Summary
Aditya Bhattacharya is an Applied AI/ML lead with eight years of industry experience and a PhD in Explainable AI, currently building applied AI at Nutanix after leading XAI research at KU Leuven. He has a track record of founding AI Centers of Excellence and scaling cross-functional teams and products—from cloud-native data platforms and Azure-backed digital health systems to ML solutions in forecasting, vision, NLP and reinforcement learning. His work blends rigorous academic research (Data-Centric and Actionable XAI, interactive ML, multi-agent conversational agents) with hands-on engineering, driving production-ready pipelines and device-to-cloud integrations. Aditya’s background spans Microsoft, Intel and West Pharmaceutical, where he combined software engineering, cloud modernization and ML leadership to deliver measurable business impact. He is a technology explorer with deep curiosity about practical AI, evidenced by academic distinction and a habit of mentoring the next generation of ML practitioners.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Explainable AI, Summa Cum Laude (Distinction), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Explainable AI, Summa Cum Laude (Distinction) at KU Leuven
Master's degree, Computer Science, Specialization in Machine Learning, G.P.A. - 4.0/4.0, Master's degree, Computer Science, Specialization in Machine Learning, G.P.A. - 4.0/4.0 at Georgia Institute of Technology
Engineer’s Degree (Gold Medalist), ECE, CGPA: 9.72/10, Engineer’s Degree (Gold Medalist), ECE, CGPA: 9.72/10 at Vellore Institute of Technology
High School, Computer Science, CBSE AISSCE (HSC) - 95.6%, CBSE AISSE (SSC) - CGPA: 10/10, High School, Computer Science, CBSE AISSCE (HSC) - 95.6%, CBSE AISSE (SSC) - CGPA: 10/10 at B.D. Memorial International
English, Bengali, Hindi, German