Career

Professional experience in research, industry, and education.

1. 2023 – Present

   Senior machine learning scientist at Wadhwani AI

   Application of document image analysis and computer vision for problems in the field of public health.

2. 2016 – 2023

   Graduate research assistant at CVIT, IIIT Hyderabad

   Worked with Prof. Jawahar on various projects and co-mentored MS research students.

3. 2013 – 2015

   Trainee Engineer for Malayalam OCR at IIIT Hyderabad

   I had been working on this project during my post-grad. The project was MCIT, GoI funded, aimed at developing OCRs for Indian languages. IIIT Hyderabad was the lead institute for developing Malayalam OCR. The project introduced me to the various aspects involved in building a Document Analysis System, starting from the data collection and annotation phase to the system deployment. My role was to improve upon an SVM based recognition module. OCR project portal

4. 2013

   Skill Development Executive with ASAP Kerala

   ASAP is an initiative by the Kerala State government to increase the employability of Higher Secondary and undergrad students. My role was to help students improve their basic communication and IT skills, and to equip them for the next levels in the training. asapkerala.gov.in

5. 2009 – 2011

   Business Analyst with S&P Global Market Intelligence

   I worked as a business analyst in the tech team at the Hyderabad office. My role was to collect requirements from clients, draft software design documents, and smoothen interactions between the tech team and the business team. spcapitaliq.com