Dr. Sunil is working as the Director – Data Science, Global AI Accelerator (GAIA), Ericsson, Bangalore. He has 19+ years of industrial and research experience in Machine learning, Deep learning, Analytics, Internet of Things, and Automation. He is an inventor of 40+ patents (6 US granted and 35+ published), published 30+ papers, and delivered 100+ guest lectures. He is a senior member of ACM, IEEE, and a fellow of IETE and IEI. He is one of the Top 10 data scientists in India for 2019, 40 under 40 data scientists in India for 2019, recipient of Zinnov Technical Role Model in Emerging Technology award 2020, IEEE TEMS Engineering Manager of the Year 2020, and ACM distinguished speaker and IETE – Biman Behari Sen Memorial Award for 2021. He is an alumnus of IIT Roorkee, IIIT Bangalore, and IIM Ahmedabad.