I'm Pranav Kalal, a software engineer with a background in enterprise database administration and a focus on building end-to-end AI systems. I design robust applications that blend modern software architecture with scalable MLOps practices and CI/CD to deliver secure, reliable, and production-ready solutions. I enjoy collaborating with stakeholders to translate business requirements into practical architectures, from data governance to knowledge-management platforms. My experience ranges from designing a scalable Knowledge Hub for long-running research data to automating operations and optimizing performance across cloud-native environments.

Pranav Kalal

I'm Pranav Kalal, a software engineer with a background in enterprise database administration and a focus on building end-to-end AI systems. I design robust applications that blend modern software architecture with scalable MLOps practices and CI/CD to deliver secure, reliable, and production-ready solutions. I enjoy collaborating with stakeholders to translate business requirements into practical architectures, from data governance to knowledge-management platforms. My experience ranges from designing a scalable Knowledge Hub for long-running research data to automating operations and optimizing performance across cloud-native environments.

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I’m Pranav Kalal, a software engineer with a background in enterprise database administration and a focus on building end-to-end AI systems. I design robust applications that blend modern software architecture with scalable MLOps practices and CI/CD to deliver secure, reliable, and production-ready solutions.

I enjoy collaborating with stakeholders to translate business requirements into practical architectures, from data governance to knowledge-management platforms. My experience ranges from designing a scalable Knowledge Hub for long-running research data to automating operations and optimizing performance across cloud-native environments.

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Experience Level

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

AI Engineer at Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
November 1, 2025 - Present
Architected and delivered a scalable Knowledge Hub to index 40+ years of unstructured research data (2,000+ documents), addressing knowledge-retrieval bottlenecks. Conducted options analysis to select the optimal stack (Azure, pgvector, LangChain). Deployed a Next.js frontend and containerized FastAPI backend to GCP Cloud Run, with multi-stage Docker builds and GitHub Actions enabling horizontal scaling and CI/CD. Implemented data governance with hallucination guardrails and strict citation logic to ensure data integrity and compliance with scientific standards. Collaborated with CRDC executives to define business requirements and roadmap for future knowledge graphs.
Database Administrator (Enterprise Support) at Wipro India
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2023
Managed health, security, and performance of 10+ production databases for healthcare and retail clients. Diagnosed bottlenecks in high-traffic SQL environments, ensuring scalability under load. Led Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for P1/P2 incidents and maintained 99% availability SLAs via ServiceNow. Designed Python-based automation for backups and health checks, reducing manual operational overhead by 20%.

Education

Master of IT (Data Science) at Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
January 11, 2030 - June 1, 2026
Bachelor of Computer Science Engineering at Visvesvaraya Technological University
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2021

Qualifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
January 1, 2023 - April 11, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Healthcare, Education, Life Sciences, Agriculture & Mining