Siddhesh Gunjal

Senior Research Scientist

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Siddhesh Gunjal - Senior Research Scientist

Siddhesh Gunjal

Senior Research Scientist

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A nerd ;)

About Me

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Leading research strategy for enterprise AI at scale. 8+ years bridging cutting-edge research (Computer Vision, NLP, Reinforcement Learning) with production deployment.

I translate technical breakthroughs into business value, scaling teams and prototypes into production systems serving millions of requests. Focus: architectural innovation, roadmap definition, and building high-performing research teams.

Key areas:

Strategic Roadmapping: Evaluating emerging tech (LLMs, foundation models) and determining what gets piloted, adopted, or abandoned
Team Building: Building research teams that publish, prototype, and deliver simultaneously and establishing technical mentorship pipelines
Business Alignment: Working with product and executive teams to prioritize research that drives revenue, user retention, or operational efficiency

AI Technologies I have worked with

▸ GenAI ▸ DeepRL ▸ OpenCV ▸ TensorRT ▸ TFLite

Python Frameworks I build with

▸ Flask ▸ FastAPI ▸ Django ▸ CustomTkinter

WebDev Tools I have worked with

▸ React ▸ Tailwind CSS ▸ ThreeJS ▸ Flutter ▸ PHP

Experience

My Journey so far ;)

2024 – Present

NielsenIQ

Senior Research Scientist

Leading research and innovation to enhance AI systems powering the world's most trusted consumer intelligence platform, measuring and analyzing over 97% of global GDP. Built AI systems that saved $750K+ annually in operational costs. Lead revenue-generating AI Initiative contributing $500K+ in new annual revenue, transforming data into actionable insights for top-tier clients worldwide.

2022 – 2024

Apaar Information systems

ML Engineer

Built gstGPT (GenAI powered GST solution). Developed a OpenCV based emotion tracking application to analyse on-floor behaviour. Deployed Multiple WebAR Apps with custom ML based image tracking to increase engagement by 80% and lead conversion by 40%.

2020 - 2022

LivePixel Technologies

ML & XR Developer

Deployed MR Experiences with nReal MR glasses for Science Museum to increase student engagement by 90%. Developed DL based software to interact with 3D Holograms. AR Car showroom app to experience and shop automotive from your home. RatLab VR program to allow medical students learn operation procedures and increase their confidence by 40% during actual procedure/practical.

2020 - 2023

upGrad

Adjunct Faculty (Weekends only)

As an Adjunct Faculty my work is to deliver sessions to small groups of people explaining them core concepts of the ML and AI, solving doubts, guiding them to solve actual world problems with Data.

2019 - 2020

Bombay Stock Exchange

Visiting Professor

My responsibilities were to teach Advanced Data Analytics for stock market and create live dashboards with R-shinny. Tableau integration with R-server for advanced analytics

2018 - 2018

riidl

Teaching Assistant

My responsibilities were to teach concepts of AI/ML. Took practical implementations (Hands-on) of ML projects to more than 100 students, professors and professionals