Professor

Prof.
Amit Joshi

Professor of Computer Science | AI/ML Researcher | IIT Delhi

Prof. Amit Joshi
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Who I Am

Professor Amit Joshi is a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science at IIT Delhi with 15 years of academic and research experience. His research spans machine learning, natural language processing, and AI ethics. He has published 40+ peer-reviewed papers, holds 3 patents, and has supervised 12 PhD students.

Location
New Delhi, India
Phone
+91 96543 21098
Status
Not Available

Skills & Technologies

Technologies I use to bring ideas to life.

Machine Learning98%
Research
Deep Learning95%
Research
Natural Language Processing96%
Research
Python92%
Programming
TensorFlow / PyTorch88%
Programming
Statistical Modeling90%
Research
Academic Writing95%
Academic
Grant Writing88%
Academic

Work Experience

My professional journey and companies I've contributed to.

Associate Professor, CSE Dept.
● Current Aug 2016 — Present
IIT Delhi

Teaching graduate courses in Machine Learning, NLP, and Deep Learning. PI for ₹2.5Cr research grant from SERB.

Assistant Professor
Jul 2012 — Jul 2016
IIT Bombay

Founded the AI Lab. Established industry partnerships with Google and Microsoft Research India.

Research Scientist
Sep 2009 — Jun 2012
Microsoft Research India

Research on multilingual NLP systems for Indian languages.

Education

PhD
Computer Science (AI)
Stanford University
2004 – 2009
Thesis: Scalable Methods for Cross-Lingual Knowledge Transfer.
B.Tech
Computer Science
IIT Delhi
2000 – 2004
Institute Gold Medal, Best Undergraduate Project Award.

Certifications

Fellow — National Academy of Sciences India
NASI
2023
SERB National Science Chair Nominee
Dept. of Science & Technology, India
2022

Services

How I can help you achieve your goals.

Research Collaboration

Open to collaboration on ML, NLP, and AI ethics research projects.

PhD/M.Tech Supervision

Accepting applications from motivated students for research positions.

Industry Consulting

AI strategy, model deployment, and responsible AI frameworks for enterprises.

Keynote Speaking

Talks on AI trends, ethics, and the future of work at conferences.

Awards & Recognition

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
2023

India's highest science award in engineering sciences.

Best Paper Award — ACL 2023
Association for Computational Linguistics
2023
Young Faculty Research Fellowship
Ministry of Education, India
2019

Publications

1
Multilingual Transformers for Low-Resource Indian Languages
ACL 2023 2023
2
Fairness-Aware Machine Learning: A Survey
ACM Computing Surveys 2022
3
Efficient Fine-Tuning of Large Language Models Using Parameter-Efficient Methods
NeurIPS 2022 2022
4
Cross-Lingual Transfer Learning for Sentiment Analysis
EMNLP 2021 2021
5
Graph Neural Networks for Knowledge Base Completion
ICLR 2020 2020

What People Say

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"Prof. Joshi is an inspiring mentor. He challenges you to think deeply and always makes time for his students despite his packed schedule."

Dr. Ananya Roy
PhD Student, IIT Delhi
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"Our collaboration with Prof. Joshi has produced some of the most impactful NLP research for Indian languages."

Google India Research
Industry Partner

Languages

English Fluent
Hindi Native
Gujarati Native

Blog & Articles

Thoughts, ideas and insights from my experience.

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AI Industry Feb 25, 2024

Why Most Indian AI Products Fail: A Researcher's Honest Take

After reviewing 40+ AI startup pitches and consulting for several companies, I see the same patterns. Let's talk about why Indian AI products struggle.

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Research Skills Jan 20, 2024

How to Read a Machine Learning Paper (Even If You're Not an Expert)

Research papers are dense by necessity. Here's my step-by-step approach for extracting maximum value, developed over 1000+ papers read across 16 years.

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AI Ethics Dec 10, 2023

The Bias Problem in Indian AI: What We're Getting Wrong

AI systems trained on global data perform poorly for Indian contexts. Here's the research showing why — and what needs to change.

Have a project in mind?

I'm always open to discussing new projects, creative ideas, or opportunities to be part of something great.