10 Most Influential Analytics Leaders in India - 2015

10 Most Influential Analytics Leaders In India 2015

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10 Most Influential Analytics Leaders in India - 2015

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"Whenever you see a

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made a courageous decision."

- Peter F. Drucker

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Sudipta K. Sen is the Vice Chairman and Member of Board at SAS Institute (India) Pvt. Ltd., as well as the Regional Director of South East Asia. SAS Institute (India) Pvt. Ltd is the Indian subsidiary of SAS Institute Inc. – a leader in business analytics and business intelligence software solutions. He is responsible for setting the company's strategic direction and leading its growth as a leading provider of Business Analytics solutions in the country.

Sudipta joined SAS in October 2004 and since then has established SAS as a market leader in Business Analytics, commanding over 50% market share in the advanced analytics market in India. Under his leadership, SAS India has registered double digit growth and has built a formidable presence across sectors such as BFSI, Manufacturing, Telecom, Healthcare, Government and ecommerce. Additionally, Sudipta is also responsible for growing business for SAS in South East Asia.

Mr. Sen graduated in Science and holds a Masters degree in Business Administration. He has had an illustrious career in the IT industry spanning more than 25 years and has held senior executive positions in companies like TATA - IBM, Fujitsu ICIM and Comsat Max Limited a joint venture of Lockheed Martin & Max India. He is a panelist and speaker at several Indian and International forums and is regularly invited as a guest speaker at premier institutions such as ISB and IIMs. He is an acknowledged thought leader in the arena of Analytics.

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Pankaj Rai is the Director of Dell Global Analytics (DGA). Pankaj has been with Dell for ~8 years and has been with DGA for close to 5 years. Prior to this he was working with the India President’s office and managed all strategic and corporate planning related initiatives of Dell in India. In this role, he was responsible for helping Dell diversify and grow its footprint in India as also represent Dell outside in industry forums.

Prior to joining Dell, Pankaj was Head, Program Management Office at Standard Chartered Bank in their Singapore regional office wherein he helped grow their shared service centres in India and Malaysia.

In his professional career spanning 20 years, Pankaj started as a management consultant and then went on to work in the financial services industry in India wherein he worked with ICICI and GE Capital in a variety of roles covering sales, risk management, 6 sigma & operations.

Pankaj is an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and B.Tech from IIT, Delhi

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Atul Jalan is an entrepreneur for life. It is very unlikely that you would find him not working on something new. His secret sauce however, is imagination coupled with the ability to crank, accelerate and build momentum.

As CEO of Manthan, Atul’s single objective is to keep the spirit of invention and innovation alive at Manthan - a spirit that has seen Manthan go on to become one of the leading contenders in analytics business solutions for consumer industries worldwide. Manthan is Atul’s fourth successful venture after MicroTrack, Cybertrek and Net Kraft. And today, is among the few Indian companies that can boast an analytics portfolio that several Fortune 500 companies rely on.

Atul is a known voice on technology and is sought for his views on analytics and the consumerization of technology by publications and forums worldwide. What is not known though, is that he also dabbles in poetry and takes keen interest in a wide range of subjects from music to astronomy. Loquacious and a polymath, Atul can hold forth the camera obscura and Johannes Vermeer as he can on analytics.

Three-dimensional printing and the uber-personalized era it will drive us into, is his current obsession. And if his maverick, entrepreneurial nature is anything to go by, this could translate into something new. And the bigger and more beautiful it sounds, the more passionate he is likely to be about it.

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Sameer Dhanrajani is a distinguished and widely recognized analytics thought leader and visionary known for his deep knowledge, innovation & ingenuity in the analytics space. He pioneered the Customer, Risk & Operations Analytics framework (CRO) to help clients realize transformative value from big data encircling enterprises and enable accelerated businesses impact through accentuated customer experience, robust risk management strategies and optimized business operations. Under his able leadership, Cognizant Analytics today is recognized as a leading player in the analytics service provider space, serving multiple clients across industries.

