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IIT Delhi has bestowed Ashutosh Garg, the Co-CEO and Co-founder of California based company, Eightfold AI, the leader in AI-powered talent intelligence, with the 2024 IIT Delhi Distinguished Alumni Award. Garg now joins the ranks of IIT’s most notable alumni including renowned venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, Nutanix and Cohesity founder, Mohit Aron, Rubrik co-founder, Arvind Jain, and many of India’s top leaders.
The Institute recognizes and celebrates its outstanding alumni who have made contributions and achievements in Science and Technology, Corporate Governance, and Public and Social Service. Eightfold AI, founded by Garg in 2016, is a leader in each of these areas, deploying artificial intelligence to transform hiring, upskilling and talent management for private and public sector organizations.
“The Institute instilled in me an appreciation for innovation that has now become a signature of Eightfold AI. It was at IIT Delhi that I was first introduced to machine learning. Three decades later, it’s clear that this early exposure empowered me to become a leader in AI, and in particular the impact this technology can have on people and their careers. Today, we are committed to providing career pathing in the generative AI world to more than ten million people by 2030,” said Ashutosh Garg.
Ashutosh Garg is one of the world’s foremost experts in artificial intelligence, having received 10000+ research citations, 50+ patents, 35+ peer reviewed research publications, and the outstanding PhD thesis award from UIUC for his PhD thesis in Machine Learning.
In 2009, after his time managing Search and Personalization efforts at both Google and IBM Research, Ashutosh founded Bloomreach, a Visionary vendor on Gartner’s magic quadrant for Digital Experience Platforms.
In 2021, the US State Department recognized Garg as one of the ten immigrant founders who have created two unicorn organizations, a testament to his exceptional contributions to the tech industry and his impact on the global workforce.
In 2016, Garg founded Eightfold AI to apply his experience to a global problem – using artificial intelligence to help the world’s talent find their most meaningful and fulfilling work. Eightfold AI partners with the largest enterprises across the globe to help redefine the HR function as new technology, such as Generative AI, continues to emerge.
