Dr. Vinay Kulkarni
Adjunct Faculty, IIT Bombay
Director, Aegis School of Data Science & AI
Data Science to Agentic AI: A CXO’s Guide to Strategic Decision-Making
As organizations move from Data Science and Machine Learning to Generative AI and Agentic AI, CXOs face a critical challenge: identifying the right business problems, selecting high-value AI use cases, evaluating pilot outcomes, and scaling successful solutions into production.
This session gives business and technology leaders a practical framework for navigating the AI landscape, making informed technology and investment decisions, and turning AI opportunities into measurable business outcomes.
What the session covers
- Identifying the right business problems: where AI can address meaningful business challenges and create measurable value.
- Selecting and prioritizing AI use cases: when to use Data Science, Machine Learning, Generative AI or Agentic AI, based on business needs, feasibility and risk.
- Designing and evaluating AI pilots: defining success metrics, establishing baselines, and evaluating technical performance and business impact.
- Moving from pilot to production: assessing readiness for enterprise deployment, including integration, security, governance, scalability and operational reliability.
- Scaling AI for business impact: a roadmap to prioritize investments, scale successful solutions, and realize sustained business value.
Dr. Ashish Tendulkar