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 .
FOUNDERS
DELIVERY AND OPERATIONS
TECH
QUALITY ASSURANCE
LANGUAGE
VISITING RESEARCHERS
PREVIOUS EMPLOYEES
FOUNDERS
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
DELIVERY AND OPERATIONS
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
TECH
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
QUALITY ASSURANCE
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
LANGUAGE
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
VISITING RESEARCHERS
Raj Dabre राज डाबरे
Researcher, NICT Japan
Rudra Murthy ರುದ್ರ ಮೂರ್ತಿ
Researcher at IBM Research, India
PREVIOUS EMPLOYEES