Shaurya Baveja

Shaurya Baveja

CFA Charterholder and IIT Delhi graduate with proven success in AI product development, financial analytics, and enterprise- scale fraud detection. Experienced in leading cross-functional teams to design and deploy ML solutions on cloud platforms. Adept at translating complex model outputs into actionable insights, driving product adoption, and shaping data-driven decision making.

Work Experience:

4.7 Years

Industry:

Banking Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI)

Function:

Data Science & Analytics | Finance | Project & Program Management

Work Experience

TATA AIG (General Insurance Company operating in India) | Mumbai

  • Associate Vice President - Senior Data Scientist
    • Optimization of Passive Equity Investment Allocation
      • Led a project to replace the old market agnostic fund allocation by automating investment allocation across 4 ETFs on ₹1000 Cr AUM delivering 6% excess returns.
      • Built a market timing framework that overinvested in undervalued indices and reduced exposure in overvalued ones using Monte Carlo simulation and valuation signals from PE and PB ratio deviations.
      • Translated model outputs into actionable portfolio strategies for investment team, enhancing transparency in allocation decisions and strengthening investment discipline.
      • Successfully presented complex model outputs to MD and senior management by simplifying technical details into clear business insights that influenced strategic decision making.
    • Motor OD Fraud Detection
      • Led end to end development of an AI fraud scoring system for motor claims that increased fraud detection by 50x thereby preventing large scale fraudulent payouts and creating strong deterrence.
      • Established a real-time, claim severity-based workflow that enabled zero-touch processing for low-risk claims, significantly reducing turnaround time (TAT) and enhancing operational efficiency.
      • Directed deployment of ML model and rule engine using AWS stack (Lambda, SageMaker, DynamoDB, API Gateway) reducing model failure rate from 3.5% to under 1% and enabling real time integration into claims workflows.
      • Identified crucial key performance indicators (KPIs) and built a comprehensive dashboard enhanced with LLM powered insights for continuous performance monitoring enabling tighter controls and iterative improvements.
         
  • Chief Manager - Data Scientist
    • Health Enterprise Fraud Detection
      • Built an AI based fraud detection system combining graph neural networks and autoencoder based anomaly detection that flagged high risk entities with 82% success rate resulting in ₹25 Cr fraud savings.
      • Established a quarterly review process powered by model insights enabling timely interventions and securing additional recurrent annual savings of ₹12 Cr.
    • Motor Claim Volume Forecasting
      • Engineered an advanced DeepAR time series model to forecast claim volumes across 3 motor products and 8 zones, achieving high-precision results with a Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) of under 5% in key regions.
      • Translated model forecasts into actionable insights enabling better resource allocation strategic planning and improved claim handling efficiency.
    • Health Agent Profiler
      • Developed an AI powered recruitment profiler to support strategic hiring decisions by designing an ML based prototype on AWS that streamlined evaluation of prospective agents.
      • Drove adoption by collaborating with IT and Design teams to embed the solution within enterprise platforms improving recruiter efficiency and generating ₹2.4 Cr incremental revenue.
Accomplishments
  • Best Performer Award; Recognized by MD for AI/ML initiatives preventing ₹25 Cr+ fraud and optimizing ₹1000 Cr in Investments.
  • Bronze Medal in Swimming, 3m Men Springboard,Under-14, Madhya Pradesh State Championship – State Level
Education
  • B. Tech, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
Certification
  • CFA Charterholder - Chartered Financial Analyst Institute | USA
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Program, KPMG
Extra-curricular
  • Elected IIMA Speaker Series Head, managing logistics, planning, and coordination for high-profile speaker events
  • Coordinator, Rendezvous IIT Delhi ,2019 - Led a 3-tier team of 20+ to manage prize distribution of worth 14 Lacs for 100+ events in North India’s largest Cultural Fest.
  • Gold Medal in Men's Badminton, Western Command Championship
  • Gold Medal in Chess Championship,3rd District Chess Championship organized by Panchkula Chess Association
  • Gold Medal in Swimming, C.B.S.E West Zone Championship organised by Haryana Swimming Association, Panchkula