Pushkar Nimkar

Hello there 👋

I am a machine learning engineer, researcher, and a recovering economics student

• Born and raised in Thane
• Started Computer Engineering at Pune Institute of Computer Technology (PICT)
• Built robots and competed in Robocon at PICT Robotics
• Graduated from PICT
• Had awesome time building ML algorithms for trucks and buses at Intangles
• Started volunteering with ASAR for India doing data analysis and tech work for public health - still going strong
• COVID lockdown got me into microecon and game theory on Coursera, totally changed my perspective
• This led me to Duke’s MSEC program - economics meets computer science
• Early bet on AI: built talking toys at Curio, where safety and delight had to coexist.
• Putting together foundational ML infrastructure for GTM Orchestration with amazing folks at LeanData.

Links

• GitHub
• LinkedIn
• Google Scholar
• Stack Overflow
• Twitter/X

Need a break?

• Try minesweeper