Aaradhya Padhan

Aaradhya Padhan has an extensive work experience in various roles within the field of artificial intelligence and technology. In 2012, Aaradhya worked as a Software Engineer intern at Microsoft. In 2014, they had an internship at Google as an Artificial Intelligence Developer. Aaradhya then joined Salesforce in 2017 as a Cloud Operations Engineer. In 2019, Aaradhya co-founded Skit.ai, and also held positions at NASA as a Quantum AI Researcher, Research Team Lead, and Director of Quantum AI Research. From 2019 to 2020, Aaradhya was a Research Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Currently, they are serving as the Senior Director of AI Research at ISRO - Indian Space Research Organization since February 2023.

Aaradhya Padhan pursued their education in the field of Computer Science. Aaradhya completed their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 2014 to 2019. Prior to that, they obtained a Master's degree in Computer Science from MIT, completing it from 2012 to 2014. Aaradhya also holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Harvard University, which they earned from 2008 to 2012. In their earlier academic years, Aaradhya attended the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy for high school, although the specific start and end years are not provided.