About The Author & Technical Reviewer
Dr. S. Mahesh Anand is a distinguished educator, corporate trainer, keynote speaker, and consultant specializing in data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. With over two decades of experience, Dr. Anand has been instrumental in shaping the learning journey of more than 50,000 students and professionals across India.
Dr. Anand served as a full-time faculty member at VIT University (Vellore) for a decade, where he honed his academic and research skills. In 2012, he founded his consulting and training firm, Scientific Computing Solutions (SCS-India).
His professional footprint includes delivering transformative corporate training sessions for leading organizations such as Great Learning, Chegg, TNQTech, CGI, Mad Street Den, and numerous startups. Additionally, he has conducted over 800 master training sessions for faculty members at higher education institutions across India.
Among his accolades, Dr. Anand is the recipient of the AT&T Labs Award from IEEE Headquarters and the M.V. Chauhan Award from the IEEE India Council for his pioneering work on the ANN-Fuzzy hybrid AI model for cancer prediction. In 2022, he was also honored with the Best Data Science and AI Educator Award by AI Global Media, UK.
As the founder of "Learn AI with Anand," a flagship program of SCS-India, he continues to inspire learners through his online cohort courses, technical books, published works, and innovative teaching methodologies. Dr. Anand’s love for reading, exploring new destinations, and writing fuels his passion for learning, discovering fresh perspectives, and sharing knowledge through his work.
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ABOUT TECHNICAL REVIEWER
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Sudin Baraokar holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai. He is an innovator in emerging and deep technologies, with extensive experience as CIO, CTO, and IT Advisor at major organizations such as SBI, Barclays, IBM, and GE. Currently, he is an IT Advisor to global organizations and academia, as well as the founder of a deep tech startup.
Sudin has expertise in over 70 technologies and platforms, including AI, cybersecurity, quantum computing, data science, IoT, blockchain, cloud computing, low code/no code development, digital transformation, and enterprise architecture. He established the Bankchain Alliance, a consortium of over 30 banks focused on emerging tech solutions.
At SBI, Sudin transformed the core banking systems to handle 24,000 transactions per second and 1.5 billion transactions per day, serving over 500 million customers and 700 million accounts. He also developed the SBI YONO smart mobile banking application, which has over 50 million users.
Currently, Sudin is developing AI-based digital transformation platforms for supply chain management (SCM), trade tech, fintech, regtech, and risk tech. He has trained over 1 million professionals, entrepreneurs, faculty, and students in deep tech and emerging technologies. With more than 1,000 technology and digital transformation events delivered, he has also mentored over 500 startups.
Sudin is a global keynote speaker on topics such as emerging tech, deep tech, innovations, and collaboration. In his free time, he enjoys golfing, singing, volunteering for charity, and researching future tech, economics, sports, and history.