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VP Artificial Intelligence | Healthcare & Pharma AI Leader | Agentic AI Platforms | 18 Patents | 11 Books | IIT/IIM Faculty | TEDx | 🏆 Top Consultant 2026 – Thought Leadership

About

I build AI platforms that transform how healthcare and pharma organizations operate — from intelligent drug-launch engines and clinical decision support systems to agentic workflows that compress months of analytics into real-time decisions. As VP of AI at Beghou — a leading pharma commercial analytics firm — I lead the design and deployment of next-generation AI products across commercial, medical, and market access functions for top-tier pharmaceutical clients. My work sits at the intersection of deep AI engineering, healthcare domain expertise, and product-led transformation. Over 20+ years, I have: • Architected and launched AI platforms — including GenAI copilots, multi-agent systems, RAG pipelines, and MLOps infrastructure — serving enterprise clients across pharma, payer, and provider verticals • Held 18 patents in applied AI, NLP, and machine intelligence, reflecting consistent original innovation • Authored 11 books on AI, deep learning, NLP, and explainable AI — establishing me as a trusted voice in the field • Built and led AI teams from the ground up at Lymbyc (acquired by LTI), scaling from founding engineer to Director of AI across a decade • Co-founded Data Safeguard Inc. — a US-based AI startup — as Chief Architect and Head of AI, building data privacy intelligence solutions • Served as Visiting Faculty at IIT Guwahati, IIT Roorkee, and IIM Kozhikode, shaping the next generation of AI practitioners I specialise in translating emerging AI capabilities — LLMs, agentic frameworks, knowledge graphs, causal AI — into scalable, governed, and outcome-driven platforms that move organisations from AI experimentation to enterprise-wide intelligence.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

anthropic apis

antigravity

claude code

codex

lovable

openai

Work experience

Vice President of Artificial Intelligence at Beghou, Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Role Overview: Leading Beghou's AI product strategy and platform engineering, building the next generation of intelligent decision systems for pharma commercial, medical affairs, and market access teams globally. Key Responsibilities & Achievements: • Designed and launched an Agentic AI platform for pharma commercial teams — automating field force planning, HCP targeting, and launch readiness workflows that previously required weeks of manual analytics • Built a GenAI Copilot for market access teams, enabling dynamic payer landscape analysis and reimbursement strategy generation using RAG pipelines and domain-tuned LLMs • Led the AI governance and responsible AI framework for all client-facing products — incorporating HIPAA-aligned data handling, model explainability, and audit-ready AI decision trails • Scaled a cross-functional AI engineering team across data science, ML engineering, and product — hiring, mentoring, and structuring a high-performance AI organisation • Partnered with C-suite stakeholders at top-20 pharma clients to align AI roadmaps with commercial strategy, translating enterprise AI vision into phased, measurable product releases • Driving integration of multi-agent AI systems with existing CRM and analytics ecosystems (Veeva, IQVIA data assets) to create continuous intelligence across the drug lifecycle

Co-Founder, Chief Architect & Head of AI at Data Safeguard Inc., Jan 2023 - Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo, California, United States, # Professional Highlights: - Applied AI Leader: Pradeepta has a rich history of delivering AI-driven products across various industries, helping companies harness the power of machine learning to solve complex problems. - 40Under40DataScientists: Named in the elite 40Under40DataScientists list for 2019 and 2020, a testament to his leadership and contributions to the AI community. - Inventor with 15 Patents: Pradeepta holds 15 patents related to innovative AI methodologies, making substantial strides in artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. - Prolific Author: With 11 published books, Pradeepta is a trusted voice in AI education, covering topics from deep learning to data mining and explainable AI. - Visiting Faculty: He has been a Visiting Faculty at leading institutions like IITs and IIMs, contributing to their AI and data science programs through courses, guest lectures, and mentorship. - Startup Mentor: Actively involved in the startup ecosystem, Pradeepta serves as a mentor to emerging AI startups, guiding them in scaling their products and navigating technical challenges. - TEDx Speaker: As a TEDx speaker, he has inspired audiences with his insights into AI's potential in real-world scenarios. - AI/ML Trainer: His hands-on training programs are well-known, equipping professionals and students alike with the skills necessary to excel in the rapidly evolving fields of AI and ML. # Expertise Areas: - Applied AI: Extensive experience in implementing AI across industries like finance, healthcare, and manufacturing. - Deep Learning: Expertise in frameworks such as PyTorch and TensorFlow, with a focus on creating scalable AI systems. - Explainable AI (XAI): A pioneer in the field of AI model interpretability, Pradeepta emphasizes the importance of transparent AI solutions. - Natural Language Processing (NLP): Skilled in developing NLP models for tasks like text classification, named entity recognition (NER), and text summarization.

