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Currently working on evaluation techniques and product engineering for Generative AI use cases.Current1. Target Shopping Assistant : A guest-facing conversational chatbot designed to streamline shopping experience. Working on guardrail setup, response evaluation and content moderation for desired functionality of the chatbot.2. Implemented near-realtime content moderation using Small Language Models. Currently being used across a few use-cases and in future, to be used across all GenAI interfaces in Target.3. Contributed towards LLM Evaluation Engine, a framework designed for evaluating LLM responses in a customized manner using LLM-as-a-judge principle.Past1. Developed and deployed OCR solution to improve warehouse efficiency. Achieved 4% increase in recall and ~65% reduction in latency as compared to the existing solution.

1. Worked on high potential product identification from product attributes and image embedding using ML techniques.2. Worked on categorisation of competitor's products into existing Flipkart verticals using deep learning for competitive intelligence.

1. Worked on prediction of functional properties of semiconductor chips from sensor signals using machine learning.2. Implemented multiple approaches to deal with covariate shift (shift in data distribution between train and test set), a major problem in real world datasets.3. Awarded Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) for performance.