Artificial intelligence is poised to unleash the next wave of digital disruption, and companies should prepare for it now. There are real-life benefits for a few early adopting firms, making it more Important than ever all sectors to accelerate and adoption to their digital/IOT transformations. Five AI technology systems to focous is on robotics and autonomous vehicles, computer vision, language, virtual agents, and machine learning, which includes deep learning and underpins many recent advances in the other AI technologies.
Early evidence suggests that AI can deliver real value to serious adopters and can be a powerful force for disruption. Early AI adopters that combine strong digital/IOT capability with proactive strategies have higher profit margins and expect the performance gap with other firms to widen in the future.
AI promises benefits, but also poses urgent challenges that cut across firms, developers, government, and workers. The workforce needs to be reskilled to exploit AI rather than compete with it."

A IIM L Alumini, a Rocket Science Engineer with 20 yrs of experience in leading businesses of top technology companies like, L&T, IBM, Genpact & Indian Air Force. I have been successful in building their Analytics and Quality businesses grounds up and converting them to a profit centres. Under my leadership have been able to build technical leaders with a Global reach and build AI solutions in the new and dynamic environment and getting away from the traditional Analytics Service Models.
Key Areas in my portfolio, covering Analytics for major sectors in Fintech, Retail, Telecom, n and in the Engineering Sector Analytics for Power Transmission and Distribution, Heavy Construction, Water treatment Plant and Smart City Surveillance. Beyond analytics include - Consulting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operations, Process Excellence and Technology Management.
In my recent past, I have been working in Analytics at L&T. I Strongly Believe in an uncertain world, one factor sets successful enterprises apart is 'Innovation & Intelligence'. And AI is critical and will be the driving factor to Bridge this Gap

The Analytics and Decision Sciences organisation at Flipkart has the charter of leveraging science to enable robust data-driven decision-making. Key focus areas of this organisation are business growth and continuously improving customer experience. My talk will present the overall landscape of the Analytics organisation and the areas we cover.
Two key expectations of any consumer from an ecommerce platform are –

1. The availability of a really wide assortment/selection of products and
2. A price that is true value for money

Following the overview, I will present use cases related to applications of statistics, machine learning and optimisation in addressing these two expectations of our consumers.

Dr. Ravi Vijayaraghavan is a Vice President at Flipkart where he leads the Analytics and Decision Sciences organization. This team is responsible for leveraging data, analytics and science to drive decision-making and business impact across all areas of Flipkart.
Prior to joining Flipkart, Ravi was the Chief Data Scientist and Global Head of the Analytics and Data Sciences Organization at [24]7.ai – a silicon-valley based company that builds machine learning and artificial intelligence driven software products for customer service. At [24]7.ai, Ravi and his team were responsible for invention, development, implementation, and optimization of all analytics and machine learning driven solutions that form the core of [24]7's product offerings. These products and solutions leverage machine learning to enable a more intuitive customer care experience for consumers through online and offline channels.
Before joining [24]7, Ravi held a variety of leadership roles at Ford Motor Company. His contributions were in the applications of computing and analytics to the design and optimization of business and engineering systems. He was the recipient of a Henry Ford Technology Award – the highest technical recognition at Ford. Ravi was also a vice president and part of the executive leadership team of Mu Sigma Inc., a Chicago/Bangalore based pure-play analytical services company.
Ravi has 25+ patent filings, many refereed publications and has presented as invited/ keynote speaker at several international conferences. Ravi holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, a PhD from University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MBA from the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor.