Rushikesh Meharwade — Co-Founder

The gap between "AI Demos" and "Enterprise Production Systems" is where projects fail. I exist to close that gap. With 13+ years in the software industry and having served as a VP of Data Science, I’ve seen firsthand that building AI for the BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, Insurance) sector requires more than just prompt engineering—it requires robust engineering, security, and deep domain knowledge. I founded Vidvatta to operate as a dual-engine AI company: FOR ENTERPRISES (Consulting & Build): We function as your specialized R&D unit. We don't just advise; we architect and deploy. Focus: Custom AI Agents, RAG Pipelines, and Automated Research Systems for Finance. Specialty: We build systems that handle complex financial data (Technical Analysis, Option Chains, Fundamental Data) with precision. The Promise: We move you from "PoC" to "Production" faster than generalist agencies because we understand the nuances of financial data. FOR ENGINEERS (EdTech & Training): I believe the best teachers are active builders. My cohorts are not theoretical. I teach the exact architectures, stacks, and strategies we use in our consulting projects. Curriculum: Deep dives into LLMs, Vector Databases, and Agentic Workflows. Outcome: I help senior engineers and architects transition into high-impact AI roles. Why work with me? Because I am still in the code. Whether I am building a Stock Research Agent for a client or reviewing a student's RAG implementation, I am focused on what actually works in production. Let's Connect: Consulting Inquiries: DM me "BUILD" to discuss your AI roadmap. Course Details: DM me "LEARN" to discuss you learning roadmap.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert specializing in AI-driven solutions and education.

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 12 yrs 8 mos

Skills

Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Higher Education Teaching
Cloud Computing

Career Highlights

Founder of dual-engine AI company Vidvatta
Expert in AI solutions for BFSI sector
Mentored over 1,000 professionals in AI

Work Experience

Vidvatta

Founder (1 yr 1 mo)

Multiple EdTechs

Part Time - Mentor (1 yr 1 mo)

ATLAS SkillTech University

Visiting Faculty (1 yr 3 mos)

Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd

Vice President - Data Science (2 yrs 7 mos)

Morningstar

Manager of Data Science (1 yr)

Lead Data Scientist (1 yr 3 mos)

Senior Data Scientist (1 yr 3 mos)

GreyAtom School of Data Science

Data Science Mentor (1 yr 10 mos)

Great Learning

Visiting Faculty (3 yrs 3 mos)

Imarticus Learning

Part Time Trainer - Data Science (3 mos)

QualityKiosk Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Technical Analyst (5 mos)

AcadGild

Parttime Trainer - Data Science (1 yr 5 mos)

TIAA

Associate (1 yr 3 mos)

QualityKiosk Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Performance Testing Engineer (4 yrs 8 mos)

Education

PGP-BABI at Great Lakes Institute of Management

Business Analytics and Business Intelligence at Illinois Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) at Padmabhushan Vasantdada Patil Prathishtan's College of Engineering

Rushikesh Meharwade

Co-Founder

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India12 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Founder of dual-engine AI company Vidvatta
Expert in AI solutions for BFSI sector
Mentored over 1,000 professionals in AI

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert specializing in AI-driven solutions and education.

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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial IntelligenceData ScienceHigher Education TeachingCloud Computing

Other Skills

Generative AIVector DatabasesPythonAWS/AzurePyTorchKubernetesLLMsData CollectionAutomationPredictive ModelingData AnalyticsTechnical AnalysisOption Chain InterpretationMLOpsDeep Learning

About

Experience

12 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Vidvatta

Founder

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Building a dual-engine AI organization: High-end Enterprise Consulting & Practitioner-Led EdTech.
ENTERPRISE CONSULTING:
We architect and deploy production-grade AI systems for large-scale organizations, moving beyond "PoC" to "Production."
AI-Enabled ESG Platform (Confidential MNC): Spearheading the development of an end-to-end ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) data collection ecosystem. Leveraging LLMs to automate the extraction of sustainability metrics from fragmented, unstructured data sources across global business units.
Advanced Log Analytics & AIOps: Engineered analytics pipelines for uncovering latent patterns within petabyte-scale infrastructure and event logs. Helping enterprises utilize predictive modeling to foresee system failures and optimize operational efficiency.
BFSI & FinTech Agents: Designing autonomous agents for the financial sector, specifically for Technical Analysis and Option Chain interpretation, bridging the gap between raw market data and actionable trading insights.
EDTECH & CORPORATE TRAINING:
Reimagining technical education by replacing "theory-first" learning with a "build-first" methodology.
Impact at Scale: Successfully trained and mentored 1,000+ students and professionals, helping them transition from traditional software roles to AI/Data Science careers.
Corporate Upskilling: Delivering specialized AI workshops to corporate clients across India. enabling workforce readiness in Generative AI, RAG architectures, and Large Language Models (LLMs).
Hands-On Learning Product: Lead the product vision for Vidvatta’s proprietary learning platform, designed to provide "simulated engineering environments" where students solve real-world problems rather than watching passive video tutorials.
Tech Stack & Tools:
Generative AI (OpenAI, Anthropic, Llama), Vector Databases (Pinecone, Weaviate), LangChain, Python, AWS/Azure, PyTorch, Kubernetes.

