytics

RB Rajendar

Head – Analytics and Information Management, India & Head – Citi Solutions Center, Bengaluru

Rohini Srivathsa

National Technology Officer – Microsoft India

Ruble Joseph

VP – Head of CoE for Data Science, Analytics and Consulting at eClerx

Saurabh Saxena

Intuit India Site Leader & Vice President, Product Development

Sayandeb Banerjee

Co-Founder and CEO at TheMathCompany

Shailesh Kumar

Chief Data Scientist, CoE AI/ML at Reliance Jio

Shanti Swaroop Mokkapati

Head – Analytics & Market Intelligence, Global Procurement at Abbott

Shashank Dubey

Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer at Tredence Inc.

Sindhu Gangadharan

SVP and MD at SAP Labs India & SVP and Head of SAP User Enablement Unit

Smitha Ganesh

AI Director – Data Science Innovation & Execution at Ericsson

Sreekanth Menon

VP – Data Science at Genpact

Subramanian M S

Head of Category Marketing and Analytics at BigBasket

Swati Jain

Vice President Analytics at EXL Service

Vinod Ganesan

Country Manager at Cloudera

Vishal Dhupar

Managing Director, Asia South at NVIDIA

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

 

 

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

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

Guruprasad P.M

Head of Business Intelligence at Star India

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


2018 Winners

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

 

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

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

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

Gunjan Gupta

SVP & Head of Analytics at Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance

Anand Sundaram

GEVP Data Analytics Center at Yes Bank 

Krishnakumar Ramasubramanian

SVP & Head of Analytics CoE at Max Life Insurance

Prakhar Mehrotra

Head of Data Science, Finance at Uber