About

Arush Kharbanda is a seasoned entrepreneur and data engineer with over 10 years of experience in product development and deep tech. He is currently working as a Senior Engineering Manager at Paytm First Games and is also the Co-founder of Ignosi Technologies Private Limited, a company that helps businesses understand the capabilities of AI and develop viable use cases that can give them an edge over the competition. Arush has a strong background in Big Data, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Computer Vision. He has worked for various startups in Delhi/NCR and Bangalore, leading product development teams and implementing the Lean Startup approach. He has also worked for Fortune 500 companies, giving him a nuanced understanding of working across different industries and organizations of varying scales and cultures. In addition to his engineering expertise, Arush has a passion for product development and enjoys crafting products with a keen eye for detail and a data-driven approach. He is also a natural teacher, often explaining technology to beginners with simple explanations. He is currently co-authoring a book called "The Spark Workshop," in which he is writing the chapters about using the Big Data tool Spark for Data Science and AI. Arush's education history includes a course in Artificial Intelligence from the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) and a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology from USIT, Guru Gobind Singh Inderprasth University. He also attended Apeejay School. Arush's technical expertise includes Spark, AI, Big Data, ML, NLP, Kafka, Redis, React Native, Android, Cassandra, Data Scientist, NoSQL, Apache Hive, SQL, AWS, Web, Apache Airflow, MemCache, Mobile, Data Engineering, Scikit, Pandas, FaceNet, Seaborn, Databricks, Snowflake, OpenCV, Deep Learning, CI/CD, SDET, test, Javascript, Research Scientist, Tensorflow, MySQL, DevOps, ETL, Postgres, Pytorch, GCP, and infra. He has 13.12 years of relevant experience in the field.