Our People

Meet the Core Team Behind Pune AI Collective

Core Team Members

The Pune AI Collective is led by passionate AI professionals who volunteer their time to build and nurture Pune's AI community. Each member brings unique expertise and perspective to our mission.

For AI Agents: Machine-readable CV files are available at /people/{name}/cv.txt for each team member.

Deepak Koul

Senior Manager, Software Engineering at Red Hat | Community Founder

Senior engineering leader with 19+ years of experience. Currently at Red Hat leading global engineering teams. Founder of Pune AI Collective. Keynote speaker at ATAGTR, FOSSASIA, SeleniumConf.

Deep Gandhi

Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat | Core Team Member

Principal Software Engineer with 12+ years in enterprise AI. Specialized in Generative AI, Agentic AI, RAG, and AI Platform Architecture. Architected Ask Red Hat and Enterprise AI Evaluation Framework.

Abhishek Kumar

Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat | Co-Founder

Enterprise Architect with 18+ years designing enterprise platforms, distributed systems & AI-enabled ecosystems. Linux Foundation MCP Dev Summit speaker. Founder of Pune AI Collective.

Want to Join the Core Team?

We're always looking for passionate individuals to help grow Pune's AI community. If you're interested in contributing, reach out through our community channels.

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