Rajan T. - Director, AI Innovation Lab | Chair, AI Task Force | Assistant Professor

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Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Experience

Feb 2025 - Present

11 months

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Director, AI Innovation Lab | Chair, AI Task Force | Assistant Professor

American University of Technology - Tashkent

Leading institutional AI transformation through applied research, strategic partnerships, and curriculum innovation.
Courses taught: Human Systems Engineering; Object-Oriented Programming & Data Structures; Software Engineering.
Established and direct the AI Innovation Lab, driving proof-of-concept research, cross-sector collaborations, and external funding.
Chair the university AI Task Force; delivered AI-powered student services, smart-campus analytics, and governance frameworks.
Supervise end-to-end AI projects across education, healthcare, and legal domains, guiding faculty and student teams to deployment.
Introduce scalable, low-code, ethically aligned AI tools for academic and administrative automation.
Mentor capstone projects on GPT-based tutoring agents, cognitive assistants, and data-driven decision platforms.
Host regional hackathons and innovation forums, positioning AUT as a Central-Asian hub for responsible AI.

Jan 2024 - Present

2 years

Head of Technology Transfer & AI Advisor (Part-Time)

Bikal Technologies (UK) LTD

Aligning AI research with product and market strategy.
Lead AI product-adoption strategies driving revenue growth.
Translate R&D prototypes into scalable security and civic-tech solutions.
Spearhead POC for a national AI citizen-advisory system with Uzbekistan's Ministry of Justice.

May 2021 - Jun 2024

3 years 2 months

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Senior Machine-Learning Engineer (Consultant)

Albison Corp

Drove AI innovation in logistics and e-commerce.
Built recommendation and predictive-delivery models, boosting accuracy 25% and reducing errors.
Advised on AI strategy, cutting model-deployment time 30%.
Up-skilled engineering teams in PyTorch and TensorFlow.

Jan 2021 - Feb 2025

4 years 2 months

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Assistant Professor

Amity University Tashkent

Pioneered AI-centric programmes and research initiatives in Central Asia.
Courses taught: Machine Learning; Deep Learning; Data Science; NLP; DSA; Cloud Computing; Python Programming; Visualisation; Research Methodology.
Led multidisciplinary AI research producing 8+ Scopus/IEEE publications.
Supervised 30+ graduate projects in ML, NLP, and health informatics.
Headed IQAC, strengthening academic quality and research integrity.
Trained 200+ students and professionals via AI capacity-building programmes.
Modernised curricula to include LLMs, production ML pipelines, and AI ethics.

Jan 2019 - Present

7 years

Machine-Learning Engineer

Freelance

Delivering AI solutions for global clients in healthcare, legal, and fintech.
Completed 20+ ML projects spanning predictive modelling, NLP, and production deployment.
Built analytics tools improving client decision-making and automation.

Jul 2014 - Jan 2021

6 years 7 months

Noida, India

Lecturer

Amity University Noida

Delivered foundational computing education with project-based methodologies.
Programme leader for B.Tech (CSE); managed curriculum, delivery, and student progression.
Launched industry-linked projects enhancing employability.
Conducted workshops on AI fundamentals and data-driven problem solving.

Summary

AI researcher, machine-learning engineer, and assistant professor specialising in healthcare, AI-powered systems, and social-good applications.

Proven track record in building production AI solutions, leading interdisciplinary research, and translating cutting-edge ML into real-world deployments.

Holder of multiple patents, contributor to Scopus- and IEEE-indexed journals, and regular speaker on AI and digital transformation.

Bridge academia and industry through impactful projects, curriculum innovation, and government collaborations.