Hi, I’m Vijendra Singh Dewda. I’m a data-driven AI researcher with a strong focus on NLP, large language models, and fintech-focused AI solutions. I’ve led data science and NLP teams, built systems to extract structured insights from complex documents, and delivered end-to-end AI prototypes for financial use cases. I enjoy turning unstructured information into actionable intelligence and collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve challenging problems. In my free time I explore new AI techniques, contribute to open-source projects, and continuously learn to keep pace with the rapidly evolving field of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Vijendra Singh Dewda

Hi, I’m Vijendra Singh Dewda. I’m a data-driven AI researcher with a strong focus on NLP, large language models, and fintech-focused AI solutions. I’ve led data science and NLP teams, built systems to extract structured insights from complex documents, and delivered end-to-end AI prototypes for financial use cases. I enjoy turning unstructured information into actionable intelligence and collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve challenging problems. In my free time I explore new AI techniques, contribute to open-source projects, and continuously learn to keep pace with the rapidly evolving field of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

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Hi, I’m Vijendra Singh Dewda. I’m a data-driven AI researcher with a strong focus on NLP, large language models, and fintech-focused AI solutions. I’ve led data science and NLP teams, built systems to extract structured insights from complex documents, and delivered end-to-end AI prototypes for financial use cases. I enjoy turning unstructured information into actionable intelligence and collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve challenging problems.

In my free time I explore new AI techniques, contribute to open-source projects, and continuously learn to keep pace with the rapidly evolving field of machine learning and artificial intelligence.

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Language

English
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Hindi
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Work Experience