A fast tracker & a well-rounded professional with over 18+ years of industry experience, Sameer has donned various leadership roles. Prior to Cognizant, Sameer was the Country Head for Fidelity National Financial and pioneered India's first captive to be based on non-linear growth model. Before Fidelity, he worked as Vice President – Analytics for Genpact.

Sameer is a distinguished member of the NASSCOM Analytics Special Interest Group. He has been recipient of “Outstanding Leadership Award” at India Human Capital Summit and “Exemplary Leader Award” during the Asia Pacific HRM Congress.

Sameer is also a well-renowned speaker and has been a panelist/ moderator on various business, leadership and topical analytics themes at leading Analytics conferences/ events/ seminars.

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Dr Pulak Ghosh, Professor, Quantitative Methods & Information Systems Area at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, is a member of the Data Privacy Advisory Group of Global Pulse – the UN Secretary-General's Big Data innovation initiative.

Ghosh, the only expert from India, along with international experts, will advocate responsible use of Big Data for sustainable development and humanitarian action.

Prior to joining IIMB in July 2009, Professor Pulak Ghosh served as Associate Director, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, USA; Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Georgia State University, Associate Professor at Emory University, USA. He had also served on National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant review panel. Professor Ghosh is a visiting faculty at many national and international institutions.

Professor Ghosh's key specializations are in various fields including Quantitative Finance, Econometrics, Social Network data, Political Science, Biostatistics, Bayesian Statistics, Multivariate Longitudinal Survival Data, Non Parametric Bayesian Spatial and Spatiotemporal Modeling, Change-Point problem among others.

Professor Ghosh has made significant contribution in the Cancer incidence and mortality rate.

Professor Pulak Ghosh obtained his PhD in Statistics from Oakland University, USA in 2003.

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Amit is partner and head for Data & Analytics for KPMG India, he is also leader for Global Data & Analytics COE for KPMG global. Amit has started building KPMG Data & Analytics capability in Jan 2014 and today KPMG is one of the leading professional services firm in this space with largest number of dedicated India focused consultants.

Amit is also driving the innovation agenda for KPMG Global and currently working on developing 3-4 analytics products for next generation. Amit is also associated with analytics education in India and have been active faculty/advisor to ISB, IIT & other B- schools in this space.

Prior to joining KPMG, Amit was a Partner and Managing Director with Accenture Management Consulting. He started the Accenture Analytics consulting practice in India in 2008 and grew the team size to 500+ resources in a span of 5 years. His size of business has grown to US 60MM during this period. He was one of the founder member in building advance analytics capability for Accenture Management Consulting and was part of Accenture advance analytics global leadership team.

He personally own 2 analytics patents & His team filed for 20+ patents (9 patents granted). Before Accenture Amit worked in GECIS/Genpact.

He also worked in JTI, where he was involved in setting up their Indian entity. He was Regional sales head for South Asia region and helped launch the company in India.

Amit earlier started his career in Perfetti Van Melle where he worked for 8 years.. that was a start-up environment wherein Amit was part of the team which has taken company from startup to biggest confectionery company in

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Mamatha Upadhyaya leads the Data Science and Analytics (DS&A) practice at Capgemini. As part of this role, she drives the ecosystem to facilitate Capgemini’s data science and analytics ambitions and practice across the globe. DS&A is one of the cornerstones of Capgemini’s Business Information and Management service line.

Mamatha joined Capgemini in 2011 to incubate the offshore data science team in India and consolidate the global practice. Over the years, the practice has grown and as head of the practice, Mamatha determines key global go to market strategies and solutions that power the global practice and enable deliveries. Mamatha started off her career on the trading floors in Chicago as a quant modeler and a portfolio manager. This experience stood her in good stead when she moved back to India in 2005 and is reflected in her ability to handle both financial and business analytics conversations. Given Capgemini’s leadership position in big data technologies, DS&A also consults with Capgemini’s leading customers to help determine their choice of cutting edge tools and techniques that help innovate analytical solutions for sustained competitive advantage. Mamatha leads global workshops in helping customers define their data science vision and operationalize their strategies. Mamatha is also the brand ambassador for Capgemini India and is at the forefront of “Be the you you want to be” campaign.

