Dr. Vasant Dhar was a Visiting Senior Fellow at IDFC Institute. He is a Professor at Stern School of Business and the Center for Data Science at New York University. His research and practice addresses the following question: when should we trust autonomous machine learning-based AI systems with decisions? The research is grounded in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data-big and small. The major problem areas addressed in his research including finance, healthcare, education, business, sports, and transportation.
He received a Bachelor's degree in Technology from IIT Delhi, and an MPhil and PhD from University of Pittsburgh.