[Nomination] <Harini Anand> #105
Description
Select one:
- I am nominating myself for the PyTorch Ambassador Program.
- I am nominating someone else to become a PyTorch Ambassador.
Please confirm that the nominee meets the following requirements:
- The nominee is 18 years of age or older.
- The nominee agrees to abide by the PyTorch Code of Conduct.
- The nominee agrees to comply with the Linux Foundation Antitrust Policy.
- The nominee meets at least one of the qualifications listed in the PyTorch Ambassador Program Requirements.
Nominee Name
Harini Anand
Nominee Email
Nominee's GitHub or GitLab Handle
(Optional) Organization / Affiliation
IBM
City, State/Province, Country
Bangalore
Your Name
No response
Your Email (Optional)
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How has the nominee contributed to PyTorch?
- An active contributor to PyTorch repositories (e.g., commits, PRs, discussions).
- A speaker at PyTorch events or workshops.
- A PyTorch user group organizer or meetup host.
- A researcher or educator using PyTorch in academic work or training.
- An active leader in the PyTorch community with at least one year of experience in:
- Organizing events (virtual/in-person).
- Speaking at AI/ML conferences.
- Mentoring others in PyTorch.
- Creating technical content (e.g., blogs, videos, tutorials).
🏆 How Would the Nominee Contribute as an Ambassador?
My experience spans applied machine learning, cutting-edge research, community leadership, and open-source advocacy, all of which position me to contribute meaningfully to the PyTorch Ambassador Program across its three pillars: local leadership, continuous learning, and knowledge sharing.
I’ve actively used PyTorch in my research and professional projects from modeling gene regulatory networks at IIT Hyderabad to building cognitive tools aimed at mitigating the onset of dementia, and developing AI applications in healthcare at Niramai Health Analytix. My paper on **Financial BERT for Sentiment Analysis** was presented at the 9th International Conference for Convergence in Technology, and I’ve authored research on **Reinforcement Learning**, and **Quantum AI in Healthcare** through the IBM Quantum program. I’ve been invited by Intuit to present my research and am currently in the process of filing a patent in **multimodal machine learning**, further deepening my technical expertise with PyTorch-based workflows.
Outside of research, I lead a **weekly AI and Data newsletter** with over 1,000 subscribers where I simplify technical topics, including PyTorch innovations. I’ve hosted **research paper reading circles** on advanced topics, including many based on PyTorch papers which I aim to expand into public workshops for the broader community. With PyTorch's growing footprint in academic and applied research, I plan to use this as a core channel for **educating developers, students, and researchers** on how to critically evaluate and apply new models.
As a **speaker at KubeCon**, **Harvard WE Tech Fellow**, and the **youngest High Impact APAC Ambassador for Stanford’s WiDS initiative**, I’ve had opportunities to build and grow diverse communities. I led the largest technical and FOSS community at my college, regularly **hosting workshops on machine learning, NLP, and data science**, **judging hackathons**, and **mentoring juniors**. My ability to organize events from intimate research circles to large public sessions will translate directly to the Ambassador requirement of **quarterly events**, whether in-person or virtual.
I’ve also been part of elite global communities like **KaggleX**, **GHCI**, and **MIT’s and Oxford’s AI in Healthcare summer schools**, giving me exposure to a wide international network of learners and builders. These experiences have given me playbooks for running effective community programming something I’m excited to bring to the PyTorch ecosystem. Whether it's through organizing hands-on workshops, curating speaker sessions, or promoting underrepresented voices in AI, I’m committed to building inclusive and technically robust learning spaces.
The PyTorch Ambassador Program is a natural next step in my journey to give back to the community that has been pivotal in my own development. I’m enthusiastic about promoting PyTorch as a research and production-grade framework, helping others learn through tutorials and events, and amplifying local voices on a global stage.Any additional details you'd like to share?
- My LinkedIn, a platform where I use my platform to voice and express my thoughts in initiatives to a following of 4k+ members - https://www.linkedin.com/in/harini-anand-2002/
- Some talks I have given
1. Invited by MK Cummins college to give a talk in research, internships and scholarships - https://youtu.be/GjCUmF97LsM?si=723gJT3VLcWhVoE9
2. Workshop I held as part of my college flagship hackathon - https://www.youtube.com/live/QfcJnBBuk7k?si=ngvFouK_aV_4Jm-E
3. Invited for a podcast to talk about my community building story - https://youtu.be/v-kxWYz_VR8?si=6y7VtEXl9wvvWrVC
- My newsletter - https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7271142545974272000