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title: "Deo Ashish Samanta (DS) - Lead Risk Analyst in Bengaluru | Tal"
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# Deo Ashish Samanta \(DS\) on Tal

## Headline

Risk Strategy & Analytics \| Airtel Finance

## About

Strategy\-driven Risk Analytics professional, applying Data Science & Machine Learning to optimize credit decisions and portfolio growth\. Experienced across Fintech, Banking & NBFC domains in digital lending strategy\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude

gemini

hugging face

perplexity

ChatGPT

## Work experience

Lead Risk Analyst at airtel, Jun 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Risk Analyst at airtel, Oct 2023 \- May 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Financial Services \- Digital Lending

Manager \- Risk Analytics at SMFG India Credit, Mar 2022 \- Oct 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Partnership Digital Co\-lending

Manager \- Data Science & Analytics Group at ICICI Bank, Aug 2021 \- Mar 2022 · 8 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Digital Corporate Banking

Consultant at Mastercard Data & Services, Nov 2020 \- May 2021 · 7 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Mastercard Economic Institute

## Education

PGDBA, Business Analytics, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

BS\-MS \(Dual Degree\), Mathematics, IISER Bhopal

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