Pankaj Kumar Sharma

Co-Founder

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India14 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Over 10 years of experience in data science.
  • Led AI initiatives at Amazon, improving model safety.
  • Co-founded successful food-tech startups in India.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned expert in AI and machine learning within the tech industry.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

Natural Language ProcessingMachine LearningSpeech RecognitionArtificial IntelligenceEntrepreneurshipTechnology Management

Other Skills

Natural Language UnderstandingModel Fine-tuningRetrieval-Augmented GenerationAI Safety StrategiesTeam LeadershipResearch PublicationComputer VisionDeep LearningWeb DevelopmentMobile App DevelopmentDigital MarketingUser Experience DesignProject ManagementStrategic PlanningUser Experience

About

As a research scientist at Amazon, I work on natural language understanding for Hindi and Indian English languages in Alexa, applying my machine learning expertise and passion for solving complex problems. I have over 10 years of experience in data science, with a focus on speech recognition, computer vision, and natural language processing. Previously, I led the machine learning team at PolicyBazaar.com, where I innovated and deployed AI solutions for call center automation, lead propensity, and video inspection, resulting in improved efficiency, quality, and revenue. I also co-founded and served as the CTO of Langhar and Yumist, two food-tech startups that leveraged technology to deliver convenient and affordable meals. I am proficient in Python, R, PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Keras, and I hold a certification in machine learning from Stanford University.

Experience

Microsoft

Senior Applied Scientist

Sep 2025Present · 6 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Amazon

2 roles

Research Scientist, Amazon AGI

Oct 2023Sep 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Spearheaded the Responsible AI (RAI) initiatives in Alexa+, reducing unsafe model outputs (toxicity, bias, sexual content) through targeted alignment and safety strategies.
  • Applied Model finetuning and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to fine-tune LLMs for grounded, policy-aligned responses.
  • Created an Agentic-AI based prompt optimization framework using feedback and refinement agents to autonomously enhance model performance on RAI benchmarks.
  • Scaled RAI solutions into production by collaborating with policy and engineering teams across AGI org.
Natural Language UnderstandingMachine LearningModel Fine-tuningRetrieval-Augmented GenerationAI Safety StrategiesNatural Language Processing

Research Scientist, Alexa NLU

Mar 2020Sep 2023 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Published research paper on “Learning under label noise for robust spoken language understanding systems” in Interspeech 2022, Incheon, South Korea.
  • Led a team of five to complete various Amazon goals, which further resulted in improved accuracy of Alexa across IN locales by 50 bps.
  • Successfully delivered on the simultaneous Netflix launch across all Alexa locales, accuracy improvement goals, fairness in AI and robustness on noise research science programs.
  • Submitted research publications on fairness in AI, mitigating algorithmic bias through continual learning and noise robustness of IC-NER systems in EMNLP Industry Track 2023.
Natural Language ProcessingSpeech RecognitionTeam LeadershipResearch Publication

Policybazaar.com

AVP, Artificial Intelligence

Sep 2017Feb 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Speech Recognition and NLP:
  • Created in-house bilingual Automatic Speech recognition machine learning model for “Hinglish”
  • Created GPU based pipeline transcribing more then 100,000 real time calls everyday
  • Call center automation for Quality assessment of calls based on neural networks
  • Improved revenue per lead by 8% using Machine Learning based Lead propensity.
  • Callbot and Whatsapp based Chatbot:
  • Automated 70% of post sales calls/chats by using Natural Language processing based conversational bot
  • Deep learning based Video Inspection:
  • Automated the process of manual inspection for Car Insurance using computer vision
  • Pipeline is based on Scratch and dent detection in user submitted videos
  • Work published in Techcircle, TOI, ET, AWS blog , Softbank Portfolio presentation
Speech RecognitionNatural Language ProcessingMachine LearningComputer VisionDeep LearningArtificial Intelligence

Yumist

Head Of Technology

Aug 2015Mar 2017 · 1 yr 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Langhar food services pvt ltd

Cofounder and CTO

Nov 2010Aug 2015 · 4 yrs 9 mos · Noida Area, India

  • Langhar.com was one of first few food tech startups in India. It started as marketplace for homely food, which empowered housewives to earn extra income while working from home.
  • Roles and responsibilities-
  • ➢ Raised funding of $200,000 from Ark Challenge USA, Amity university and Times internet.
  • ➢ Handled Web and mobile app development (YII, MongoDB, AWS EC2 and EBS, Android, iOS)
  • ➢ Worked on Delivery cost optimization, User experience design, Digital marketing, affiliate marketing, referrals, third party tie-ups.
Web DevelopmentMobile App DevelopmentDigital MarketingUser Experience DesignEntrepreneurshipTechnology Management

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

B.tech — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2006Jan 2010

Stackforce found 100+ more professionals with Natural Language Processing & Machine Learning

Explore similar profiles based on matching skills and experience