Summary
Yashdeep Dahiya is an AI practitioner with 10 years of analytical experience and 4+ years focused on deploying ML/AI systems in ESG and sustainable finance. Combining a strong economics background with advanced AI training (Monash MSc AI, BITS Pilani CS and MSc Economics), he builds explainable, human-in-the-loop LLM/RAG pipelines that turn messy unstructured data into actionable ESG insights. At the Monash Centre for Financial Studies he leads automation and data infrastructure work to make modern slavery and climate disclosure assessment more systematic and auditable. His prior roles include applied science work at Amazon (LSTMs, transformers, CV for geo-localisation) and hands-on OCR/NLP research digitising 1.1M+ handwritten records, reflecting a knack for bridging cutting-edge models with real-world, low-resource problems. Based in Melbourne, he is passionate about scalable, responsible AI that informs policy and investor decision-making.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Yadavindra Public School, Patiala
AISSCE, Non-medical, 95.4%, AISSCE, Non-medical, 95.4% at St.Columba's School, New Delhi
Master of Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, H1: First Class Honours, Master of Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, H1: First Class Honours at Monash University
English, Hindi, Punjabi