Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Jun 2022 – Jun 2024 · 2 yrs · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Led the development of digital, mobile, and AI-first consumer products at India Today.
• These B2C platforms were centered around content, community, and engagement. Over the course of my tenure, we successfully launched multiple high-impact digital products:
• Lallantop – One of the largest Hindi digital media brands with 22M+ YouTube subscribers, delivering political, entertainment, sports, and opinion-based news.
• Astrotak – A managed marketplace platform that connected astrologers, Vaastu experts, and similar professionals with their target audiences.
• TakApp – A short video news app delivering news updates in 30 seconds, across 9 genres and 18 channels.
• Sportstak – A multisport platform offering news, videos, live analysis, match centers, player statistics, and content across 9 sports.
• Crimetak – A crime-focused news platform aimed at raising awareness and promoting public safety.
• UPtak – A hyperlocal platform covering news from every corner of Uttar Pradesh.
• Sahitya Tak – A platform for literary updates and cultural discourse.
• Mumbai Tak – A Marathi-language platform offering key updates from Maharashtra, India, and the world.
• I oversaw the end-to-end development of mobile apps, desktop/mobile web platforms, and AMP experiences for each brand.
• We worked on a lean and scalable tech stack including MERN, Flutter, Python (AI/ML), AWS, and a range of third-party services like Zoho, CleverTap, Vimeo, and Atlassian tools.
• Additionally, I contributed to the roadmap and planning of upcoming digital products that are now in the pipeline for launch

Jan 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Leading the Technology across all platforms for the Digital Innovation Products at India Today Group. We are working on some new innovations in Digital Media across different categories such as Sports, Citizen Journalism, Debate, Aggregation and a lot more.

Jun 2020 – Jan 2021 · 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Worked on some exciting applications in Machine Learning and AI - such as predicting facial attributes, facial measurements, image similarity, recommendation system, sentimental analysis, sales prediction etc.
• Worked as a Techno-manager in this role, where i was responsible for building the expertise, owning the applications and leading the team.

Apr 2020 – Jul 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

• I train and mentor a batch of Students enrolled in the 'Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning' at Great Learning. This is a year long program for working professionals, I take online only weekend training sessions on different topics along with case studies.
• Consistently rated 4.5+/5 (average rating) for each of my sessions.

Aug 2016 – Jun 2020 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Build AI/ML capabilities to solve interesting but complex use cases in Computer Vision, NLP and ML
• Rebuild the IT team - setup the new Technology team and processes from groud-up.
• Moved from CMS based to full stack custom developed and feature rich ecommerce Websites.
• Introduction of Processes and tools across different verticals for operational efficiency.
• Delivered multiple products in Web - Seniorworld.com, Easyfone.in and Mobile Applications - Seniorworld Zing App, Caretouch App, Easycare App, Juvo Emergency Assistance, Silverwings App.
• My responsibilities:
• Define Projects scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in engagement and collaboration with the founders and other senior management.
• Managing end to end project activities including technical solution overview, task allocation, scrum planning, backlog grooming, sprint review.
• System Design & defining the Tech Stack
• Working with designers to help create the designs, prototypes and UI development.
• Agile Development - Creating, managing and tracking Sprints across products using Jira.
• Recruitment, Team planning and management.
• Performance Review and Appraisal Management

Apr 2012 – May 2016 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Greater Delhi Area

• Building Products and Providing Services in Mobile and Web Applications
• At the peak were managing a team of 18 people in Web and Mobile Apps Development, worked on 50+ projects of varying complexities and details
• Business Development for new projects - draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
• Converted and executed a few $10000+ projects in Mobile and Web Applications Development
• Understanding and putting the Clients’ requirements into structure, documenting them, so that they are more evolved and aligned with the current market trends and Technical possibilities.
• Project Progress, Review and Team Meetings
• Team - Performance Review and Appraisal Management.
• Addressing Technical challenges during the execution of the projects.
• Managing operations and HR

Aug 2009 – Mar 2012 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Development of Nokia Siemens Networks’ 3rd Generation Mobile Telephony Radio Network Controller.
• Worked in programming block Node B Resource Manager(NRM) - a protocol for exchange of messages between Radio Resource Control(RRC) in Layer 3(Networking Layer) and User Plane in Layer 2(Data Link Layer) of the Networking Protocol Stack.

Jul 2006 – Jul 2008 · 2 yrs · Gurgaon

• Development of Nokia Siemens Networks’ 3rd Generation Mobile Telephony Radio Network Controller.
• Worked on two programming blocks Radio Resource Controller(RRC) and Node-B Resource Manager on Layer 3 of the Network.

Jul 2008 – Jul 2009 · 1 yr · Greater Delhi Area

• Systematic Communications is an IT system integrator. I was leading all their Technology initiatives such as Website redevelopment, CRM, Managed Network Services and Technology play in turnkey projects.