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I am Ankur Shukla, an Expert AI Engineer from IIT (BHU) with over 4 years of hands-on experience building and deploying production-grade AI systems. I specialize in Large Language Models, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, multimodal AI, agent-based automation, AI media pipelines, and enterprise-scale AI product development. My work focuses on delivering scalable, secure, and business-critical AI solutions from concept to production. 🧠 Large Language Models and Generative AI Skills: GPT-4o, Claude 3, Llama 3, OpenAI API, Hugging Face Transformers I design and build LLM-powered applications with advanced reasoning, long-term memory, tool calling, structured outputs, and role-based behavior. These systems power conversational assistants, decision-support tools, internal knowledge systems, and domain-specific AI applications across HR, sales, operations, and customer support. 📚 Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Vector Databases Skills: LangChain, LlamaIndex, Qdrant, Pinecone, Elasticsearch I build robust RAG pipelines for accurate, domain-specific knowledge retrieval. This includes document ingestion, chunking strategies, embeddings, semantic search, reranking, evaluation, and access control. I have implemented RAG systems over PDFs, contracts, engineering documents, policies, reports, and structured databases for enterprise use cases. 🎙️ Voice AI and Conversational Chat Systems Skills: Whisper, Vapi, STT/TTS APIs, Real-Time Voice Agents I develop intelligent chatbots and voice agents for web, mobile, and telephony. These systems support real-time conversations, contextual memory, and human-like interactions. I build AI voice assistants for interview simulations, appointment booking, customer support, and internal operations. 👁️ Vision Models and Multimodal AI Skills: Vision-Language Models, Document AI, Image Understanding I build multimodal AI systems that combine text, vision, and structured data. This includes document understanding, image analysis, visual reasoning, and vision-based automation for enterprise and industrial workflows. 🔁 AI Automation, Agents, and Workflow Orchestration Skills: AutoGen, CrewAI, LangGraph, n8n, Zapier, Make I design agentic AI systems where autonomous agents collaborate to execute complex workflows. I extensively use n8n to orchestrate AI-driven automation across CRM, HR, ERP, marketing, and support systems. These solutions eliminate repetitive manual work, reduce errors, and improve operational efficiency. 🎬 AI Media Systems and Video Generation Skills: ComfyUI, Stable Diffusion, FastAPI, Flux, WAN, LangChain, Guidance, Prompt Layer I build end-to-end AI media pipelines for automated image and video generation. These systems expose ComfyUI workflows through APIs, enabling programmatic, template-based content creation at scale. They support batch generation, personalization, and A/B testing for marketing and creative production, significantly reducing manual design effort and costs. 🏭 Brownfield Compliance Automation and Industrial AI Skills: AI Drawing Understanding, Rule Engines, Industrial Document AI I build brownfield-first AI systems for compliance automation in oil and gas, chemical, and power plants. These solutions apply AI-powered drawing understanding and regulation-aware rule engines to legacy engineering documents such as P&IDs and schematics. They reduce compliance validation cycles from weeks to hours while maintaining auditability and consistency. ⚙️ Backend Engineering and MLOps Skills: Python, TypeScript, FastAPI, Node.js, MLflow, Langfuse I build scalable backend systems with clean architectures, asynchronous processing, and production-ready APIs. I implement MLOps and observability for monitoring, evaluation, cost optimization, and continuous improvement of AI systems in production. ☁️ Cloud, Infrastructure, and Deployment Skills: AWS, Azure, GCP, RunPod, Heroku, Docker, Git, Terraform I deploy AI systems across multiple cloud platforms using containerized and infrastructure-as-code approaches. I design secure, scalable, and cost-efficient deployments suitable for both startups and enterprise environments. 🔗 Integrations and Platforms Skills: Web Applications, Slack, WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, Internal Dashboards I integrate AI systems seamlessly into existing products and communication platforms, enabling intelligent automation, real-time interactions, and data-driven workflows. 🏢 Industry Experience Industries: Retail and E-Commerce, PropTech, AgriTech, GeoAI, Supply Chain and Logistics, Telecom, Travel and Hospitality, Customer Support, Sports, Media, Industrial Engineering This cross-domain experience allows me to rapidly understand business requirements and design practical, high-impact AI solutions.