Generative AIVector DatabasesPythonAWS/AzurePyTorchKubernetes+2

Multiple edtechs

Part Time - Mentor

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Remote · Remote

Have been working as a part time trainer in delivering various course formats to multiple Edtech over the past few years. Have been providing both B2B and B2C deliveries.
Global Institute Of Artificial Intelligence - LLMs, MLOps, Databricks, Agentic AI
Edureka - Python, ML, MLOps, NLP, Deep Learning, Gen AI , Agentic AI, Corporate Trainings
NovelVista - Corporate Trainings
SkillUpRight - Corporate Trainings
SimpliLearn - Agentic AI
GreatLearning - Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Webinars
TimesPro - MLOps Recorded course, Corporate Trainings, Webinars.

LLMsMLOpsPythonDeep LearningAgentic AIArtificial Intelligence+1

Atlas skilltech university

Visiting Faculty

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Recommendation Systems - BTech
Analytics with Python, SQL, ML - MBA

Recommendation SystemsAnalytics with PythonSQLMachine LearningData ScienceHigher Education Teaching

Motilal oswal financial services ltd

Vice President - Data Science

Aug 2022 – Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

AI/ML Strategic Planning: Collaborated with the Executive Committee to define the annual AI/ML strategic roadmap, focusing on cutting-edge automation using LLMs. Developed smart goals derived from strategic objectives to drive fast time-to-market and enhanced efficiency.
Holistic Search Platform: Led the design and implementation of a unified search solution integrating data across equity, derivatives, mutual funds, FAQs, app pages, and internal documents. Used advanced NLP models to address the challenge of scattered data and scaled the platform to handle 100 requests per second with 100ms response time. Improved customer ratings from 2.7 to 3.8.
Generative AI Solutions: Deployed multiple LLM-based systems, including AI tools for summarizing research reports, company insights, and market news. Developed personalized email campaign solutions utilizing text and image generation tailored to customer personas.
Chat-Based Copilot for Advisory Teams: Implemented a Generative AI system integrating customer data, training documents, market data, and live news to enhance advisor productivity. Achieved a 20% increase in efficiency and improved customer query resolution.
Predictive Analytics Projects: Delivered ML solutions for high-propensity client identification, early warning systems, cross-selling opportunities, and margin propensity predictions, driving revenue growth and client retention.
MLOps and Performance Monitoring: Established robust cloud services practices, data ingestion pipelines, and MLOps frameworks for efficient model deployment and monitoring. Developed a QuickSight dashboard for real-time performance tracking of production models, enabling anomaly detection and immediate issue resolution.
Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement: Defined project plans, milestones, and deliverables while collaborating closely with CXO-level stakeholders and cross-functional teams to align AI/ML initiatives with business goals.

AI/ML Strategic PlanningNLPMLOpsPerformance MonitoringData ScienceArtificial Intelligence

Morningstar

3 roles

Manager of Data Science

Promoted

Jul 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr

Leadership Evolution: Transitioned from Senior Data Scientist to Lead Data Scientist to Manager of Data Science, overseeing a team of 20+ professionals including data scientists, project managers, software architects, and DevOps engineers. Maintained a Pulse Survey NPS >70.
Regulatory Data Extraction: Led projects extracting data from income statements, balance sheets, and cash flows across global exchanges using state-of-the-art models.
End-to-End MLOps: Established pipelines for ML experiment tracking, CI/CD deployment, performance monitoring, and data drift detection.
Intelligent Document Processing: Innovated in-house solutions for document conversion and data extraction:
 Table Detection: Developed YOLO-based models for table recognition from images.
 PDF Parsing: Leveraged Azure Form Recognizer and custom NLP pipelines to parse PDFs into structured formats.
 Translation: Implemented BERT-based models for non-English to English language translation.
 Image-to-HTML: Built U-Net models to convert image-based tables into HTML structures.
Technical Expertise: Delivered multiple projects leveraging technologies such as Python, FastAPI, Docker, AWS (SageMaker, Lambda, SNS, Batch), and advanced ML models (Random Forest, CNN, LSTM, Attention, SVM).
 Team Collaboration: Created detailed project plans with milestones and engaged with senior stakeholders to align deliverables with business objectives.

Cloud ComputingMLOpsData ExtractionDocument ProcessingData Science

Lead Data Scientist

Promoted

Apr 2020 – Jul 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

Senior Data Scientist

Dec 2018 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos

Greyatom school of data science

Data Science Mentor

Sep 2019 – Jul 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Great learning

Visiting Faculty

Apr 2019 – Jul 2022 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

I took session on transfer learning. And also coordinate lab sessions and online mentoring on Deep Learning topics.

Imarticus learning

Part Time Trainer - Data Science

Sep 2018 – Dec 2018 · 3 mos · Andheri, Mumbai

Qualitykiosk technologies pvt. ltd.

Technical Analyst

Jun 2018 – Nov 2018 · 5 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Using machine learning to solve different software quality assurance use cases

Acadgild

Parttime Trainer - Data Science

Mar 2018 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos · Online

Tiaa

Associate

Feb 2017 – May 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Machine LearningData Science

Qualitykiosk technologies pvt. ltd.

Performance Testing Engineer

Jun 2012 – Feb 2017 · 4 yrs 8 mos · Mahape, Ghansoli

Initially, 2 years worked on end to end lifecycle of performance testing eg. scripting, load testing, analysis and performance tuning of application. Worked on different load testing tools like Silk Performance and Load Runner.
Worked more than 2 years with experienced people on Database and Application tuning.