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title: "Nitish Kumar - Senior Manager Data Science & Analytics in Greater Bengaluru Area | Tal"
description: "Meet Nitish Kumar, DS, Analytics & Insights @Meesho | Building GenAI-powered decision engines | Ex-CRED, OLA based in Greater Bengaluru Area. AI stack includes claude code, cursor, and gemini."
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# Nitish Kumar on Tal

## Headline

DS, Analytics & Insights @Meesho \| Building GenAI\-powered decision engines \| Ex\-CRED, OLA

## About

Data Science and Analytics leader with 15\+ years of experience driving business impact through data, AI, and analytics across healthcare and e\-commerce\. I have built and led analytics teams, partnered with senior stakeholders, and delivered solutions in product analytics, experimentation, machine learning, forecasting, and Generative AI\. My passion lies in turning complex business problems into scalable, data\-driven solutions that improve customer experience and business outcomes\. Currently focused on leveraging AI to enhance decision\-making, productivity, and product innovation\. Outside of work, I'm a marathon runner and aspiring Ironman, bringing the same discipline, resilience, and continuous learning mindset to both sport and leadership\.

## Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

## AI stack

claude code

cursor

gemini

hugging face

langchain

n8n

## Work experience

Senior Manager Data Science & Analytics at Meesho, Sep 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Leading AI and data strategy for one of India's largest e\-commerce platforms \(500M\+ users\)\. Directing a 45\-member cross\-functional DS & Analytics team across all Categories, Product Quality, Seller Growth and Mall Business\. ▸ GenAI Business Intelligence — Architecting an LLM \+ RAG pipeline layer over structured business data, enabling natural language querying across operational metrics\. Reduced ad\-hoc analyst requests by \~40%, freeing the team for higher\-leverage AI work\. ▸ GenAI Reporting Automation — Automated executive business review generation using GenAI summarisation pipelines, cutting weekly prep time from 6 hours to 15 minutes\.

Director of Data at Connect and Heal \- CNH Care, Feb 2022 \- Sep 2025 · 3 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Led the analytics function and served as a strategic partner across all key functions within the organization\. • Designed and deployed data\-driven risk assessment models to support insurance underwriting decisions\. • Leveraged Google Gemini to enhance client deliverables by integrating and validating structured medical data \(ICD\-10, LOINC, ATC\), improving compliance and overall content quality\. • Delivered and optimized 500\+ client dashboards and reports, driving stronger client retention through enhanced visibility and actionable insights\. • Architected a modern Lakehouse platform using Apache Hudi—reducing data latency, increasing reliability, and cutting infrastructure costs\. Also, implemented fact\-dimension data modeling to streamline querying and significantly improve analytics performance\.

Head of Data at BitClass, Jul 2021 \- Jan 2022 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Developed and implemented a student engagement score, leading to increase in sales by analyzing engagement levels and segmenting leads\. • Managed fundraising efforts and DD process for a fundraising round, directly collaborating with the third party DD team and investors\. • Collaborated with cross\-functional teams—including product managers, engineers, and educators—to A/B test and drive product enhancements based on data insights\.

Product Analytics Lead at Halodoc ID, Aug 2019 \- Jul 2021 · 2 yrs, Greater Bengaluru Area, • Designed and implemented a CXO\-focused framework, enhancing strategic alignment among all organisational leaders, improving cross\-functional performance\. • Managed COVID\-related healthcare volumes with Halodoc, Indonesia’s largest healthcare company, ensuring better operational efficiency during peak demand\. • Led end\-to\-end product analytics, building the function from scratch, which resulted in a improvement in user engagement across key product offerings\.

Data and Product at CRED, Sep 2018 \- Aug 2019 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • First data team member at CRED, building the data function from the ground up \(0 to 1\) while contributing across the product lifecycle\. • Joined pre\-launch and witnessed CRED’s journey from day zero\. • Led product analytics efforts—designed key event instrumentation and set up core funnels for user behavior tracking\. • Conceptualized and launched Fugly Charts, a holistic root\-cause analysis framework that significantly reduced issue resolution time\. • Played a cross\-functional role across Marketing, Research, and QA to drive deep insights into Credit Card user behavior and product experience\.

Lead Business Analyst at Ola, Jul 2016 \- Aug 2018 · 2 y 1 mo, Bangalore

Data Scientist at Cognizant, Feb 2014 \- Jul 2016 · 2 y 5 mo, Gurugram

Associate Analyst at Sapient, Jul 2011 \- Feb 2014 · 2 y 7 mo, Gurugram

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \- BE, Computer Engineering, Army Institute of Technology \(AIT\), Pune

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