Hi, I'm Akhil Theerthala

Senior Data Scientist

Perfios Software Solutions

• Benchmarked Vision Language Models for table structure recognition, yielding a 0.85 TEDS score on bank statements.
• Engineered a document legibility framework that reduced analysis time for documents with unreadable text by 20%.
• Designed and prototyped multiple agentic workflows for underwriting, establishing a proof-of-concept for new products.

Data Scientist

Perfios Software Solutions

• Reduced document processing time by 97.5% (from 8s to 200ms) by implementing and optimizing a multimodal classifier.
• Boosted table detection performance by 27.6% by engineering a new module and evaluating multiple model architectures.

UG Student Researcher

VGSOM, IIT Kharagpur

Investigating the impact of social media posts on crowdfunding projects, under the guidance of Dr. Swagato Chatterjee.

• Identifying the characteristics that inspire social media users to participate in crowdfunding campaigns
• Identifying the relationship between social media engagement and the amount of funds raised for the initiative
• Identifying the connection between the funds raised and the uncovered motivating factors

Data Science Intern

Perfios Software Solutions

During my three-month internship, I worked on projects such as evaluating business intelligence tools and recommending banking products to current account holders.