Summary
Shraddha Surana is a Principal Data Scientist with 11 years of experience, currently leading Data & AI initiatives and global community efforts at Thoughtworks from Pune. She combines deep ML expertise and research chops—authoring peer-reviewed papers and arXiv work on ML for scientific discovery, galaxy star-formation prediction, and generative models for antiviral peptides—with hands-on delivery of production ML solutions. Her background spans OCR, scientific computing and applied AI across startups and consulting, and she mentors teams through Thoughtworks’ leadership development programs. Shraddha is pursuing a PhD in Artificial Intelligence, reflecting a sustained commitment to bridging research and real-world impact. Outside work she explores neural networks, the brain and the cosmos, and pursues amateur photography, signaling a creative curiosity that feeds her interdisciplinary approach.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) E&TC, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) E&TC at Vishwakarma Institute of Technology
A-levels, A-levels at Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth, Leicester
Master of Engineering (MEng) Computer Science, Master of Engineering (MEng) Computer Science at Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune
St. Annes, Pune
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Artificial Intelligence, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Artificial Intelligence at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - Goa Campus
Hindi, English