Neha Sharma
Tata Consultancy Services
- Role
- Consultant at Tata Consultancy Services
- Location
- Pune, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Neha Sharma
Dr. Neha Sharma is a distinguished AI and Data Science crusader, passionately driving its application to achieve sustainable goals, address societal, governmental, and business challenges, and promote the adoption of open data ecosystems. With over 26 years of rich experience across academia and industry, she currently works with Tata Consultancy Services and is the Founder President of Bharat Research in AI and NextGen (BRAIN) and the Founder Secretary of the Society for Data Science (S4DS).Earlier, she held leadership roles in academia, including serving as Director of a premier institute in Pune offering postgraduate programs such as MCA and MBA, where she successfully bridged the gap between education and industry. An alumna of the College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar, she earned her PhD in Data Mining for Oral Cancer Detection and Prevention from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad.Dr. Sharma is a Senior Member, ACM Distinguished Speaker, and has contributed as Secretary of Pune Section (2021–2022). She has a prolific research record with numerous publications, patents, and conference leaderships to her credit. Her work has been recognized with several accolades, including the Best PhD Thesis Award, Best Paper Presenter Award at the National Level, and the Golden Book Award 2023 for her book “Towards Net-Zero Targets: Usage of Data Science for Long-Term Sustainability Pathways.”Widely respected in IT and academic circles, Dr. Sharma is known for her strategic vision, professional expertise, and thought leadership. She has been instrumental in aligning education with industry needs, inspiring countless students, and steering them toward successful careers.
Experience
Consultant
Nov 2019 — Present · IN
Education
Kendriya Vidyalaya, Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant, India
12th
1990 — 1992
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science
2011 — 2015
CET, OUAT, Bhubaneshwar
Master of Computer Applications (MCA)
1996 — 1999
Skills
- C
- Teaching
- Research
- Curriculum Development
- Lecturing
- University Teaching
- Educational Leadership
- Team Management
- Public Speaking
- Management
- E-Learning
- C++
- Higher Education
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