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Principal Consultant · Ex-Adani · IIT-ISM Dhanbad

Turning raw industrial data into operational intelligence.

AI, data science & analytics leader with 23+ years across mining, energy and heavy industry - building enterprise AI functions, and the research and open-source behind them.

Portrait of Manoj Kumar   DBA · MBA · B.Tech (IIT-ISM)
23+
Years experience
$20M+
Annual value delivered
97.8%
Forecast accuracy
50M+
Tonnes modelled
260+
Scholar citations

What I do

Focus areas
01

AI & Analytics Leadership

Built enterprise AI & data-science functions from zero at Adani, EXL, Genpact & Cyient - strategy, teams of 20+, and budgets from ₹40 to ₹400 Cr.

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02

Industrial Data Science

Predictive maintenance, forecasting & reliability analytics for mining and heavy industry - 97.8% accuracy, 7% downtime cut, $8M haulage savings.

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03

Research & Open Source

Creator of MiningAnalytics, MineProductivity & IndianMiningGPT; author of practitioner books; 260+ citations across peer-reviewed work.

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AdaniEXLGenpactCyientRio TintoPhilipsWalmartThiess
Open to select engagements

Let's build something measurable.

Roles, advisory, collaborations or speaking - whether it's enterprise AI, industrial reliability, or research and teaching.

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