👋 About Me Hi, I’m Praveen D Chougale, a Lead Data Scientist and PhD Scholar at IIT Bombay, specializing in Applied Machine Learning, Generative AI, and Sports Analytics. I bring over 9 years of industry and academic experience across healthcare, finance, sports science, and digital health — delivering real-world, impactful AI/ML solutions. I’ve led high-impact projects ranging from oncology drug approval models to financial risk forecasting and athlete performance profiling, collaborating with firms like Blenheim Chalcot, Novartis, Accenture, Synechron, and Trinity Life Sciences. As a published researcher and speaker at ICPR, Springer, and MathSport Asia, I also mentor aspiring data scientists, PhD candidates, and professionals navigating career transitions into AI. 🔍 Areas of Expertise Machine Learning & Deep Learning (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn) Generative AI & NLP (GPT-4, BERT, Prompt Engineering, LangChain) Sports Science & Athlete Analytics (GAMLSS, Centile Modeling, ACWR) Financial Risk Modeling (VaR, Copulas, Stress Testing, Monte Carlo Simulations) Time Series Forecasting (ARIMA, SARIMA, Prophet, LSTM, RNN) Explainable AI (SHAP, LIME) & Ethical AI MLOps & Model Deployment (AWS, GCP, Azure, MLflow) LaTeX for Research Reporting & Scientific Communication 🎓 Credentials PhD Scholar – Digital Healthcare, IIT Bombay M.Tech – Machine Learning & Intelligent Systems MBA – Marketing Analytics Published 4+ peer-reviewed research papers in AI, Public Health & Sports Science Speaker at international conferences and workshops on AI & Sports Analytics 🔗 Let’s Connect Whether you’re a student, researcher, or startup, I offer support with: 1:1 mentorship (ML, PhD prep, or research career planning) Research collaboration (statistical modeling, paper writing, LaTeX) ML/AI consulting projects (GenAI, forecasting, analytics strategy) Building generative AI prototypes and proof-of-concept demos