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Applied Research at eBay

About

Applied AI/ML Leader with 15+ years of experience architecting and scaling enterprise-grade AI/ML platforms. Proven success in enabling AI transformations through ML/AI innovation, GenAI/LLM adoption, and team leadership. Expertise spans across Classical Structured ML, Deep Learning, Recommendation Systems, Multi Arm Bandits, NLP, Finetuning LMs/LLMs/SLMs, Domain specific Foundation Modelling, Deployment at Scale in B2C companies. Have scaled Data Science Products from 0 to 1 driving multiple X improvements in Product PnL. Adept at translating complex AI initiatives into measurable business outcomes across cross-functional global teams. Key Areas of Focus: Data Science Team Leadership, Applied AI, search, ranking, user personalization, dynamic pricing, Finetuning SLMs, NLP, NER, Generative AI Applications, Language Models, Embedding Training, Multi Arm Bandits, Deep Learning, Anomaly Detection, Time Series Forecasting, ML for PnL Optimization, ML in Production.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

Work experience

Sr Manager, Applied Research at eBay, Jul 2026 - Present · 2 mos, Bengaluru

Associate Director - Data Science at MakeMyTrip, Jan 2024 - Jul 2026 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Currently leading Data Science for MakeMyTrip Commons team comprising rockstar Applied Data Scientists and ML Engineers. Leading the Data science charter for Gen AI (NLP/SLM/LLMs) - Finetuning/Hosting and Grounds (Rails/Cabs/Bus) Line of Business. Created and Scaled DS products like Trip Guarantee, Seat Availability for Rails from 0 to 1 that directly impact the PnL of the Business. Built patent worthy features (filing in progress). Areas of Work: Gen AI Conversational Systems, NER/Intent Detection, Entity Linking, IR systems, Representation Learning, User Modelling, Recommendation Systems, Ranking, Classification, Reinforcement Learning, Forecasting

Senior Principal Data Scientist at MakeMyTrip, May 2022 - Feb 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Data Scientist, Cloud Application Life Cycle Management at SAP Labs India, Jul 2020 - May 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, #Time Series #Anomaly Detection #Deep Learning - Semi-Supervised/Unsupervised Multivariate Time Series Anomaly Detection and Diagnosis - Identification of root cause alerts using Temporal Causal Discovery Models

Data Scientist, Intelligent Spend Management at SAP Ariba, Apr 2019 - Jul 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, #NLP #Predictive Analytics #Advanced Analytics - Customer Churn - Customer Adoption Scoring - Semantic Search - Credit Scoring - Spend forecasting - Chatbot for Customer Insights

Data Scientist - Customer Insights at SAP Ariba, Apr 2016 - Mar 2019 · 3 yrs, Bangalore, Ariba is the largest business trading network connecting buyers and suppliers across the world.

Senior Member - Planning and Systems at EdgeVerve, Oct 2015 - Apr 2016 · 7 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys, develops innovative software products and offers them on-premise or as cloud-hosted business platforms.

Product analyst at NetApp, May 2012 - Oct 2015 · 3 y 5 mo, Bengaluru

Engineering Manager at Tata Steel, Jul 2008 - Jun 2010 · 1 y 11 mo, Jamshedpur

Education

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Information Management (PGDM), SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research

Bachelor’s Degree, Civil Engineering (B.Tech Hons), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur