[Nomination] <Menan Velayuthan>

[vmenan]

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

Menan Velayuthan

Nominee Email

vmenan95@gmail.com

Nominee's GitHub or GitLab Handle

https://github.com/vmenan

(Optional) Organization / Affiliation

University of Moratuwa

City, State/Province, Country

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Your Name

Menan Velayuthan

Your Email (Optional)

vmenan95@gmail.com

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?

I would organize and host events virtually, for university students, introducing Pytorch Framework. The reason being, Sri Lankan university students start to gain experience of a Deeplearning Framework at the end of their studies, usually 4th year of their Bachelors, I would target audience in first and second years as this will encourage more students to pickup Pytorch early in their journey. I will also create videos similar to the ones i have shared in Additional Information. Mainly targeting Pytorch.

Any additional details you'd like to share?

I have done talks on Graph Neural Networks : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V84shZC-5yQ
Low Rank Adapters : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4nTRmmReP8
Knowledge Distillation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O69pUahcUpw
I have published in EACL, WMT, COLING. My research works can be seen in my Google Profile : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8dn_dfcAAAAJ&hl=en

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👋 Thank you for submitting a nomination for the PyTorch Ambassador Program! 🎉

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🔹 Review Process & Next Steps:

1️⃣ Initial Review – The nomination will be reviewed by the team.

2️⃣ Scoring & Selection – Reviewers will assign scores based on eligibility and impact.

3️⃣ One-on-One Review – If shortlisted, the nominee will have a session with the Executive Director.

4️⃣ Final Decision – Selected ambassadors will receive an official invitation. ✅

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Thank you for helping grow the PyTorch community! 🚀

[github-actions]

Hello Menan Velayuthan,

Congratulations! 🎉 We're excited to inform you that you have been selected as a 2025 PyTorch Ambassador. Your contributions, impact, and commitment to the PyTorch community stood out during the review process.

You should also have received an invitation to join our private program management repository, where onboarding details and next steps will be shared. If you do not see the invite, please comment here and we will assist you.

Best regards,
The PyTorch PMO

[reginankenchor]

Hi @vmenan,

Thank you for your questions. The information has now been sent — please check the discussion thread in the private repo for the next steps. Feel free to comment there if you have any further questions.