About
Dr. Vikram Singh is the Head of Artificial Intelligence at Mahindra Group, a global Data Science & AI Strategy Leader, AI Thought Leader, Generative AI Expert, Speaker, and an award-winning AI innovator with 10+ years of experience transforming enterprises through Generative AI, predictive analytics, and enterprise-scale AI strategies.
At Mahindra Group, he defines and leads the AI Digital transformation across automotive, hospitality, and enterprise domains. He builds high-performing teams that delivers Enterprise AI Solutions such as intelligent chatbots, voice AI, and large-scale MLOps architectures using Generative AI and Agentic AI. His work impacts millions of customers and drive measurable business outcomes.
Previously, as Associate Director at IndiGo Airlines, he co-founded the AI Lab (Lab37), pioneered the GPT-4-powered 6Eskai chatbot, and designed predictive analytics systems that revolutionized operational efficiency for India’s largest airline.
Recognized with the UAE Golden Visa for Talented Pioneers and the 40 Under 40 Data Scientist Award, he speaks at global AI conferences, innovation summits, and industry panels. His published research in deep learning, computer vision, image super-resolution, and AI frameworks continues to influence the AI research and enterprise innovation communities.
💡 Specialties:
• AI Strategy & AI led Digital Transformation
• Generative AI for Enterprise Applications
• Predictive Modeling & Data Science at Scale
• MLOps Architectures & AI Deployment Frameworks
• Public Speaking & AI Thought Leadership
• Computer Vision Expert & Deep Learning Researcher
🌍 Let’s connect to explore how AI can create transformative, sustainable impact for business and society.
Featured Posts
Panel Discussion: AIM Edge Mumbai Edition 2025.
Invited panelist at AIM Edge Mumbai, discussing on Startup Partnerships: Addressing Power Dynamics and Aligning Expectations for Mutual Success.
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Speaker: Microsoft AI Tour, Singapore 2025 – How Generative AI can help CxOs
At the Microsoft AI Tour in Singapore, I discussed how LLM-driven Text-to-SQL capabilities can empower CxOs with instant, on-demand access to their enterprise data—driving faster, data-informed decisions.
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Panel Discussion: ET CIO AI Vision Conclave 2024 – What’s Next for Language Models?
Invited panelist at ET CIO AI Vision Conclave, discussing on what's next for SLMs / LLMs.
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Interview – Economic Times CIO: Low Risk, High Impact AI use cases.
Sharing my views on how enterprises can identify and work on low risk, high impact AI use cases.
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Award: 40 Under 40 Data Scientist — MLDS 2025
Received the honor of being a 40 under 40 Data Scientist in Machine Learning Developers Summit organized by AIM (Analytics India Magazine).
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Panel Discussion: CxO Innovation Congress 2025 — AI at Work: Redefining Possibilities for various industries.
Moderator of a Panel Discussion with panelist: CEO, Digi Yatra; CIO, Yes Bank; CTO, MBank; CTO, Global Healthcare; CTO, IndiaFirst Life; CIO, Utkarsh SF Bank; CTO, CAGL; CEO, CS Infocomm Solutions.
View Post on LinkedIn →Experience
- Head of Artificial Intelligence — Mahindra Group (Apr 2025 – Present)
- Senior Vice President — 8bit.ai (Cloud4C Services) (Nov 2024 – Mar 2025)
- Associate Director / Principal Data Scientist — IndiGo Airlines (Sep 2022 – Nov 2024)
- Lead Data Scientist — Cynax Labs (Mar 2022 – Sep 2022)
- Senior Data Scientist — G42 (Dec 2020 – Mar 2022)
- Applied Scientist — Amazon (May 2019 – Aug 2020)
- Research Assistant — IIT Madras & IIT Patna (Aug 2013 – Aug 2020)
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Vision — Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Madras) (Apr 2015 – Oct 2020)
- Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Computer Science and Engineering — Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Patna) (Aug 2013 – May 2015)
- Master of Computer Applications (MCA) — Panjab University (July 2009 – May 2012)
- Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) — S.M. University (June 2005 – June 2008)
Licenses & Certifications
- Google Project Management Certificate (v1) — Google (Mar 2022)
- Leading People and Teams Specialization — University of Michigan (Jun 2021)
- Advanced Diploma — National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT) (May 2009)
Volunteering
- Reviewer — Elsevier (Oct 2020 – Dec 2024)
- Reviewer — IEEE (Oct 2020 – Dec 2024)
- Reviewer — ECCV (Oct 2020 – Dec 2024)
- Reviewer — CVF (Oct 2020 – Dec 2024)
- Expert — TopMate (Apr 2025 – Present)
Skills
AI Thought Leadership • AI Digital Transformation • Agentic AI • Generative AI • LLMs • Enterprise AI Solutions • AI Strategy • MLOps • Predictive Analytics • AI in Aviation • AI in Customer Experience • AI Chatbots • Computer Vision • Deep Learning • Enterprise Generative AI Consulting • AI Strategy • Public Speaker on AI & Digital Transformation
Publications
- WDN: A Wide and Deep Network to Divide-and-Conquer Image Super-Resolution — IEEE 2020
- Refining high-frequencies for sharper super-resolution and deblurring — Elsevier 2020
- High-Frequency Refinement for Sharper Video Super-Resolution — WACV 2020
- Going Much Wider with Deep Networks for Image Super-Resolution — WACV 2020
- Modified differential evolution based 0/1 clustering for classification of data points: Using modified new point symmetry based distance and dynamically controlled parameters — IC3I 2014
- Indian Institute of Technology-Patna: Sentiment Analysis in Twitter — SemEval 2014
Honors & Awards
- 40 Under 40 Data Scientist Awardee — AIM 2025
- Best Innovator — InterGlobe Aviation Limited 2024
- Power of We — InterGlobe Aviation Limited 2024
- Best M.Tech Thesis Award — Indian Institute of Technology Patna 2015
- UAE Golden Visa for Talented Pioneers — Govt. of UAE 2021
- Wizard Search National Topper — NIIT 2004