About

Kumar Nityan is an innovative and scientifically rigorous Senior Data Scientist with over 4 years of experience in building data-driven applications and services. He has collaborated with cross-functional teams and overcome complex architectural and scalability challenges in diverse industries. He is currently working at Dainik Bhaskar Digital, leading the efforts for data-driven personalization to revolutionize the Indian news industry. Kumar has a strong background in Data Science, Research Science, Python, Computer Vision, AI, ML, Deep Learning, NLP, Tensorflow, and Pandas. He has worked with multiple companies, including Noodle AI, where he served as a Senior Data Scientist and Data Scientist. During his time at Noodle AI, Kumar collaborated with cross-functional teams in defining the vision and path forward for the state-of-the-art forecasting in supply chain. He also developed an end-to-end forecasting AI platform called Inferno, which caters to all supply chain needs at Noodle, serving marquees like Reckitt Benckiser, Kellogg's, Estee Lauder, and many more at scale. Kumar also developed multivariate machine learning forecasting models which outperform SAP's projections by > 20% wMAPE, saving marquee clients like Reckitt Benckiser, Kellogg’s, and Estee Lauder millions of dollars annually by reducing waste in the supply chain. He also created DFG (Distributed Feature Generator) - a configurable and distributed feature engineering framework, used company-wide for a 32x increase in computing efficiency which saves Noodle millions in cost annually. Kumar is a highly skilled and experienced data scientist who is passionate about using data to solve complex business problems. He is known for his ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and build data-driven applications and services that deliver results. Kumar is always looking for new challenges and opportunities to grow his skillset and make an impact in the industry.