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title: "Akshat Rastogi - Lead Data Scientist - AI Architect / AI Product Manager in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Akshat Rastogi, Lead Data Scientist - AI Architect @ Philips | Applied AI Leadership - Strategy & Products | Ex: Fraunhofer, Siemens | Alum: Universität Stuttgart (TU-9) | NIT-S | IIIT-B based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes codex, github copilot, and hugging face."
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# Akshat Rastogi on Tal

## Headline

Lead Data Scientist \- AI Architect @ Philips \| Applied AI Leadership \- Strategy & Products \| Ex: Fraunhofer, Siemens \| Alum: Universität Stuttgart \(TU\-9\) \| NIT\-S \| IIIT\-B

## About

🚀 Learning to lead\. Leading to learn\. 💡 I am passionate about turning emerging technologies into meaningful business impact\. Over the years, I have worked at the intersection of applied AI, product strategy, people management and solution architecture—leading initiatives from idea to execution while navigating complex technical, business, and organizational challenges\. 🧩 I am naturally drawn to ambiguous, high\-impact problems where the path forward is not immediately obvious\. Whether it is shaping strategy, building new capabilities, driving innovation, or scaling execution, I enjoy bringing structure to complexity and aligning diverse stakeholders around a common vision\. 🤝 Beyond technology, I care deeply about people and culture\. Building high\-performing teams, mentoring talent, fostering collaboration, and creating an environment where individuals can do their best work have been some of the most rewarding aspects of my journey\. I believe sustainable success comes from combining strong execution with trust, ownership, and continuous learning\. 📚 My interests span technology, business, leadership, innovation, finance, and human potential\. I am particularly energized by conversations around strategic decision\-making, organizational transformation, AI\-driven innovation, and building products and teams that create lasting value\. 🌍 Always happy to connect with leaders, builders, and lifelong learners exploring ambitious ideas, meaningful challenges, and opportunities to create positive impact\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

codex

github copilot

hugging face

langgraph

ollama

vLLM

## Work experience

Lead Data Scientist \- AI Architect / AI Product Manager at Philips, Apr 2026 \- Present · 6 mos, Bengaluru

Member at AI Guild, Apr 2021 \- Present · 5 yrs 6 mos, The AI Guild is the go\-to community for data and business professionals advancing AI adoption\. Mission: https://www\.theguild\.ai/mission

Senior Data Scientist \- AI Architect at Philips, Apr 2024 \- Mar 2026 · 2 yrs, Bengaluru

Data Scientist \- II at Philips, Nov 2021 \- Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Data Scientist at Yanxiki, May 2020 \- Jul 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos, India

Research Scientist at Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing, Sep 2019 \- Feb 2020 · 6 mos, Cologne Bonn Region

Project Research Associate at TRUMPF, Oct 2018 \- Jun 2019 · 9 mos, Stuttgart Region

## Education

Master of Science \- MS, Computational Science, University of Stuttgart

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Surat

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