Education

2013- 17 PhD, Geometric Modeling (Mech Eng), College of Engineering Pune, India
○ Research: Designed and developed novel geometric algorithms for computation of
mid-surface, claiming superiority over the existing academic and commercial approaches.
○ Publications: 5 International Journals, 4 International and 1 National Conferences.
○ Guides: Dr Anil Sahasrabudhe (Head, AICTE) and Dr Mukund Kale (PhD, IITB)
2007- 08 PGD in Business Management, Symbiosis Inst of Management Studies, India, Distinction
Courses: Principle and Practices of Management, Statistics & Quantitative Techniques,
Human Resource Management, Marketing Management, Strategic Management, Managerial
Economics, Basic Accounting, Organizational Behavior, Business Law, Cost & Management
Accounting, Production Management.
1994- 96 MS- Mech Eng, Kansas State University, USA, GPA: 4.0/4.0
○ Research: Designed and developed a Orthohedral Solid Modeler with custom constraints.
○ Courses: Intro to Computer Aided Design, Geometric Modeling, Adv Finite Element
Method, Theory of Elasticity, Modeling and Simulation.
1990- 94 BE, Mech Eng SW, College of Engineering Pune, India, 73.64% Univ Topper
Marks:
○ 1st year : 71.58%
○ 2nd year: 75.04% (Rank 1 in Univ of Pune)
○ 3rd year: 74.91% (Rank 4 in Univ of Pune)
○ 4th year: 72.17% (Rank 1 in Univ of Pune)
1988- 90 12th, Science, Sir Parshurambhau College, Pune, India, 87%
1983- 88 10th, Sou Vimlabai Garware High-school, Pune, India, 88%

Experience

AI Coach-Advisor (Apr 2023–Present)

○ Helping organizations in AI journeys.

Adjunct/Visiting Professor, CoEP (Aug 2002–Present)

○ Teaching Geometric Modeling, Numerical Methods, Data Science, Machine Learning.

Principal Architect – CTO Office, Icertis (Jun 2019–Mar 2023)

○ Machine Learning and NLP for contract management.

Data Science Consultant & Instructor (Oct 2016–May 2019)

○ Projects in legal AI, smart home ML, pharmacovigilance; corporate training in Python, ML, DL, NLP; Nvidia DLI instructor.

Doctoral Research Scholar, CoEP (Jul 2013–Sep 2016)

○ Teaching CAD/CAM, Numerical Methods, Programming, Geometric Modeling.

Software Development Manager, Autodesk (Dec 2006–Jul 2013)

○ Led R&D teams (40+), Inventor Plastics, Fusion, 123D, site management.

Software Engineer – Advanced, Siemens UGS (Dec 1998–Nov 2006)

○ I-DEAS and NX development.

Project Manager, Sutra Systems (Dec 1997–Nov 1998)

○ MATLAB/Simulink research and engineering analysis.

Software Engineer, PTC (Oct 1996–May 1997)

Development for Pro/Engineer and Pro/Intralink.

Technical Expertise

CAD, Geometric Modeling, AI, Machine Learning, NLP, Data Science, Python, Deep Learning, Numerical Methods, Project Management, Team Leadership.

Honors

1.Topped Univ of Pune in BE Mechanical Engineering (SW- Co-Op).

2.Membership of Mensa India (Society for top 2% IQ).

3.Rasa Hero (Conversational AI) Developer Certified.

4.GDE (Google Developer Expert) Machine Learning.

5.Neo4j Ninja (Data Science) Machine Learning.

6.Microsoft MVP Most Valuable Professional (AI)’The Most Impactful Community Leader’ Award by Google for TFUG-Pune.