Bala Venkatesh

Bala Venkatesh

Data Scientist | AI Engineer

Building intelligent solutions that drive business growth and efficiency.

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My Story

I am a Data Scientist and AI Engineer who translates complex technical capabilities into tangible business value. My expertise lies in aligning AI solutions with core objectives, ensuring technology investments directly drive growth, efficiency, and innovation from concept to deployment.

Domain Expertise

Banking

Secure and efficient financial solutions.

Healthcare

Improving patient outcomes with AI.

Agriculture

Data-driven farming solutions.

E-commerce

Optimizing the online retail experience.

Learn AI With Me

Explore my curated resources and guides to kickstart your AI learning journey and earn free certifications.

Your Partner in AI Innovation

AI Strategy & Consulting

Identifying and planning high-impact AI opportunities for your business.

Custom Model Development

Building bespoke ML models (NLP, CV, GenAI) tailored to your data.

AI Team Leadership

Guiding and mentoring technical teams to deliver projects effectively.

Technical Writing

Authoring clear and concise articles on complex AI topics. Read my blog.

My Professional Journey

Sep 2023 - Present

Standard Chartered Bank

ML Security Engineer

Automated Pipeline Security

Pioneered a solution using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to automate misconfiguration detection and remediation in Azure DevOps pipelines, drastically improving security posture and earning the "Best Performer of the Year 2024" award.

Mar 2022 - Mar 2023

Bighaat PVT LTD

Lead Data Scientist

AI-Powered Crop Doctor

Led the creation of an AI mobile app to help farmers identify plant diseases from images, deploying deep learning models to provide actionable, real-time insights and improve crop health across the region.

Oct 2020 - Jul 2021

AIBOTS Sdn Bhd

Data Scientist

Healthcare NLP Application

Developed a healthcare application using NLP to generate clinical notes from patient conversations, streamlining physician workflows and significantly improving documentation efficiency.

Bringing Ideas to Life

TIP Automation

TIP Automation (SCB)

Automated security pipeline validation using RAG and LLMs.

Crop Doctor

Crop Doctor (Bighaat)

AI mobile app for farmers to detect plant diseases from images.

Medosys

Medosys (AIBOTS)

NLP app to assist doctors in preparing notes from conversations.

Building with the Community

My Toolkit

Python Java Generative AI Langchain LangGraph Agents (CrewAI/Autogen) Ollama Prompt Engineering NLP Computer Vision PyTorch Azure Cloud Docker FastAPI RAG Vector Database

Education

M.Sc. Applied Data Science

Teesside University, London

2021 – 2022

B.E. Computer Science

Sri Ram Engineering College, India

2011 - 2015

My Learning Journey

Implement Security with Azure DevOps

Microsoft

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Impact of Generative AI on Cyber Security

Udemy

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Moments of Recognition

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Best Performer of the Year 2024

Recognized by SCB Bank for outstanding contributions and excellence in automating security pipelines.

Demo Videos

My Published Book

Data-Driven Business

I had the privilege of co-authoring a chapter in this book, collaborating with 23 other data science experts from around the globe. We share insights on how to effectively profit from and manage your data. This was a significant milestone for me as my first published work on Amazon.

Co-authored with industry leaders from companies like IBM, Siemens, and Hilton Hotels.

Voices from My Network

Mahathir Muhammad Rafie

"Bala is very passionate about applying AI and Machine Learning in real problem. He is life time learner that keep challenging himself to explore new technologies."

Mahathir Muhammad Rafie

CEO / AIBOTS SDN BHD

Brandon McCutcheon

"Bala is a great communicator and quick learner... he easily understands project requirements and the core business model, and takes great initiative in solving problems. His ML skills are impressive."

Brandon McCutcheon

Co-Founder / Phraze

ArunVivek

"Bala has the ability to take complex technical issues and build solutions at scale. His knowledge of programming fused with his ability to think creatively made him an excellent asset to our team."

ArunVivek

Head Cloud Security / Standard Chartered Bank

Let's Connect

Feel free to reach out directly at venkateshpnk22@gmail.com or call me at 9003812808 without any hesitation.