Dr. Sunil Kumar Vuppala

Dr. Sunil Kumar Vuppala

Vice President & Head - AI Engineering

About

Dr. Sunil Kumar Vuppala is a distinguished executive with over 21 years of industrial experience in AI, Generative AI, and Agentic AI. He is working as Vice President and Head of AI Engineering at ArisGlobal. A triple-threat professional, he combines deep technical expertise (Ph.D., IIIT-B; M.Tech, IIT Roorkee) with business strategy (IIM-A) and legal acumen (MBL, NLSIU).

He has architected four major global AI platforms and deployed over 30 high-impact production use cases for giants like Ericsson, Philips, and Infosys. His innovation portfolio includes 40+ patents and 30+ technical publications. Dr. Vuppala is a recognized Top 10 Data Scientist in India, an ACM Distinguished Speaker, and recipient of the IEEE TEMS Engineering Manager of the Year award. As Visiting Faculty at top-tier Indian and U.S. institutes, Dr. Vuppala translates complex industrial AI practices into academic excellence. He is an expert in scaling AI for business value, prioritizing Responsible AI and Agentic productivity.