[Nomination] Ojas Patil #35
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
Ojas Patil
Nominee Email
Nominee's GitHub or GitLab Handle
sanepunk
(Optional) Organization / Affiliation
No response
City, State/Province, Country
Pune, India
Your Name
No response
Your Email (Optional)
No response
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?
- Workshops: Helping students learn how to use the fundamentals of PyTorch through model building and deployment with hands-on PyTorch sessions.
- Office Hours & Mentorship: Conducting weekly sessions, where beginners are guided through mini-projects by experienced users, also known as “Drop-In Hours”.
- Community Hub: Creating a Discord channel and a monthly newsletter to highlight submitted tutorials, spotlight projects, and schedule events.
- Collaborations & Challenges: Organizing study groups and themed hackathons alongside collaboration with other clubs/groups.
Having led 5-day Deep Learning bootcamp, mentored over a hundred students, and gaining real-world experience using PyTorch, I will actively work towards establishing a practical and sustained PyTorch environment on campus.