AI Educator, Visiting Faculty & Mentor at iit guwahati, Jan 2014 - Jan 2026 · 12 yrs 1 mo, Remote, Designed and delivered AI/ML curriculum for IITs, IIMs, and leading edtech platforms. Mentored 1,000+ professionals and students across data science, deep learning, NLP, and applied AI programs.

Director of Artificial Intelligence - Fosfor at LTIMindtree, Dec 2012 - Jan 2023 · 10 yrs 2 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Title: Founding Member & Director of Artificial Intelligence Company: Lymbyc (Acquired by LTI → LTIMindtree) | Fosfor AI Product Suite Duration: December 2012 – January 2023 | 10 Years | Bengaluru, India Joined Lymbyc as a founding member and built the AI function from the ground up — from the first ML prototype to a multi-product AI platform suite that was acquired by LTI (now LTIMindtree) and rebranded as Fosfor. Led AI product strategy and engineering through the full arc: startup, scale-up, acquisition, and enterprise product lifecycle. Founding & Platform Achievements: • Built Lymbyc's core AI engine from scratch — a semantic question-answering system (not a chatbot) grounded in knowledge graph and NLP architectures, years ahead of mainstream LLM adoption • Designed and launched a scalable AutoML system for structured ML — enabling non-expert users to build, tune, and deploy production ML models without manual hyperparameter engineering • Architected DeepContext — a deep learning NLP system for contextual understanding of unstructured enterprise data, adopted across financial services, CPG, and pharma clients • Led the AI roadmap for the Fosfor Product Suite (Spectra, Optic, Refract, Aspect, Lumin) — contributing to the DataOps, MLOps, and augmented analytics product layers • Built and mentored the AI team from zero — hiring data scientists, ML engineers, and NLP specialists; no external training required as I designed the internal capability-building programme • Supported the M&A process through LTI acquisition — translating AI product IP, team structure, and platform architecture into enterprise-grade product lines serving 300+ global clients

Founding Member and Director of Artificial Intelligence at Lymbyc, Dec 2012 - Dec 2022 · 10 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru Area, India, Title: Founding Member & Director of Artificial Intelligence Company: Lymbyc (Acquired by LTI → LTIMindtree) | Fosfor AI Product Suite Duration: December 2012 – January 2023 | 10 Years | Bengaluru, India Joined Lymbyc as a founding member and built the AI function from the ground up — from the first ML prototype to a multi-product AI platform suite that was acquired by LTI (now LTIMindtree) and rebranded as Fosfor. Led AI product strategy and engineering through the full arc: startup, scale-up, acquisition, and enterprise product lifecycle. Founding & Platform Achievements: • Built Lymbyc's core AI engine from scratch — a semantic question-answering system (not a chatbot) grounded in knowledge graph and NLP architectures, years ahead of mainstream LLM adoption • Designed and launched a scalable AutoML system for structured ML — enabling non-expert users to build, tune, and deploy production ML models without manual hyperparameter engineering • Architected DeepContext — a deep learning NLP system for contextual understanding of unstructured enterprise data, adopted across financial services, CPG, and pharma clients • Led the AI roadmap for the Fosfor Product Suite (Spectra, Optic, Refract, Aspect, Lumin) — contributing to the DataOps, MLOps, and augmented analytics product layers • Built and mentored the AI team from zero — hiring data scientists, ML engineers, and NLP specialists; no external training required as I designed the internal capability-building programme • Supported the M&A process through LTI acquisition — translating AI product IP, team structure, and platform architecture into enterprise-grade product lines serving 300+ global clients

Education

Post Graduate in Analytical & Applied Economics, Specialization in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics, Utkal University

Artificial Intelligence Professional Program (Online), XCS229i, XCS224U, XCS224N, XCS229ii, Stanford University