I'm Nishan Kantan 👋
Senior Data Scientist / Machine Learning Engineer 🤖 @ NTT Data
Building AI/ML & LLM solutions for banking, insurance, manufacturing and more.
import MultimediaUniversity
import AIKit
class NishanKantan {
// Languages I write in most days
var code = ["Python", "SQL", "JavaScript", "TypeScript", "Java", "PHP", "C++", "R", "Shell"]
// Things I'm happy to chat about
var askMeAbout = [
"machine learning",
"LLMs & RAG",
"time series forecasting",
"MLOps & ML pipelines",
"web dev (Django, React, WordPress)",
"agentic AI & workflow automation",
"self-hosted AI stacks",
"crypto (a bit)"
]
// Core tech & AI stack
var technologies = [
"machineLearning": [
"classicalML": ["scikit-learn", "XGBoost"],
"deepLearning": ["TensorFlow", "Keras", "PyTorch"],
"timeSeries": ["Temporal Fusion Transformer (TFT)", "LSTM", "sliding-window models"],
"nlp": ["NLTK", "spaCy", "text classification", "sequence models"],
"computerVision": ["OpenCV", "YOLOv4", "OCR-style pipelines"],
"dataScience": ["pandas", "NumPy"]
],
"llmAndAIPlatform": [
"llmOps": ["RAG pipelines", "prompt engineering", "Unsloth fine-tuning (LoRA-style)"],
"localLLM": ["Ollama", "AnythingLLM", "OpenWebUI"],
"agenticWorkflows": ["n8n", "tool/ API orchestration", "multi-step agents"],
"automation": ["document Q&A", "search/chat over private data"]
],
"mlOps": [
"experimentation": ["DataRobot", "Python ML stacks"],
"tracking": ["MLflow"],
"monitoring": ["Evidently (drift / performance checks)"],
"packaging": ["Docker 🐳", "Git-based workflows"],
"serving": ["REST APIs", "on-prem & cloud deployments"]
],
"frontEnd": [
"js": ["React", "Nuxt"],
"css": ["Tailwind", "Bootstrap"]
],
"backEnd": [
"python": ["Django", "Django REST Framework"],
"php": ["WordPress / WooCommerce"],
"webserver": ["Nginx", "Apache"]
],
"devOps": [
"collaborate": ["Jira", "Trello"],
"build": ["Git", "Docker"],
"deploy": ["GitHub Actions", "npm", "pip"],
"run": ["AWS", "GCP", "DigitalOcean", "on-prem homelab"]
],
"dataAndBI": [
"dashboards": ["Power BI", "Tableau"],
"databases": ["PostgreSQL", "MySQL", "SQLite"]
]
]
// How I like to structure things
var architectures = [
"LLM apps with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)",
"end-to-end ML pipelines with MLOps",
"progressive web applications",
"single page applications",
"MVVM architecture",
"MVC architecture"
]
// Where I've applied this
var industries = [
"banking",
"insurance",
"manufacturing (spare parts demand forecasting)",
"agriculture",
"retail & e-commerce"
]
// Current focus
var currentFocus = [
"building reusable AI/LLM building blocks for clients",
"self-hosted LLM stacks & agentic workflows",
"time series forecasting for real-world operations",
"AI-powered SaaS like CVSmartAI.com"
]
}I love connecting with different people so if you want to say hi, I'll be happy to meet you! 😊
Let's connect and chat! 📨
⭐️ Template from Bhanuka Gamage

