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A practitioner-educator at the
intersection of industry & AI.

Portrait of Manoj Kumar

Manoj Kumar is an industry practitioner-educator with 23+ years spanning mining, cement and AI-enabled digital transformation, complemented by 5+ years of full-time academic experience in India and abroad.

He has built and led enterprise AI, analytics and data-science functions - at Adani Natural Resources, EXL, Genpact and Cyient - through onsite engagements across Europe, Far-East Asia, Australia and the Middle East, scaling teams of 20+ data scientists and driving measurable outcomes: $20M in annual cost reduction / revenue generation and 97.8% forecast accuracy on 50M+ tonnes of commodity trading, with budgets spanning ₹40 to ₹400 Crore annually.

A Doctorate (DBA) holder with UGC-NET (Management) qualification, he pairs a rare dual profile - a P&L-minded operator and a hands-on technologist - able to command credibility with both boardrooms and engineering teams. He is an active researcher and open-source author, and has delivered 100+ industrial training programmes, workshops and invited lectures.

DBA - EIASM, Prague MBA - ICFAI (IBS) B.Tech - IIT-ISM Dhanbad PG Dip AI/ML - IIIT-B Data Science - Johns Hopkins UGC-NET (Management)
23+
Years experience
5+
Years in academia
100+
Programs delivered
260+
Scholar citations
30+
Manuscripts reviewed

Teaching & research interests

Focus
Teaching
Machine Learning & Deep Learning Applied Data Science (R, Python, SQL) Business Analytics & Visualization AI Strategy & Digital Transformation Time Series Forecasting Operations & Supply Chain Analytics MLOps & AI Product Development Project Management
Research
Industrial AI & predictive maintenance Mining productivity analytics & KPI ontologies ESG analytics & AI's own ESG footprint Agentic AI architectures Psychometric assessment design Applied econometrics & forecasting

Education

Credentials
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
EIASM, Prague, Czech Republic
Nov 2024
PG Diploma in AI & Machine Learning
IIIT Bangalore, India
Feb 2021
Data Science Specialization
The Johns Hopkins University (Coursera), USA
Apr 2015 Computing for Data Analysis - Distinction
Master of Business Administration
ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad, India
Jul 2009
B.Tech., Mining Machinery Engineering
IIT (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India
Jun 2001

Certifications & service

Accreditation
Certifications
  • UGC-NET (Management), qualified Jun 2012
  • Certified SAP ERP (MM) Technical Consultant
  • Korn Ferry KF4D Certified Leader
  • Diploma in ISO 9000 & TQM
  • Analytics certificates - U. Pennsylvania, U. Washington, U. Maryland
Academic & professional service
  • Reviewer for multiple international ML / AI / analytics journals (30+ manuscripts)
  • 100+ industrial training programs, FDPs, workshops & invited lectures
  • Memberships: APICS, ISM & INFORMS (United States)
  • ~2.5M technical-content reach across Medium, WordPress & Stack Overflow
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