Dr. Satya Gautam Vadlamudi, PhD, CFA, CIPM, is the Founder and CEO of Elystar Investment Management, a SEBI-registered, innovation-driven investment advisory firm offering wealth management solutions for HNIs and institutions.
Education: Dr. Vadlamudi is an alumnus of both the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur and Harvard University. He earned his B.Tech. (Hons) and Ph.D. in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) from IIT Kharagpur and completed the Senior Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School.
Dr. Vadlamudi is also a CFA® Charterholder, a CIPM® Designation holder, and holds the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Certification and the Investment Adviser Certifications from the National Institute of Securities Markets.
Work Experience: Dr. Vadlamudi has held leadership roles, including Vice President/Head of Data Science & AI at CreditVidya, where his team developed award-winning AI products for credit inclusion and risk assessment. He also led the Data Science division at Capillary Technologies, launching AI-powered analytics and personalized marketing solutions for retail. Earlier roles include Software Engineer at Google, Postdoctoral Researcher at Arizona State University, and Research Scientist at Intel Labs.
Research: He has been granted multiple patents for his innovations and published over 20 peer-reviewed articles in top international research forums. His contributions span core AI algorithms, combinatorial search, diverse solution generation, explainable AI, parallel computing, fault-tolerance analysis, and dependable systems, with novel applications in spatio-temporal data mining, cybersecurity using game theory, and defense decision support.
Awards: Dr. Vadlamudi’s accolades include the Pratibha Award from the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the SAP Labs Doctoral Fellowship, and the 40 Under 40 Data Scientists Award by Analytics India Magazine. He has been an invited speaker at prestigious venues like the Aerospace Luminary Lecture Series by the Aeronautical Society of India and served on program committees for top-tier AI research conferences such as IJCAI and AAAI. He was ranked among the top 50 in India in the IIT JEE Screening of 2004.
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LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/satyagautam
In the News:
Recent Talks:
Invited Speaker & Panelist at Ananta Centre/KPMG Seminar on Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain for Efficient Public Service Delivery, Hyderabad
Invited Key Talk on Artificial Intelligence in Lending at CreditAccess Grameen Strategy & Innovation Workshop, Bangalore
Invited Key Talk on Building Data Science Products: An AI-First Approach at Data Science Congress, Mumbai
Invited Lecture (Aerospace Luminary Lecture Series) on Elements of Building Autonomous Intelligent Systems at Aeronautical Society of India, Hyderabad
Invited Workshop on Building Personalized Recommender Systems at UpGrad, Bangalore
Guest Lecture on AI in Retail Data Science at Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
Invited Talk on Problem Solving with AI at AI With The Best international conference, Online (video)
Honorary Invitations:
Member, Program Committee, IJCAI-PRICAI 2020 (the 29th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the 17th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence)
Member, Program Committee, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) 2019
Member, Program Committee, Association for the Advancement of AI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) 2018
Member, Program Committee, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) 2017
Special Awards Judge - Artificial Intelligence, Intel Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2016
Associate Chair, Review Process Committee, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) 2016
Rating Contributor, World University Rankings 2015-16, Times Higher Education
Work Experience:
Founder & CEO, Elystar Investment Management, Mumbai (2020-present)
VP—Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, CreditVidya, Hyderabad (2017-2020)
Principal Data Scientist, Capillary Technologies, Bangalore (2017-2017)
Lead, Data Scientist, Capillary Technologies, Bangalore (2016-2017)
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Office of Naval Research Project, Yochan Group, Arizona State University, Tempe (2015-2016)
Research Scientist, Parallel Computing Lab, Intel, Bangalore (2013-2015)
Research Consultant, Xerox University Research Innovation Project, IIT Kharagpur (2010-2012)
Research Consultant, General Motors Collaborative Research Lab, IIT Kharagpur (2009-2012)
Software Engineer, Google, Bangalore (2008-2009)
Research Intern, GTCAD Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (2007-2007)
Education:
Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) Charterholder, CFA Institute, Charlottesville (2024)
Senior Executive Leadership Program (SELP) at Harvard Business School, Boston (2019-2021)
Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence and Dependable Systems from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Kharagpur (2009-2014)
B.Tech. (Hons.) in Computer Science & Engineering with a Minor in Mathematics from IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur (2004-2008)
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Certifications:
NISM-Series-XIX-C: Alternative Investment Fund Managers Certification, National Institute of Securities Markets (2025-2028)
Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement™ (CIPM®), CFA Institute (2024)
NISM-Series-X-B: Investment Adviser (Level 2 of 2), National Institute of Securities Markets (2024-2027)
NISM-Series-X-A: Investment Adviser (Level 1 of 2), National Institute of Securities Markets (2024-2027)
NISM-Series-XV: Research Analyst, National Institute of Securities Markets (2020-2023)
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