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Ashish Akula

@ashishakula

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I am an AI/ML-focused researcher and engineer skilled in full-stack ML pipelines.

India

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What I'm looking for

I am seeking ML/NLP roles building production-ready, trustworthy AI systems with strong emphasis on evaluation, deployment, and collaborative research.

I am a researcher-engineer with a strong foundation from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, combining a B.S.-M.S. in Chemistry with a minor and micro-specialisation in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. I build practical machine learning and NLP systems and deploy them for real-world use.

My internships and freelance work include building multi-agent AI orchestration with LangGraph, retrieval-augmented generation, and evaluating LLM quality for RLHF pipelines. I have developed sequencing algorithms using LDA, NetworkX and Minimum FAS during an NLP research internship at IIT Kharagpur.

I have delivered multiple self-driven projects—churn prediction, fraud detection, spam classification, hybrid log classification, and scalable FastAPI deployments—using tools such as Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, LangChain and FAISS. I emphasize reliable, production-ready pipelines, data preprocessing, and rigorous model evaluation.

I am a collaborative leader and mentor, having led student teams, mentored juniors at IIT Kharagpur, and contributed to social initiatives. I seek roles where I can apply ML and NLP expertise to build robust, trustworthy AI systems that deliver measurable impact.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Artificial Intelligence Intern

Codec Technologies

Jun 2025 - Jul 2025 (1 month)

Built multi-agent AI systems using LangGraph to coordinate GPT and Groq for enterprise reasoning workflows, implemented retrieval-augmented generation with Tavily search, and engineered orchestration pipelines to reduce hallucinations and improve decision-making.

LangGraph GPT GROQ RAG Python API Integration Debugging

Freelance LLM Evaluator

Outlier AI

Oct 2024 - Dec 2024 (2 months)

Evaluated LLM outputs on STEM and programming tasks, provided structured human feedback and curated datasets to support RLHF pipelines, improving model correctness, reasoning quality, and formatting consistency.

RLHF Pipeline Quality Assurance Python

NLP Research Intern

IIT Kharagpur

May 2024 - Jul 2024 (2 months)

Developed an automatic resource sequencing model for e-learning by extracting 48 key physics topics from 250 documents using LDA, converted document multigraphs to DAGs via Minimum FAS, and implemented sequencing algorithms with NLTK, NetworkX, and Gensim.

Natural Language Processing LDA NLTK Networkx Gensim Python Topic modeling Research

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

B.S. - M.S., Chemistry

Grade: 9.13

Activities and societies: Minor in Computer Science & Engineering; Micro Specialisation in Artificial Intelligence & Applications; NLP Research Intern at IIT Kharagpur; Student Mentor, Student Welfare Group

Pursuing a dual B.S.-M.S. in Chemistry with a minor in Computer Science & Engineering and a micro-specialisation in Artificial Intelligence & Applications; CGPA 9.13 as of graduation year 2026.