Our Team

AI4Bharat is an inter-disciplinary team of researchers, language experts, and software developers. We share a passion for building open-source content and tools for Indian languages, hence the name of the initiative: “Artificial Intelligence for Bhārat”, shortened AI4Bharat .

Anoop Kunchukuttan

Researcher at Microsoft

Mitesh Khapra

Associate Professor at CSE Department, IIT Madras

Pratyush Kumar

Researcher at Microsoft Research and Adjunct Faculty at IIT Madras

Vivek Raghavan

Chief AI Evangelist, EkStep and Mentor, AI4Bharat

Anupama Sujatha അനുപമ

Data Lead, AI4Bharat

Bhanumathy M பானுமதி மா

Recruitment Lead, AI4Bharat

Janki Nawale जानकी

Data Lead, AI4Bharat

Kalaivanan.A கலைவாணன்.அ

Operations Lead (Accounts)

Saranya Sukumaran சரண்யா

Data lead

Shanthi.S சாந்தி.எஸ்

Accounts & Logistics Lead, AI4Bharat

Sharmistha Dey শর্মিষ্ঠা দে

Data Lead

Sneha Ravishankar स्नेहा

Data Lead

Suganya Kumaresan சுகன்யா குமரேசன்

HR-LEAD

Sunjay Rishi Murali சஞ்சய் ரிஷி முரளி

Data Lead, AI4Bharat

Tripura Panchagnula త్రిపుర పంచాగ్నుల

Data Lead

A Aparna அ அபர்ணா

Project Associate, IIT Madras

Abhigyan Raman अभिज्ञान रमन

AI Resident, AI4Bharat, IIT Madras

Alpana Majhi আল্পনা মাজি

Senior Software Engineer, Tarento Technologies

Ananya Sai ಅನನ್ಯ ಸಾಯಿ

Ph.D., IIT Madras

Aravinth Bheemaraj அரவிந்த் பீமராஜ்

Product Manager, Tarento Technologies

Ashwin S அஸ்வின்‌ சீ

Project Officer

Aswanth Kumar M అశ్వంత్ కుమార్ ఎం

M.Tech, IIT Madras

Chetan Gudagamanal ಚೇತನ ಗುಡಗಮನಾಳ

Project Associate, IIT Madras

Debraj Bhal ଦେବରାଜ ଭଳ

Intern, Student at IIIT Bhubaneswar

Deovrat Mehendale देवव्रत मेहेंदळे

Project Associate

Devbrat Anuragi देवब्रत अनूरागी

Project Associate

Dheeraj Gujral ਧੀਰਜ ਗੁਜਰਾਲ

Software Engineer, Tarento Technologies

Eldho Ittan George എൽദോ ഇട്ടൻ ജോർജ്ജ്

Data Engineer

Ganavi K ಗಾನವಿ. ಕೆ

Software Engineer, Tarento Technologies

Gokul Nc கோகுல் ந.ச.

Project Officer, IIT Madras

Gowtham கெளதம் ரமேஷ்

AI Resident, AI4Bharat

Hanumantappa Budihal ಹನುಮಂತಪ್ಪ ಬೂದಿಹಾಳ್

M.Tech, IIT Madras

Ishvinder Sethi ईशविंदर सेठी

Project Associate, IIT Madras

Jagadeesh L జగదీష్ ఎల్

Software Engineer, Tarento Technologies

Jay Gala જય ગાલા

AI Resident

Kaushal Bhogale कौशल भोगले

Ph.D., AI4Bharat, IIT Madras

Keyur Raval કેયુર રાવળ

M.Tech, AI4Bharat, IIT Madras

Mohammed Safi Ur Rahman Khan محمد صفی الرحمٰن خان

AI Resident, IIT Madras

Nandini Mundra नंदिनी मुंदड़ा

M.S., IIT Madras

Prakhar Rathi प्रखर राठी

Open Source Contributor, Alumni, Shiv Nadar University

Pranav Agarwal प्रणव अग्रवाल

Intern, Student at NIT-K, Surathkal

Pranjal Agadh Chitale प्रांजल अगाध चितळे

M.S., IIT Madras

Praveen S V பிரவீண் சீ. வ.

M.S., IIT Madras

Sshubam Verma शुभम वर्मा

Research Intern, Tech

Sumanth Doddapaneni సుమంత్

PhD Student, AI4Bharat, IIT Madras

Sushane Parthan सुशेन पार्थन

Part-Time Ph.D., IIT Madras/ Indian Navy

Tahir Javed طاہر جاوید

Ph.D., IIT Madras

Umashankar Kumaravelan உமாசங்கர் குமாரவேலன்

Project Associate, IIT Madras

Varun Gumma वरुण गुम्मा

M.Tech, IIT Madras

Vignesh Nagarajan விக்னேஷ் நாகராஜன்

Project Associate, IIT Madras

Yash Madhani યશ માધાણી

M.S., IIT Madras

Yash Nair യാഷ് നായർ

Research Intern, VIT Chennai

Kunal Tiwary

Project Associate, IIT Madras

Afifa Anjum अफीफा अंजुम

QA Hindi

AKSHAY SARJERAO TALEKAR

QA Marathi

Aliva Pradhan ଅଲିଭା ପ୍ରଧାନ

QA-Odia

Anamika Das অনামিকা দাস

QA Bengali

Anjali P Nair അഞ്ജലി പി നായർ

QA Malayalam

Chitralekha Anshu

QA - Maithili

Dr. Pankaja R P पङ्कजा रा पा

QA - Sanskrit

Elumalai E ஏழுமலை ௭

QA-TAMIL

Hanan A Vaheed ഹനാൻ എ വഹീദ്

QA - Malayalam

Haritha M. S. ഹരിത എം. എസ്.

