Sthitapragnya Kalita
@sthitapragnyakalita
AI platform leader and co-founder at ThoughtNudge/Yukthi who built reinforcement learning and insurance agentic AI platforms.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
At ThoughtNudge and Yukthi, I built applied AI SaaS platforms for customer personalisation and insurance underwriting and claims. The reinforcement learning decision engine lifted engagement 20% over control for enterprise clients, and the self-serve agent platform cut launch time from a week to under two days.
At Amazon, I owned product and program work across grocery and supply chain, including an inventory system that reduced order defects by 30%. Earlier, at Rio Tinto Iron Ore, I worked on mine planning and design, replacing Excel-based planning with simulation and cutting short-term planning hours by 40%.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
ThoughtNudge / Yukthi
Jan 2025 - Nov 2026 (1 year 10 months)
Co-founded and led the technology vision for an AI-powered customer personalisation platform and its insurance vertical, building a team of 8 and delivering agentic AI solutions for clients in India, the UK, and Singapore.
Owned multichannel product roadmap for Amazon Fresh grocery merchants and led EU logistics transportation operations, delivering significant improvements in order defect rate, in-stock levels, and yard compliance.
Led first mile product and program management across 14+ categories and 40+ warehouses, driving Advance Shipment Notification adoption and scaling standing appointment programs.
Supply Chain Manager
Cloudtail
May 2017 - Jan 2018 (8 months)
Revamped the inbound supply chain function for vendor purchase order receipt to minimise process defects.
Owned production planning and mine design for West Angelas on a $400M annual operating budget, saving $25M in capex and cutting planning man hours by 40% through simulation-based systems.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Master's, AI and Data Science
Grade: 8/10
Pursuing a Master's in AI and Data Science with a CGPA of 8/10.
Indian School of Business (ISB)
Post-Graduate Programme (MBA), Operations & Finance
Grade: 3.56/4
Completed the Post-Graduate Programme (MBA) in Operations & Finance with a CGPA of 3.56/4.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-BHU, Varanasi)
Bachelor of Technology, Mining Engineering
Grade: 8.5/10
Completed a Bachelor of Technology in Mining Engineering with a CGPA of 8.5/10.
Harvard Business School
HBX CORe, Business
Grade: Honors
Completed the HBX CORe program with Honors.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
IndiaAuthorized to work in
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