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title: "Avinash Dara - Senior Product Manager - AI in Hyderabad | Tal"
description: "Meet Avinash Dara, AI * Product | Ex-Nvidia | IIITH’12 based in Hyderabad. AI stack includes claude, cursor, and langchain."
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# Avinash Dara on Tal

## Headline

AI \* Product \| Ex\-Nvidia \| IIITH’12

## About

Problem Solver at Heart, and always up for new challenges\. Product Leader with 12\+ years of experience spanning EdTech, IoT, and semiconductor industries\. I am passionate about creating and delivering innovative, impactful solutions for hard to solve problems 💡

## Location

Hyderabad

## AI stack

claude

cursor

langchain

lovable

openai

claudecode

## Work experience

Senior Product Manager \- AI at Highspot, Nov 2025 \- Present · 10 mos, Hyderabad

Head of Product at NxtWave, Nov 2023 \- Oct 2025 · 2 yrs, On\-site, Cross\-team leader driving product strategy and roadmaps across product, tech & design, hosting insider podcasts and mega\-workshops, delivering AI\-first experiences that cut churn and power product\-led growth\.

Lead, Product \- Academy at NxtWave, Apr 2022 \- Oct 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, At NxtWave, we are on a mission to bridge the gap between industry & academia by rapidly building industry\-relevant skills in people\. ‍ For the first time in India, we’ve introduced Industry\-Ready Certification \(IRC\) which represents your industry readiness\. We’ve designed programs to help anyone gear up for 4\.0 Revolution\!

Founding Team \- Lead, Product and IoT Solutions at CyberEye Research Labs & Security Solutions Pvt\. Ltd\., Jan 2018 \- Mar 2022 · 4 yrs 3 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Led product strategy and development for enterprise IoT solutions: \- Owned complete product lifecycle for IoT solutions serving government and enterprise clients including Microchip, Cyient, and Indian Army \- Conceptualized and delivered India's largest private LoRaWAN network spanning 25,000\+ sq\. km \- Built and executed go\-to\-market strategies for IoT products across different market segments \- Established partnerships with key technology providers and system integrators \- Represented company as keynote speaker at international events including Things Conference and Microchip Masters Conference

Product Development \- IoT Solutions at iB Hubs, Aug 2014 \- Dec 2017 · 3 yrs 5 mos, Hyderabad Area, India, Led product development and go\-to\-market strategy for IoT education solutions: \- Conceptualized and launched Octabrix, an innovative IoT Maker kit for education \- Built and scaled IoT training program reaching students across India \- Led hardware product development integrating various sensors \(Motion, Pressure, Humidity, etc\.\) \- Established partnerships with educational institutions for product adoption Key Achievements: \- Successfully conducted 100\+ IoT bootcamps/workshops \- Developed complete IoT curriculum and training materials

ASIC Design Engineer at NVIDIA, Jul 2012 \- Jul 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Hyderabad Area, India, Contributed to product development of NVIDIA's Tegra processor line: \- Led system\-level verification for critical IP blocks including USB 2\.0/3\.0 and GPIO \- Owned complete verification workflow from test plan development to coverage closure \- Collaborated with cross\-functional teams to improve micro\-architecture and design \- Developed and implemented comprehensive test strategies for complex IP blocks

## Education

B\.tech, Electronics and Communications Engineering, International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad \(IIITH\)

Intermediate, MPC, Sri Chaitanya College of Education

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