Hello, I am

Shib Kumar Saraf

AI Engineer • Generative AI Architect

Seasoned AI Engineer with over 2.5 years of expertise in architecting and deploying scalable AI/ML solutions, specializing in Agentic Workflows, Enterprise RAG Systems, and Computer Vision to deliver transformative business value through automation and actionable intelligence.

Shib Kumar Saraf

Technical Arsenal

Artificial Intelligence & Generative AI

Machine Learning Deep Learning Agentic AI NLP Computer Vision Model Training Fine-Tuning Model Evaluation Feature Engineering RAG-based Chatbots

Data Engineering & Analytics

Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) Data Cleaning Data Pipelines ETL PySpark Pandas NumPy SQL BigQuery Large-Scale Data Processing

Programming & Microservices

Python Java Bash FastAPI Flask REST APIs Asynchronous Processing API Orchestration

MLOps, Automation & Observability

Model Deployment MLOps Docker Jenkins CI/CD ELK Stack Grafana Monitoring Logging Workflow Automation

Cloud Platforms & Systems

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Linux (Ubuntu, Debian) Cloud-Native Architectures

Professional Journey

Oct 2025 – Present

Senior Executive (Business Analyst)

EXL Service

  • Led actuarial factor analysis (age, gender, geo-area) to assess customer churn for CVS Health (Aetna) insurance portfolios, informing retention and pricing strategies.
  • Delivered advanced analytics and churn insights to plan sponsors, boosting customer retention from 49% to 60%.
Jul 2024 – Oct 2025

Project Associate (Lead AI Engineer)

C-DAC, Chennai

  • Architected AI-driven chatbot platforms (ChatDB, FileQAExpert) using LLMs and vector search, handling 10K+ monthly queries across multiple channels.
  • Engineered real-time analytics systems for anomaly, behavior, and collusion detection in government exams, increasing efficiency by 40% and cutting manual efforts by 60% in the AI-powered Secure Exam Analytics initiative.
  • Designed secure end-to-end financial workflows for claims processing and automation in the QDAS project, ensuring compliance and data integrity.
  • Directed data migration and automated reporting for RailTel, accelerating decision-making and operational performance.
Jan 2024 – Jun 2024

Big Data & Analytics Intern

Ministry of Electronics & IT (Govt. of India)

  • Developed Social Sentinel, a real-time NLP system for detecting and classifying offensive content on Telegram, with scalable pipelines and dashboards.
  • Conducted NLP and ML research for clinical risk prediction in the Health Analytics Project, utilizing transformer models and topic modeling on hospital datasets.
May 2021 – Nov 2021

Subject Matter Expert & Quality Assurance Analyst

Solvitude Solutions Private Limited

  • Automated reporting workflows and created structured question banks to optimize product evaluation, training, and QA processes.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to test, validate, and document systems, enhancing reporting accuracy and efficiency.

Professional Affiliations

Feb 2026 – Present

Member - Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group (AI SIG)

Internet Society

  • Contributing member advancing ethical AI practices and open standards in global internet governance.
Jan 2026 – Present

Professional Member

International Association of Engineers (IAENG)

  • Engaging in interdisciplinary collaboration to drive innovation in engineering and computational sciences.

Signature Projects

QueryCortex AI

Agentic AI Reasoning & QnA Platform

Secure orchestration platform enabling intelligent query routing across databases and documents with explainable AI outputs.

Agentic AI RAG LangChain FastAPI NL2SQL Vector Search JWT Authentication

CodeGuard AI

AI-Powered Secure Code Review Platform

Full-stack MERN app with Generative AI for automated code analysis, vulnerability detection, and best practice enforcement.

MERN Stack Generative AI REST APIs Google AI Syntax Highlighting Vulnerability Detection

MindMetrics

Mental Health Insights & Behavioral Analytics

LLM-powered NLP system for sentiment and thematic analysis to identify behavioral patterns from social media data.

NLP Sentiment Analysis BERT DistilBERT XLNet GPT Gemini Topic Modeling (LDA, NMF)

SereneSounds

Personalized Music Curation Engine

Hybrid recommender system leveraging collaborative filtering and graph-based models for tailored music suggestions.

Graph ML Recommender Systems Collaborative Filtering Alternating Least Squares (ALS) Streamlit Lyrical Embeddings

Pucho AI

High-Performance Local Multilingual LLM Chatbot

Lightweight framework for local LLM deployment with optimized inference, low-resource compatibility, and privacy-focused design.

Fully Local Optimized Inference GPU/CPU LLM Deployment Privacy-Focused Multilingual

Secure Exam Analytics

AI-Powered Exam Vigilance System

Real-time video analysis platform for anomaly detection and integrity assurance in high-stakes public examinations.

GovTech AI Safety ELK Stack Computer Vision Anomaly Detection Real-Time Analysis

Research & Publications

Multifaceted Feature Extraction and Machine Learning for Mortality Risk Prediction in Pediatric ICUs
IEEE ICSTSDG 2024

Developed an ML-driven clinical risk prediction framework using advanced feature engineering to improve mortality assessment in pediatric intensive care units.

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Hybrid QLSTM Framework for Time-Series Forecasting in Dynamic Financial Markets
IEEE ICIMIA 2025

Designed a hybrid Quantum-inspired LSTM architecture to improve forecasting accuracy under highly volatile financial market conditions.

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Real-Time Vigilance: Advanced Video Analysis for Violence Detection in Public Spaces
Best Paper Award (IEEE ICRITO 2025)

Built a real-time computer vision pipeline leveraging deep learning models for automated violence detection to support public safety monitoring systems.

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Achievements

Best Paper Award

IEEE ICRITO 2025

Best Project Award

IIT Madras - Modern App Dev

Top 3 Rank Holder

MCA, Pondicherry University

SVMCM Scholarship

Govt. of West Bengal (2015-2022)

Multiple Badges

Top grades in AI/ML courses

Education

  • Master of Computer Applications (MCA)

    Pondicherry University | CGPA: 9.35/10 Top 3 Rank

  • Diploma in Data Science

    Indian Institute of Technology Madras | CGPA: 8.8/10

  • B.Sc. Physics (Honours)

    Panskura Banamali College, Vidyasagar University (Affiliated) | CGPA: 9.08/10

Certifications

Google Digital Leader Data Science and Machine Learning using Python IoT Software Analyst Deep Learning for Computer Vision Artificial Intelligence for Economics Introduction to MongoDB Advanced Excel Training