Lead AI Researcher at AlphaSense Inc.
May 1, 2022 - Present
Leading AI research to generate deep research financial reports from user prompts; developing AI-driven solutions to interpret prompts and extract structured insights from complex documents; building NLU components to extract intent-based filters from queries to improve chatbot efficiency and deliver relevant financial insights; synthesizing comprehensive summaries highlighting key takeaways for efficient review; fine-tuning models (e.g., Llama 2 7B) for topic-level snippet summarization; establishing topic modeling to identify trends; achieving an F1 score of 0.913 by fine-tuning LayoutLMv3 for automated document classification, enabling automation of document categorization previously performed by a 12-person team.
Team Lead (Data Science and NLP) at Sentieo India Pvt. Ltd
May 31, 2022 - September 29, 2025
Led data science and NLP initiatives; delivered financial data insights; built ML/NLP pipelines for document processing, information extraction, and summarization; improved model performance and collaboration with product teams.
Big Data Developer at Times Internet Ltd, TIL - Ad Tech
December 31, 2018 - September 29, 2025
Apache Spark Data Lake project: stored raw ad serving data from Kafka in Parquet format on S3; implemented extraction and transformation to evaluate ad performance; set up Cassandra cluster with authentication and daily roll-up services for data dumping.
Lead AI Researcher at AlphaSense Inc.
May 1, 2022 - Present
Leading AI research initiatives in fintech/financial analysis, developing NLP pipelines, fine-tuning LLMs (e.g., LLaMA-2 7B) for document classification and summary generation, building NLU components to extract intent-based filters from user queries, and delivering concise, structured financial insights and topic modeling from transcripts and documents.
Team Lead, Data Science and NLP at Sentieo India Pvt. Ltd
May 1, 2022 - September 29, 2025
Led data science and NLP efforts, including development of enterprise-grade NLP pipelines, document understanding, and data workflows to support fintech and research products; improved model evaluation, deployment, and client-ready insights.
Big Data Developer at Times Internet Ltd, TIL - Colombia (Ad Tech)
December 1, 2018 - September 29, 2025
Built a Hadoop/Spark-based data lake for hourly ad data, implemented feed-forward analytics to identify underperforming ads, set up Cassandra clusters, and established daily ETL/roll-up pipelines for ad performance analytics on S3.
Lead AI Researcher at AlphaSense Inc.
May 1, 2022 - Present
Lead AI research for fintech applications; responsible for deep research financial reports generation from user prompts; built AI solutions to interpret user prompts and extract structured insights; tuned LLMs for document classification and summarization; produced concise summaries of complex documents.
Team Lead (Data Science and NLP) at Sentieo India Pvt. Ltd
May 1, 2022 - September 29, 2025
Led data science and NLP initiatives; built finetuned LLMs for topic-level snippet summarization, developed systems to extract trending topics from transcripts and broker research, and produced industry insights for clients.
Big Data Developer at Times Internet Ltd (TIL) - Columbia (Ad Tech)
December 1, 2018 - September 29, 2025
Big data development for ad-tech; implemented Apache Spark data lake ingest, processing and daily roll-up pipelines; set up Cassandra cluster and integrated with Kafka/S3-based storage for ad-serving analytics.
Lead AI Researcher at AlphaSense Inc.
May 1, 2022 - Present
Leading AI research initiatives post-acquisition, focusing on deep research financial reports generation from user prompts, developing AI-driven interpretations of unstructured documents, building NLU components to extract intent-based filters, and delivering concise, high-impact financial insights. Responsibilities include finetuning LLMs for domain-specific summarization and building topic modeling-based insights from transcripts and broker research.
Team Lead (Data Science and NLP) at Sentieo India Pvt. Ltd
May 1, 2022 - September 29, 2025
Led data science and NLP initiatives, delivering financial insights and NLP-driven solutions for enterprise clients. Responsibilities included building robust NLP pipelines, topic modeling, and summarization workflows, and delivering client-ready insights and reports.
Big Data Developer at Times Internet Ltd, TIL - Columbia (Ad Tech)
December 1, 2018 - September 29, 2025
Developed data lake architectures on Apache Spark, implemented hourly batch ingestion from Kafka, built feedback loops for ad performance analytics, and set up Cassandra clusters with daily maintenance pipelines.
Lead AI Researcher at AlphaSense Inc. (acquired Sentieo)
May 1, 2022 - Present
Leading AI research for financial knowledge extraction and document understanding. Responsibilities include developing AI systems for automated financial report generation from user prompts, building tabular-AI solutions to extract structured insights from complex documents, creating NLU components to parse intent-based filters from queries, and enabling concise topic-driven summaries. Also involved in fine-tuning LLMs (e.g., Llama 2 7B) for document classification and analysis, with notable performance improvements in finance-related tasks.
Team Lead (Data Science and NLP) at Sentieo India Pvt. Ltd
May 1, 2022 - September 29, 2025
Led a Data Science and NLP team in finance-focused product development. Implemented ticker-tagging for news articles using NER and rule-based methods to map company names to tickers; built HTML-based documentation search integration; developed NLP models for sentiment classification and multi-label classification across 142 classes; delivered topic modeling and trend analysis from transcripts and broker research to enable concise summaries and trend identification.
Big Data Developer at Times Internet Ltd (TIL) – Colombia (Ad Tech)
December 1, 2018 - September 29, 2025
Apache Spark Data Lake project: ingested raw ad-serving data in Parquet format on S3, implemented hourly batch processing, and performed feed governance. Built Spark-based aggregations for feedback loops, set up Cassandra cluster and daily roll-up services for data availability and reliability.

Education

B.Tech in Textile Technology at IIT Delhi
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2016
12th Grade (CBSE) at CBSE
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2011
10th Grade (CBSE) at CBSE
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2009
B.Tech (Textile Technology) at IIT Delhi
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2016
B.Tech Textile Technology at IIT Delhi
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2016
12-C BSE at CBSE
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2011
10-C BSE at CBSE
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2009
B.Tech Textile Technology at IIT Delhi
January 11, 2030 - September 29, 2025
12th Standard, CBSE at CBSE
January 11, 2030 - September 29, 2025
10th Standard, CBSE at CBSE
January 11, 2030 - September 29, 2025
B.Tech (Textile Technology) at IIT Delhi
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2016
12th Standard (CBSE) at CBSE
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2011
10th Standard (CBSE) at CBSE
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2009

Qualifications

12th Standard (CBSE)
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2011
10th Standard (CBSE)
January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2009

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Education, Telecommunications