Ashish Kulkarni
Director Applied Research at eBay
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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Top SchoolAshish Kulkarni is a seasoned AI research leader with 14 years of experience building applied machine learning systems across industry and academia, now leading Applied Research at eBay. He has progressed from hands-on ML roles at Amazon and Rakuten to director-level positions at Krutrim and Clustr, blending deep research (PhD from IIT Bombay) with product-focused deployment. His work spans information extraction, retrieval, aspect-level sentiment and interactive/autonomous ML systems, reflecting a rare ability to translate research prototypes into scalable solutions. As guest faculty at BITS Pilani he mentors the next generation of engineers while staying connected to academic advances. Based in Bengaluru, he pairs enterprise-scale delivery experience with a researcher's curiosity—and outside work he is an avid cyclist, a small but telling indicator of his persistence and discipline.
14 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and ScienceIndian Institute of Technology BombayBE, Computer Engg, BE, Computer Engg at Vishwakarma Institute Of TechnologyJr. College, Science, Jr. College, Science at Laxmanrao Apte Jr CollegeKendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
English, Hindi, MarathiProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
kulashish/kulashish.github.io
Sep 2020 - Aug 2023
Articles on AI / Machine Learning / Data Science
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
pythonscienceai-machine-learningdata-sciencedeep-learning
kulashish/nlp-lectures
Mar 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:12 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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