Dhivakar Kanagaraj

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in deploying deep learning models in production.
Led the development of a computer vision team from scratch.
Conducted workshops at major AI conferences.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Robotics and Healthcare expert specializing in Computer Vision and Machine Learning.

Contact

dhivakarkanagaraj@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Machine LearningComputer Vision

Other Skills

RoboticsDeep LearningNVIDIA Edge platformsImage ProcessingDjangoCelerySemantic SegmentationCNNOpenCVSVMPythonSoftware DevelopmentC++LinuxLabVIEW

About

Computer Vision / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Algorithms - Object classification using traditional ML Techniques - Classification/Localization/Detection/Segmentation using Deep Learning - Class activation map (CAM) based techniques (GradCAM, CNN-Fixations) - Algorithms and Data structures (optimization) - Page alignment using Keypoints detection and matching Software development - Software Development experience in building real-world applications in Python - Deployment of Deep Learning models into production as web service (Celery) - Experience in developing web applications using Django and Flask (Python web frameworks) - Experience in Agile (Scrum) based Software development - Git lover <3 Knowledge sharing - Conducted 2 Workshops as a part of Anthill Inside 2017 and 2018, one of India’s largest Industrial Deep Learning and AI conferences. + 2017 - Machine Learning in Computer Vision + 2018 - ML and DL for Computer Vision - Conducted a 2-day workshop on “Computer Vision with Machine Learning” at PSG Tech, Coimbatore. Interests - Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Algorithms, Reinforcement learning

Experience

10 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Niqo robotics

3 roles

Director of AI and Computer Vision

Promoted

Dec 2025 – Present · 5 mos

Machine Learning Lead

Promoted

Dec 2021 – Dec 2025 · 4 yrs

Team
Built the CV/ML team from ground up
Designed the Data pipeline and ML Ops pipeline
Data collection framework to collect the right data / images from the field for improving the system
AI on Edge
Optimized the DL models on different NVIDIA Edge platforms
Deployed models that run realtime on Edge

RoboticsMachine LearningComputer Vision

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Mar 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

Crop Detection
Developed DL models for detecting different crops
In different lighting conditions and at different times of the day
Automation in training process to iterate faster on the data-driven experiments

Carl zeiss meditec ag

Research Engineer

Jan 2019 – Feb 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

Fundus images
Image quality verification and deployment in low power environments (android, browser etc)
GradCAM and CNN-Fixation based visualizer implementation
OCT images
Pixel level segmentation of Abnormal region (semantic segmentation)
Engineering
Deployment of Deep Learning model into production systems as web services using Django & Celery
Setup Gitlab with the git best practices in place and CI / CD for the web demo projects

Soliton technologies

3 roles

Senior Computer Vision Engineer

Promoted

Jul 2017 – Dec 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos

Responsible for managing multiple projects and delivered quality solutions
Aesthetic scoring of Natural images using CNNs
KYC Digitizing: Lead a team of Algorithm developers, UI/UX designer, and Front end developers to deliver this demo application
Worked on a couple of projects to relentlessly automate mundane things in the workplace

Computer Vision Engineer

May 2015 – Jul 2017 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Page alignment algorithm development using keypoints detection and matching techniques
Image processing to localize the characters and extract them for the recognition engine
Handwritten character recognition using Deep Learning
Push the accuracy further by implementing Graph based algorithms
Handle customer interactions, requirement gathering and sprint planning as a project owner