Dr. Deval Pandya is a recognized leader in AI and applications in energy transition and climate.He is the Vice-President and Head of AI Engineering at the Vector Institute, where he works in enabling, amplifying and applying AI breakthroughs. He holds an expert positions at the UN Economic Commission of Europe – Task Force for Digitalization in Energy, and is Technical Steering Committee Director at Moja Global, he is passionate about innovation and advises multiple startups as well as serves as Investigator in Climate and Energy Stream of Creative Destruction Lab. Previously, he was founding members of Data Science CoE and Data Science Lead for Assets and New Energies at Shell. His recognitions include Future Energy Leader by World Energy council, Peak’s emerging technician leader in Canada and one of the Top 100 Global AI innovators by World Summit AI.

Deval received his MS and PhD from the University of Texas at Arlington and holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from Sardar Patel University.