Nagendar Gattigorla, Ph.D, currently serves as a Research Scientist at Bell since September 2024. Prior to this role, Nagendar was the Lead Data Scientist at [24]7.ai from September 2020 to September 2024 and worked as a Data Scientist at IIIT Hyderabad from July 2013 to August 2020. Nagendar obtained a Ph.D. in Machine Learning and Computer Vision from the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad, where studies were completed from July 2010 to 2020. Additionally, Nagendar holds an MTech in Computer Science from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, earned between June 2007 and May 2009, as well as an M.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Hyderabad, completed from 2005 to 2007.