Pranav Purkar

AI Engineer @CAMS | CSE ’25, IIT Bhubaneswar | Former M.Tech Head Placement Coordinator

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

About

Machine Learning Engineer | 🤖 AI Innovator | 📊Data Science Enthusiast As a recent M.Tech graduate in Computer Science from IIT Bhubaneswar 🎓, I bring a strong foundation in AI and Machine Learning, backed by hands-on research experience and a passion for solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technologies. During my M.Tech, I worked under Dr. Shreya Ghosh in collaboration with Microsoft Research on TripCraft, a novel framework for spatio-temporally fine-grained, personalized travel planning using LLMs. Our work was recently published in ACL ARR 📝and is available on https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.20508 , showcasing how to integrate event data, persona profiles, and temporal constraints into large language models for realistic itinerary generation. I secured 2nd rank in my M.Tech CSE batch with a CGPA of 9.01, and ranked in the top 1.5% in GATE CSE 2022, cracking it in my third year of engineering and again the following year, both times within the top 2% percentile. This consistency reflects my deep commitment to learning and mastering core CS fundamentals. Now stepping into the industry as a Machine Learning Engineer, I’m excited to build impactful AI solutions in areas like NLP, information retrieval, and generative AI 🚀. I also enjoy mentoring and have guided peers through GATE preparation and ML fundamentals, contributing actively to knowledge-sharing communities. 🔹 Skills: Python, C++, Pytorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, Numpy, Pandas, SQL, MongoDB, Huggingface, VectorDB. 🔹 Expertise: Machine Learning, NLP, Deep Learning, Generative AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), LLMs, Knowledge Graphs 🔹 Achievements: 🥈2nd Rank in M.Tech CSE @ IIT Bhubaneswar | 🎯 GATE CSE Top 1.5% | 📄 ACL ARR Publication 🔹 Education: M.Tech CSE, IIT Bhubaneswar | B.Tech CSE, SB Jain Institute of Technology I'm passionate about driving AI research from idea to implementation , creating systems that are not just smart, but usable, scalable, and transformative 🌐. 📩 Let’s connect and explore what we can build together: [email protected]

Experience

  • AI Engineer at CAMS Limited
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • Head Placement Coordinator at Career Development Cell, IIT Bhubaneswar
    May 2024 - May 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Honored to have served as the Head Placement Coordinator (M.Tech) with the Career Development Cell at IIT Bhubaneswar during the academic year 2024–2025.

  • Teaching Assistant at IIT Bhubaneswar
    Jul 2023 - May 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Managed and mentored over 150+ students, conducted tutorials, crafted question sets, and delivered in-depth lectures on CS3L002- Computer Organization and Architecture . CS3L006- Computer Networks Evaluated student assignments and projects, provided feedbacks, resolved queries for both theory and lab sessions.