RISHITA KULKARNI

AI Development Engineer
Bengaluru, IN.

About

A results-driven Computer Science Engineer specializing in advanced AI development, including agentic, conversational, and generative AI. Proven expertise in building production-grade AI applications using LLMs, RAG systems, and multimodal AI on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure). Adept at designing and deploying end-to-end AI pipelines, voice agents, and intelligent automation solutions, leveraging Python and FastAPI to drive impactful AI innovations.

Work

Basal Analytics Pvt Ltd
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AI Developer Intern

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Summary

Developed and deployed end-to-end conversational AI pipelines and voice agents, enhancing real-time interaction capabilities and optimizing performance through data-driven insights.

Highlights

Engineered end-to-end conversational AI pipelines, integrating text-to-speech synthesizers, speech-to-text transcribers, and LLM models for real-time voice agent interactions.

Designed and implemented Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems utilizing vector databases to deliver context-aware, domain-specific responses.

Integrated custom function calls and external APIs, including Guestpoint (hotel booking) and Google Calendar, to enable advanced call transfer functionalities.

Deployed production-grade AI voice agents on Twilio and Plivo platforms, ensuring robust telephony application performance.

Implemented predictive analytics and KPI monitoring to proactively identify and enhance voice call performance, improving operational efficiency.

Deployed scalable AI applications on Azure Container Apps, leveraging Docker for efficient containerization and streamlined deployment.

Managed and optimized secure data storage solutions using AWS S3 and Azure Blob Storage for critical AI application data.

Optimized conversational AI accuracy and flow by designing and fine-tuning over 30 system prompts, significantly improving response quality and user experience.

Education

Acharya Institute of Technology
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

Computer Science Engineering

Grade: 9.10/10 CGPA

Awards

Best Outgoing Student – Class of 2025

Awarded By

Acharya Institute of Technology

Recognized for exceptional academic performance, leadership qualities, and all-around excellence among the graduating class.

Certificates

Exploratory Data Analysis for Machine Learning

Issued By

IBM

Emerging Technologies (AI & Cloud)

Issued By

Edunet Foundation

Data Analytics Job Simulation

Issued By

Deloitte

Data Exploration

Issued By

Google

Agile Project Management

Issued By

Google

Introduction to AWS Inferentia and Amazon EC2 Infl Instances

Issued By

Simplilearn

Skills

Programming Languages

Python, SQL.

Frameworks

LangChain, LangGraph, FastAPI, TensorFlow, HuggingFace.

Data Science

Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-Learn, Matplotlib, Data Extraction.

AI/ML

LLM, RAG, Generative AI, Agentic AI, AI Agents, Hugging Face, Feature Engineering, Fine-tuning, Prompt Engineering.

Data Analytics

Predictive Analytics, Advanced KPIs.

Analytics & Visualization

Power BI, Tableau, Excel, PowerPoint, MySQL.

Speech & Conversational AI

Text-to-Speech, Speech-to-Text, Voice Agent Development.

Cloud & DevOps

AWS, Azure, Docker, Git, GitHub.

Development Platforms

PyCharm, Jupyter Notebook, Visual Studio Code.

Soft Skills

Problem-solving, Leadership, Team Collaboration, Communication.

Projects

AI Product Imagery Extractor: Automated Product Photo Generation

Summary

Engineered an agentic AI workflow for automated product image extraction and enhancement from YouTube videos using Python, LangGraph, Google Gemini multimodal AI, and Next.js.

SmartMed Portal: AI-Powered Health Insights and Assistance

Summary

Developed a full-stack healthcare web application with AI-powered medical report analysis using Azure OCR and Google Generative AI (Google Gemini 1.5 Flash) to extract and simplify complex medical data into user-friendly summaries.

Deloitte Australia Data Analytics Job Simulation on Forage

Summary

Completed a Deloitte job simulation involving data analysis and forensic technology.

COVID-19 Vaccination Dashboard

Summary

Developed an interactive dashboard using Power BI to visualize COVID-19 vaccination data.

Student Result Management System

Summary

Designed and implemented a relational database using SQL to store and manage student academic records.