Head of Platform

Anurag leads Karya’s talented team of engineers with a mission to create a world-class platform that empowers marginalized communities through technology. A gold medalist engineer and former Research Engineer at Microsoft, he brings both technical expertise and a deep understanding of building scalable solutions. As one of Karya’s earliest contributors, Anurag played a key role in laying the foundation of the platform, ensuring it is robust enough to tackle complex data collection needs of the world while remaining intuitive and accessible. His leadership continues to drive innovation, making Karya’s technology a cornerstone for ethical AI development.

Head of Customer Success

Rishi spent much of his career at Google, where he helped high-potential businesses achieve their marketing goals through Google’s ad solutions. After completing his MBA at INSTEAD, he joined Meta, co-managing their largest e-commerce client in India. Beyond work, Rishi mentors business school students, sharing his expertise and insights. At Karya, Rishi is dedicated to solving clients' data challenges with a focus on quality and diversity. He views his role as an enabler, bridging client needs (demand) with a well-trained workforce (supply), creating impactful, win-win solutions that align with Karya’s mission of ethical AI.

Head of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)

Anmol holds a master’s degree in public policy from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, and has over eight years of experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for social protection. Her experience ranges from serving as M&E Lead at NITI Aayog (Governmentof India) which included harmonizing M&E frameworks for Data Governance across 70+ Ministries and on Inclusive Growth at PwC India. She leads Karya’s efforts to measure worker well-being, monitor progress and help Karya impact workers' lives in the best possible way. By leveraging data-driven insights, Anmol hopes to contribute to Karya’s mission to provide dignified, digital work to economically disadvantaged Indians and promote systemic change through ethical and community-driven solutions.

Director of Design

With a degree in Industrial Design from the Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology and a deep passion for designing with impact, Nitin plays a pivotal role in keeping workers at the heart of Karya’s technology. His expertise lies in crafting thoughtful, human-centred designs that ensure Karya’s digital products are not only easy to use but also accessible to diverse communities across regions and languages. Byprioritizing inclusivity and usability, his team’s work directly supports Karya’s mission of advancing ethical AI through culturally nuanced and community-driven technology solutions, making a meaningful difference in how AI serves people worldwide.

Director of People Success

With close to 10 years of work experience, Aditi has been part of various start ups helping them grow from strength to strength. With a Master's degree in Human Resources from Georgetown University, Aditi is passionate about connecting people's skills and driving business results. At Karya, she is responsible for just this, ensuring our people are successful! And it is our core belief that we succeed when each of our team member succeeds. Hiring great talent, putting in key people processes and taking the team along this wonderful journey of making a positive impact is what she focusses on.

Head of Platform

Anurag leads Karya’s talented team of engineers with a mission to create a world-class platform that empowers marginalized communities through technology. A gold medalist engineer and former Research Engineer at Microsoft, he brings both technical expertise and a deep understanding of building scalable solutions. As one of Karya’s earliest contributors, Anurag played a key role in laying the foundation of the platform, ensuring it is robust enough to tackle complex data collection needs of the world while remaining intuitive and accessible. His leadership continues to drive innovation, making Karya’s technology a cornerstone for ethical AI development.

Head of Customer Success

Rishi spent much of his career at Google, where he helped high-potential businesses achieve their marketing goals through Google’s ad solutions. After completing his MBA at INSTEAD, he joined Meta, co-managing their largest e-commerce client in India. Beyond work, Rishi mentors business school students, sharing his expertise and insights. At Karya, Rishi is dedicated to solving clients' data challenges with a focus on quality and diversity. He views his role as an enabler, bridging client needs (demand) with a well-trained workforce (supply), creating impactful, win-win solutions that align with Karya’s mission of ethical AI.

Head of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)

Anmol holds a master’s degree in public policy from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, and has over eight years of experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for social protection. Her experience ranges from serving as M&E Lead at NITI Aayog (Governmentof India) which included harmonizing M&E frameworks for Data Governance across 70+ Ministries and on Inclusive Growth at PwC India. She leads Karya’s efforts to measure worker well-being, monitor progress and help Karya impact workers' lives in the best possible way. By leveraging data-driven insights, Anmol hopes to contribute to Karya’s mission to provide dignified, digital work to economically disadvantaged Indians and promote systemic change through ethical and community-driven solutions.

Head of Language Technology

Ayushi Pandey is a research scientist in speech and linguistics, and holds a doctorate from Trinity College Dublin. Ayushi became a linguist because she wanted to document the Bundelkhandi folk songs that her Dadi used to sing. This also became her first publication in ICON, 2014. To Ayushi, Karya's mission is the surreal manifestation of a personal dream. It is her privilege to serve as its Head of Language Technologies. Her team strives to advance state-of-the-art conversational AI for low-resource languages, offering in-house and commercial solutions in speech recognition, natural language understanding, and text-to-speech. Their efforts ensure the usability of datasets generated through Karya’s missionto create employment opportunities for low-income groups.