Akshay

AI & ML Engineer specializing in NLP, LLMs, and Generative AI — with hands-on experience building transformer-based systems, RAG pipelines, and deploying end-to-end ML workflows. Former CTO with proven startup leadership, recognized at IIT Bombay's Asia's Largest Startup Competition and GDWC 2022.

Virtual Intern (AI / NLP) - Infosys Springboard

(2025-09 - 2025-11)

• Built NewsPulse, a transformer-based AI system for real-time global news trend analysis
• Designed and optimized NLP pipelines using spaCy and Hugging Face Transformers
• Implemented transformer-based models achieving accurate trend extraction from unstructured data
• Processed large-scale news corpora and converted raw data into actionable business insights
• Delivered end-to-end ML workflow: data collection, cleaning, modeling, and evaluation

Chief Technology Officer - COGNAC Metaverse

(2023-07 - 2024-06)

• Defined and executed the full technical roadmap for an immersive photorealistic gaming metaverse
• Managed end-to-end development pipelines using Unreal Engine and Blender
• Led cross-functional engineering and creative teams to ship production-ready virtual environments
• Optimized asset creation, integration, and deployment workflows for performance at scale
• Achieved 2nd Rank at GDWC 2022 (Global Game Development World Championship) and secured finalist position at IIT Bombay's Asia's Largest Startup Competition

Freelance User Acceptance Tester (UAT) - Knowasiak

(2020-05 - 2021-04)

• Designed and executed comprehensive test cases for core platform features
• Identified and documented defects, collaborating directly with developers on resolutions
• Recommended UX and performance improvements that enhanced overall product quality

Master of Computer Applications (MCA) - Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning - Chandigarh University (2026-06)