Narendra Shukla

Narendra Shukla has over 30 years of work experience in the tech industry. Narendra began their career as a Systems Analyst at Leading Edge Systems in 1991. In 1993, they moved to Timex Corporation, where they worked as a Senior Project Manager for 10 years, and then as a Senior Oracle Consultant for 3 years. In 2006, they became an Account Manager at Syntel Ltd. In 2012, they rejoined Saama Technologies as a Senior Project Manager DW-BI (Life Sciences) / Program Director. In 2015, they were promoted to Associate VP (Data Science) at Saama Technologies. In 2018, they moved to Atidiv (India) Private Limited as a Director (Data Science), and in 2019 they joined Xoriant as a Director (Data Science). Most recently, in 2022, they became Director (AI Solutions) at WhizAI.

Narendra Shukla has a diverse educational background, beginning with a Diploma in Android from Mindscripts Pune, INDIA in 2014. Narendra then completed a Data Science Specialization from Coursera - Johns Hopkins University, USA in 2015-2016, which included courses in Statistical Inference, Regression Analysis, Machine Learning, NLP, Big Data Analytics, and R language. Narendra also completed a number of courses from Udemy Academy, including Introduction to Time Series Analysis & Forecasting in R, Applied Time Series Analysis with R Projects, Complete Python 3 Masterclass Journey, Advanced AI : Deep Reinforcement Learning in Python, and Artificial Intelligence : Reinforcement Learning in Python.

In 2018, Shukla completed courses from Jason Brownlee, including Deep Learning for NLP, LSTM Memory Networks with Python, and Deep Learning for Time Series. Narendra also completed courses from Databricks Academy, including Getting Started with Apache Spark SQL, Getting Started with Apache Spark DataFrames, SP820-Az ETL Part 1 Data Extraction (Azure Databricks), SP821-Az ETL Part 2 Transformations and Loads (Azure Databricks), SP822-Az ETL Part 3 Production (Azure Databricks), SP840-Az Managed Delta Lake (Azure Databricks), SP850 AZ, Structured Streaming on Azure Databricks, and SP863-Az, MLflow Managing the Machine Learning Lifecycle on Azure Databricks.

In 2019, Shukla completed a Deep Learning for Computer Vision course from Jason Brownlee and an Imbalanced Classification with python course from Jason Brownlee in 2020. Narendra also has additional certifications from Coursera, edX, and Udemy, including Introduction to Big Data with Apache Spark, Developing Data Products, Practical Machine Learning, Regression Models, Statistical Inference, Reproducible Research, Exploratory Data Analysis, Getting and Cleaning Data, Tensorflow 2.0 : Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Advanced AI : Deep Reinforcement Learning in Python, Artificial Intelligence : Reinforcement Learning in Python, Certificate - Complete Python 3 Masterclass Journey, Certificate - Introduction to Time Series Analysis and Forecasting in R, Certificate - Applied Time Series Analysis and Forecasting with R Projects, Certificate - Complete Python Bootcamp Go from zero to hero in Python, Certificate - Deep Learning A-Z\u2