Althaf Ashraf
AI Systems Engineer, Tata Consultancy Services
AI systems engineer working on agentic decision systems and retrieval architectures at TCS, with a focus on getting AI into real workflows rather than demos.
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Ayushi Kulshreshta
AI Engineer
AI engineer building retrieval-augmented systems, previously a software developer at VDB Inc. and an R&D associate at Nokia.
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Vanshika Nigam
ETL & Data Engineer, Accenture
ETL developer at Accenture working with Informatica, Snowflake and DBT, specialising in data mapping, cleansing and pipeline performance.
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Sivaranjani S
Cloud Operations Engineer, Zoho
Cloud operations engineer and technical writer at Zoho, previously technical content consultant at 1stepGrow Academy.
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Nishant Kiran
B2B SaaS & EdTech Content Strategist
Content writer and copy editor with seven years across EdTech, FinTech and B2B technology. Formerly led content marketing at 1stepGrow Academy.
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Ravi Pradhan
AI Expert - 11+ Yrs Experience
AI and data specialist with more than eleven years across EdTech, financial services and technology, and an IBM Certified Data Scientist.
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