Mamatha is passionate about data science, and is a founding member of Datakind Bangalore. She is also a Cherie Blair Foundation Mentor Alumnus, empowering women worldwide.

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Srikanth Velamakanni, is the Co-founder and CEO of Fractal Analytics, one of the world’s most respected pure play Analytics companies. Srikanth’s passion for analytics makes him a thought leader in the space, an active public speaker and evangelist at large.

Srikanth has a BS in Electrical Engineering from IIT-Delhi and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. A former investment banker, he co-founded Fractal 15 years ago. Prior to Fractal, he worked on structured debt transactions and collateralized bond obligations at ANZ Investment Bank and ICICI.

At Fractal, Srikanth helps build value for the world's finest CPG and financial services companies. In the quest to build world class business intelligence solutions, Srikanth and the team at Fractal Sciences actively explore the linkages between neuroscience, consumer behaviour and artificial intelligence. As a co-founder and the CEO, Srikanth believes that making Fractal one of the world’s best places to work is a key responsibility along with institutionalizing the company credo of impact, insight and innovation for clients the world over.

Srikanth considers himself a lifelong student of Mathematics, having been bitten by the bug fairly early in school where he was an NTSE scholar as well as a participant in the International Mathematics Olympiad.

Father to an active and curious two and a half year old, Srikanth also enjoys playing Squash, Snooker and Bridge.

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Ganapathy {Gana} currently leads the Enterprise Analytics Practice for Philips Globally; as part of the Philips Group Level Business Transformation. In his role he is championing scaling up of ‘Analytics’ as a differentiating capability for Philips. He is responsible for Global delivery of Analytics services to all functions of Philips for their Consumer Lifestyle, Lighting, and Healthcare Business Units. Prior to this role, he was part of the Philips Group CIO’s Office

A professional with ~20 years of work experience spanning across Business functions (including Business Analytics, Supply Chain, Business Excellence & Quality, Process Engineering, Sales & Distribution); he has been with Organizations such as Dell, America Online, Ford Motor CO, and Ashok Leyland

With Dell, Gana led their Business Analytics Practices for multiple Functions Globally. He spearheaded Business Excellence activities for AOL’s multiple Business functions in India. With Ford, he led Business process improvement programs across multiple functional domains.

He is a Certified 6 Sigma Master Black Belt from Ford Motor CO. (from 6 Sigma Academy, US), and also a Registered COPC Coordinator (COPC Inc). Gana is a NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Practitioner and trained in TRIZ (the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving).

Gana holds a MBA in Operations Management, B Tech in Mechanical Engineering, and a Diploma in Financial Management.

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Dr. Ravi Vijayaraghavan is a Vice President at Flipkart where he leads the Analytics organization. This team is responsible for leveraging data, analytics and science to create true business impact across the value chain of the business.

Prior to joining Flipkart, Ravi was the Chief Data Scientist and Global Head of the Analytics and Data Sciences Organization at [24]7 inc. At [24]7 Ravi and his team were responsible for invention, development, implementation, and optimization of all analytics and machine learning driven solutions that form the core of [24]7's product offerings.

Before joining [24]7, Ravi held a variety of leadership roles at Ford Motor Company. His contributions were in the applications of computing and analytics to the design and optimization of business and engineering systems. He was the recipient of a Henry Ford Technology Award – the highest technical recognition at Ford. Ravi was also a vice president and part of the executive leadership team of Mu Sigma Inc.

Ravi has 20+ patent filings, many refereed publications and has presented as invited/ keynote speaker at several international conferences. Ravi holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, a PhD from University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MBA from the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor.

Ravi currently lives in Bangalore with his wife and son.

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