About me

Rutvik Kokate

English - Hindi - MarathiNavi Mumbai - Hyderabad

@ rutvikokate2610@gmail.com

Bio

Hey! I am a Project Scientist at AI Center of Excellence, IIT Hyderabad. Working on project AiSwARYAM - under Make AI in India mission where we are building AI powered solutions for efficient and sustainable waste management & recovery.

My research studies are focused across - design co-creativity, human-AI, tangible interactions. I am excited about creative applications of computing technologies ( LLMs, extended-reality ) and their impact on design and society.

I earned my Masters' degree from IIT Hyderabad, specializing in Interaction design and focussed my research on design co-creativity AI support tool/method. During my masters I had the opportunity to intern at Optum where I implemented a case study on assitive tech ecosystem for chronic medication adherence. Before my Masters I was employed as a Senior Data Engineer at LTI, where I worked on data engineering and analytics projects in the domain of life sciences. I completed by Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from Mumbai University during which I interned at Reliance PetroChem as a Machine learning intern.

Often I like to stekch 🖌️ and play football ⚽ regularly.

Achievements

  • Silver medalist, Master of Design IIT Hyderabad, 2024
  • IIT Hyderabad Academic Excellence award, 2022-23
  • Football team captain - IIT Hyderabad, 2023-24
  • CEED AIR 140, 2022
  • Best B.E. Computer Engineering Graduation project, 2021