Nikita Agrawal

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Senior Lead Data Science at National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI)

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Overview

Nikita Agrawal is a Senior Lead in Data Science at NPCI with over 14 years of experience in AI, analytics, and Business Intelligence within the financial sector. A graduate of K J Somaiya Institute of Management, she spearheads LLM-based initiatives. Colleagues describe her as hard-working, dedicated, and thorough.

Outside of her technical leadership, Nikita has a keen interest in social development, having contributed to initiatives with the South Asia Foundation. She also took a dedicated career break to pursue her passion for travel, exploring different parts of the world.

Unique fact: Nikita designed and built TexQL, NPCIs internal AI tool that enables users to generate complex SQL queries from simple English commands.

Personality Overview

Thorough Evaluator

Hard To Convince

Quality Focused

They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there  They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical

Topics They Care About

Generative AI
Leads the development of LLM-based applications at NPCI, including building an internal agentic AI tool (TexQL) and exploring AI-generated synthetic data.
Financial Technology
Her career at NPCI and Fractal has been focused on payments data, self-serve analytics platforms for banking clients, and portfolio optimization for card issuers.
Data-driven Insights
Heads the Business Analytics & Data Insights practice at NPCI, focusing on creating self-serve platforms and solving problems using payments data.

Media Appearances

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Work History

1-2023
Senior Lead Data Science at National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI)
9-2022 - 12-2022
Travel at Career Break
10-2021 - 8-2022
Engagement Manager at Fractal
10-2017 - 9-2021
Senior Consultant at Fractal
10-2015 - 9-2017
Analytics Lead at Fractal

Education

2011 - 2013
PGDM from K J Somaiya Institute of Management
2006 - 2009
B.A. Program from Gargi College, Delhi University

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Exp : 14 Location : Hyderabad, Telangana, India Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Senior Lead Data Science at National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI)
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Insights For Selling To Nikita

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use phrases like ‘the ROI of this’, ‘X% more’ etc.
  • Showcase how you can impact results but also make sure that you share detailed information too
  • Showcase your competitive superiority clearly when possible or address it at the minimum

DONT's

  • Avoid making strong statements, instead invite them to agree with you by asking them questions
  • Avoid inviting them for any social interactions until you have built some rapport with them
  • Avoid too much small talk, just a few formal pleasantries should be fine

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Nikita is

  • ROI matters the most to them, followed by process and finally proof of results
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Nikita

  • They might hesitate a little, but will go ahead and say no when necessary (or asked)

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Nikita move?

  • They are unlikely to move very fast, especially when it comes to new products or services
  • Can Nikita take some risk or not?

  • They have relatively low risk-appetite and are not very likely to go for something unproven and risky

You And Nikita

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