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# Ashutosh Parida on Tal

## Headline

Head of Engineering \( Engineering Site Lead, India\) \| GCC \| Mentor & Startup Advisor \| Sustainability ESG \| Climate Tech, Agriculture, AI \| GeoSpatial Intelligence \| Ex\. Head \- AI / ML \|

## About

✓ Technology Leader with around 20 \+ years of industry experience at globally renowned companies like Samsung, Oracle, Verizon and a fledgling startup Green Space Technologies ✓ Expertise on Data Science and Analytics domain \- CV, Segmentation, Recommendation Engines, NLP , Generative AI \- LLMs ✓ Proficient in Statistics, Maths, Multivariate analysis, Data Wrangling, Visualization, Feature engineering, Machine Learning Algorithms \- classification, regression, forecasting , Ensemble techniques , Neural Networks \- CNN, DNN, RNN, GenAI, LLM ✓ Skill set spans across Linux, Scripting, R, Python, Plotly, Keras, LAMP\(Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Python, Perl\), Django, JAVA, J2EE \(Spring, Hibernate\), Hadoop \(Spark, HDFS, Pig, Hive, Sqoop, Flume\), NoSQL \(Cassandra, MongoDB\), HHVM, Chef, Docker, Kubernetes, Kubeflow ✓ Experienced with Software Engineering Principles and entire Software Development Life Cycle ✓ Good Understanding of Algorithms, Design Patterns and OOP Concepts ✓ Familiar with cloud ecosystem\- AWS, Azure, GCP Leadership ✓ Project Planning, Task Planning, Appraisal Discussions, Team Management ✓ Experienced handling \(remote & multi\-cultural\) team

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

openclaw

## Work experience

Head of Engineering \( Engineering Site Lead, India \) at Sagri Co\., Ltd, Aug 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, As Head of Engineering \(Engineering Site Lead, India\) at Sagri, Ashutosh has been instrumental in setting up the India engineering hub from the ground up, driving the delivery of critical research and product modules\. He leads cross\-functional teams in developing scalable AI/ML foundation models \- such as farm segmentation, crop classification, crop monitoring , SOC \- that underpin Sagri’s carbon and GHG intelligence solutions\. The MRV app integrates SBTi compliance and GHG protocols, empowering enterprises with actionable insights for carbon accounting, net\-zero strategies and carbon insetting goals\. His role spans engineering leadership, product innovation, organizational scaling and stakeholder collaboration, ensuring Sagri’s technology roadmap accelerates its mission of transforming agriculture and sustainability through data\-driven intelligence\.

Assistant Vice President \- ML \| Head \- AI at DeHaat, Oct 2021 \- Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, As Head of AI at DeHaat, Ashutosh led the AI division with a focus on pioneering niche AI model development in the agriculture domain \- an area demanding deep research, academic collaboration and a strong partner ecosystem\. He championed high\-impact RFP proposals, translating complex AI capabilities into business value and securing key opportunities\. Ashutosh spearheaded the creation of cutting\-edge AI solutions such as soil NPK estimation models, crop classification, disease detection, inventory recommendations, farm quality scoring, grain quality assessment, farm advisory systems \- each leveraging the fusion of satellite data, environmental and ground\-level data\. A standout accomplishment was architecting DeHaat’s vernacular, multimodal chatbot, designed to empower low\-margin, digitally less\-savvy farmers\. This open\-architecture system became a trusted support channel for farmers \- enabling them to place orders, access agri advisory and resolve issues seamlessly\. Beyond building models, Ashutosh played a critical leadership role in shaping DeHaat’s AI strategy, nurturing cross\-disciplinary teams and ensuring alignment of innovation with business goals\. His efforts not only accelerated the adoption of AI\-driven intelligence across the agriculture value chain but also positioned DeHaat as a leader in applying advanced data science for sustainable farming, supply chain efficiency and farmer empowerment\.

Head \- AI & Analytics at UNext Learning, Nov 2019 \- Oct 2021 · 2 yrs, \( A Manipal Global Education Services Enterprise\) is the leading India\-headquartered International provider of high\-quality higher education services\. Its ambit includes a wide range of higher education services to institutions in India, corporate training programmes in partnership with leading enterprises, vocational training across a number of sectors, as well as technology\-driven services in areas such as testing and education delivery\. AI & Analytics Team is responsible for creating intelligent solutions and products\. If you are a AI enthusiast who is inquisitive and bubbling with energy to develop AI solutions in NLP/Vision domain, we are in look out\. This is a high growth team and expanding rapidly\.

Staff Engineer / Engineering Manager at Qualcomm, Nov 2016 \- Nov 2019 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru Area, India, Accomplishments: • Qualstar Award under Management discipline • https://github\.com/aparida1

Manager \.\. Engineering at Akamai Technologies, May 2015 \- Oct 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bangalore, Engineering Manager \(Advanced Analytics Solutions\), responsible for • Owning multiple Analytics Products catered towards internal \(e\.g\. Sales team\) and external \( e\.g Customers\) like SiteStats, MDS etc • Architecting the Products, Code review and Owned the technical delivery • Helped in hiring across the teams \- Dev, QA, DevOps teams • Members of my Dev team won Akamai TechX Code Jam 2016 organised globally\.

## Education

Chief Technology Officer Programme, Indian School of Business

Post Graduate Certificate in Data Science, International School of Engineering \(INSOFE\)

## Public links

- medium: https://medium\.com/@ashutosh\.parida

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