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Neelesh K Shukla

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Principal Applied Scientist/Applied Sciences Lead - Gen AI/Advanced AI at Oracle
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Neelesh is a Principal Applied Scientist at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, leading research and development for Generative AI products. With over 14 years of experience, including heading AI Innovation at State Street, he specializes in applying advanced AI to the financial domain. Colleagues describe him as meticulous, proactive, and committed.

He is passionate about mentorship and continuous learning, actively sharing educational resources to help others build their skills in Generative AI. His interest in professional development is also highlighted by his certification in leadership from former LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner.

His research teams approach to financial narrative summarization won "Best Work" at the IEEE BigData Conference.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Principal Applied Scientist/Applied Sciences Lead - Gen AI/Advanced AI
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Generative AI in Finance
He has extensive experience leading GenAI adoption at State Street and his research focuses on financial document understanding, a key area of his work and publications.
AI Research Leadership
He is responsible for leading research initiatives at Oracle and previously incubated the AI Innovation & Research group at State Street, driving a team to publish impactful papers.
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Career

Work history

5-2025
Principal Applied Scientist/Applied Sciences Lead - Gen AI/Advanced AI
Oracle
6-2024 - 4-2025
Principal Applied Scientist - OCI Generative AI
Oracle
4-2023 - 6-2024
Senior Manager, AI Group & Head - AI Innovation & Research
State Street
10-2021 - 3-2023
Manager
State Street
6-2018 - 10-2021
Senior Data Scientist (SMTS)
Oracle
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Neelesh Kumar Shukla - Principal Applied Scientist - Oracle Blogs. Featured in Oracle Blogs
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Education
2016 - 2018
Master of Technology (M.Tech.)
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
1-2018 - 3-2018
Master Research Fellow - Scientific Winter School
Heidelberg University
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