QA - Malayalam

Irshad Tantry ارشاد تانترے

QA - Kashmiri

M Ramya மோ ரம்யா

QA-TAMIL

Manickam KM மாணிக்கம்

QA - Chief Lead

Manpritkour Ragi मनप्रितकौर रागी

QA Marathi

MOHAMMED IRFAN ارشاد تانترے

QA - Odia

Mohanarangan A மோகனரங்கன் . அ

QA Executive

Muthathal Subramanian முத்தாத்தாள் சுப்ரமணியன்

QA Tamil

NIKITA YATIN PAROLEKAR निकिता यतिन पारोळेकर

QA - Marathi

PEDDAREDDYGARI PRANEETH REDDY పెద్దరెడ్డిగారి ప్రణీత్ రెడ్డి

QA - Telugu

Prachi Dharashivkar प्राची धाराशिवकर

QA Marathi

Pranita Das ପ୍ରଣିତ। ଦାଶ

QA - Odia

Sujatha Bala सुजाता बाला

QA - Sanskrit

Sunanda sarkar সুনন্দা সরকার

QA in Bengali

Tahir Ahmad Sheikh طاہر احمد شیخ

QA - Kashmiri

Ulka Antariksha ଉଲକା ଅନ୍ତରୀକ୍ଷା

QA - Odia

Vishwanath arjun bhandwale विश्वनाथ अर्जुन भांडवले

QA Marathi

Abhigna Joshi ಅಭಿಜ್ಞಾ ಜೋಶಿ

Language Expert, Kannada

Abhishek Parija ଅଭିଷେକ ପରିଜା

Language Expert, Odia

Aditya Bhushan Mishra आदित्य भूषण मिश्र

Language Expert, Maithili

Aishwarya Diwakar ایشوریا دواکر

Language Expert, Urdu

Aakanksha Dubey आकांक्षा दुबे

Language Expert, Hindi

Alfina Khaidem

Language Expert, Manipuri

Anagha H. N. ಅನಘಾ ಹೆಚ್. ಎನ್.

Language Expert, Kannada

Raj Dabre राज डाबरे

Researcher, NICT Japan

Rudra Murthy ರುದ್ರ ಮೂರ್ತಿ

Researcher at IBM Research, India

Aakanksha Dubey आकांक्षा दुबे

Language Expert, Hindi

Adithi.R ಅದಿತಿ.ಆರ್.

Language Expert, Kannada

Aditya Mitra আদিতো মিত্রো

QA-Odia

Akshat Sharma अक्षत शर्मा

Tech Team, Student at PICT, Pune

Anindita H.K ಅನಿಂದಿತಾ ಎಚ್.ಕೆ

Tech Team, AI4Bharat

Anuran Roy অনুরণ রায়

Tech Team, Student at VIT

Atharva Naphade

Tech Team, Student at PICT, Pune

Ayesha Pereira आइशा परेरा

Language Expert, Hindi

Bhavana RR ಭಾವನಾ

Recruitment Lead, AI4Bharat

Binita Basumatary बिनिता बोसुमोतारि

Language Expert, Bodo

Dattatraya (Pradeep) Padgaonkar दत्तात्रय (प्रदीप) पाडगावकर

Language Expert, Konkani

Dwithun Wary दैथुन उवारी

Language Expert, Bodo

Neelam Sankhla नीलम सांखला

Language Expert, Hindi

Nilanjana Chowdhury নীলাঞ্জনা চৌধুরী

Language Expert, Bengali

Nishant Nayak निशान्त नायक्

Tech Team, Student at NIT-K, Surathkal

Prabu Srinivas Ks பிரபு ‌‌‌‌‌‌ஸ்ரீனிவாஸ் கொ.சோ.

Language Expert, Tamil

Neelam Sankhla नीलम सांखला

Language Expert, Hindi

Nilanjana Chowdhury নীলাঞ্জনা চৌধুরী

Language Expert, Bengali

Nishant Nayak निशान्त नायक्

Tech Team, Student at NIT-K, Surathkal

Prabu Srinivas Ks பிரபு ‌‌‌‌‌‌ஸ்ரீனிவாஸ் கொ.சோ.

Language Expert, Tamil

Radhika Deshpande देशपाण्डे-राधिका

Language Expert, Hindi

Rugved Somwanshi ऋग्वेद सोमवंशी

Tech Team, Student at PICT, Pune

Sonal Padhiyar સોનલ પઢિયાર

Language Expert, Gujarati

Srilekha P Nambiar ശ്രീലേഖ പി നമ്പ്യാർ

Language Expert, Malayalam

Sufiya Pathan सूफ़िया पठान

Language Expert, Hindi

Suruthi Shree A சுருதி ஸ்ரீ அ

Language Expert, Tamil

Uma Jayaraman उमा जयरामन्

Language Expert, Sanskrit

Veda Bharti वेदा भारती

Language Expert, Hindi

Yogesh Bhatt योगेश भट्ट

Tech Team, Student at Graphic Era University