Venkatesh Das is a Lead Data Scientist at Tiger Analytics with close to 7 years of experience in Data Science/ML and Generative AI. A Computer Science graduate from IIIT Bhubaneswar, he began his career designing and delivering large-scale pricing, forecasting, and optimization solutions for leading players in QSR, retail, and automotive. In recent years, his focus has shifted to NLP and Generative AI ranging from classical techniques like NER, sentiment analysis, and text classification to training and fine-tuning LLMs and building agentic AI solutions. At Tiger Analytics, he currently leads initiatives on AI platforms, driving innovation and scaling AI adoption.