Future.AI for BFSI

Utpal Chakraborty is an eminent data scientist, AI researcher, strategist, and thought leader with more than two decades of industry experience, including as a principal architect in Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Infotech, IBM, Capgemini, and other MNCs including heading the Artificial Intelligence division of YES Bank. Currently, he is the Chief Digital Officer(CDO) at Allied Digital Services Ltd. Utpal is a well-known speaker and author of four bestselling books on artificial intelligence, Quantum Computing, IoT, as well as Agile & Lean and has delivered speeches at conferences around the world. Utpal has also been recognized as one of the top AI Influencers & Thought Leaders by reputed forums. He has also been recognized as Global AI Ambassador 2022.

Dillip has 24 years of experience in Data Analytics that span over DWH, BigData, Streaming, AI DataScience, Cloud, Data Governance, and Data Management.

Dillip has set up Data Platform, CDP, Martech, and DigiPaaS over 10 banks from scratch with Dispersed Geography and having Patent, Product Innovation in Modernising Data Analytics Landscape.

Currently, he is working as SVP – Data Analytics and heads DataPlatform at Axis Bank.
Prior to joining Axis Bank, Dillip had worked with HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Citi & IBM. He completed his BTech from NIT Rourkela and MBA from IIMC. Dillip is an avid traveller and enjoys reading books.

Prasanna is practicing Blockchain Research, Digital Transformation, Innovation Implementation & Architecture Orchestration as Chief Executive Officer at Block Stack. He is also the Director of Association of Emerging Technolgies India and advisisng Web3, Blockchain, Payment, Banking, Metaverse setup companies. Prasanna was an Ex-Chief Innovation Officer at DCB Bank.

Since 2021, Prasanna is the founding Member of “India Blockchain Forum”. It’s Ecosystem driven program for Blockchain Adoption through Education, Corporate CoE, Research & Accelerator programs in India. Prasanna has contributed for India’s National Strategy for Blockchain with MEITY.

Prasanna has over 21+ Years of Industry Experience in Engineering and Development, Product Development, Organization Strategy & Governance, Risk Audit Compliance Management, Business Process Management, Enterprise Architecture, Mobile Apps, Digital Transformation, Fintech, E-Commerce, Payments, Platform & Product Innovation, Data Science, Automation, AR & VR , Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Open Stack, Cloud Computing, Analytics, Big Data, IOT, Blockchain,   UI-UX & Business Development.

As part of Professional career into Digital & Architecture Transformation, I am closely associated with New & latest technology Strategy, Assimilation, Experimentation, Innovative Customer Servicing & Engagement, Robust Architecture Implementation, Fintech & Startup Alignment, Open Innovation practices, Collaboration with other Banks on various initiatives.

Haryyaksha Ghosh (Haryy) is the Chief Data Officer of Aadhar Housing Finance Limited, heading the data, data science and digital analytics initiatives. He holds an Integrated Master’s degree in Science (Physics) from IIT Kharagpur and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Calcutta. He has close to 2 decades of experience in AI/ML, and has established, scaled up & matured data science practices in organizations across India & South East Asia.

Yashoraj leads all aspects of the company’s technology strategy, planning, and development, working to deliver a robust and secure technology platform that underpins all aspects of its lending business. Since joining CASHe in 2017, Yashoraj has successfully created a scalable and high-impact technology solution, which he hopes will go a long way in financially empowering millions of unbanked and underbanked people in India and pave a way for their rapid financial inclusion. He leads the team that built a scalable, high-frequency loan underwriting platform capable of analyzing hundreds of data points of each applicant using data analytics and machine learning algorithms. In his expanded role as the CBO, his focus will be on bringing out innovative financial products that are inclusive and expansive and strive for technology and business alliances and partnerships that are key to CASHe’s long-term growth and success

He strongly believes that innovation is a fundamental driver of growth and progress in any organisation. Thus, he is motivated to create, harness and manage technology such that it benefits the masses and positively affects the world in which we live today. He is passionate about solving problems, be it at any level, and motivates his team and takes the initiative to come up with long-term solutions.

Yashoraj is UC Berkely-educated and armed with a master’s degree in financial engineering. He also holds a BE (Hons.) from Bits Pilani

Sudhir is working as the Director for Data Analytics, APAC and is helping customers with data-driven decisioning across various Industry segments. With his rich and varied data science experience he is helping organizations across broad industry segments to compete more effectively in a connected world while creating a more sustainable future.

Previously, Sudhir held various roles of Business Development, Account Management and Product development in the EMEA region focussing on the German Aerospace Market.

Sudhir earned a bachelor’s degree in technology specializing in mechanical engineering from the university of madras and a master’s degree in computational engineering from RUHR Universitat.

Dr. Shidan Murphy heads the solutions team of Data Analytics for Altair in the Asia-Pacific region.  Dr. Murphy brings to Altair a rich and varied experience in data science. Beginning his career as a Research Scientist with the Canada Government, Dr. Murphy developed numerical methods to predict how climate change, shipping patterns and shoreline modifications affect fish communities in the Great Lakes of North America and in the Canadian Arctic. Today, Dr. Murphy empowers financial institutions, retailors, utilities, insurance and consumer-packaged good companies across Asia, India and Australia with data driven decision making.

Dr. Murphy is an award-winning scientist, author of several papers published in international journals and written software to teach statistical computing in R. He holds a PhD from the University of Toronto

Shivani is head of Client Insights, Analytics and AI CoE at RBL Bank and is helping teams across the bank make their decisions more data-driven. She is passionate about outcome-driven innovation and leads a team of analysts who thrive in bringing together data science, technology, and business context to drive business value.

She is an alumna of Anna University, IRMA, and ISB Hyderabad.

She started her career in the consumer banking divisions of ICICI Bank and Axis Bank. She then went to pursue her MBA from ISB, Hyderabad post which she joined Fintellix, an analytics, risk, and compliance product company catering exclusively to banks.