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Nishith Pathak is India's 1st AI Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Microsoft Regional Director, architect, speaker, AI thinker, innovator, and strategist. He is a prolific writer and contributing author and has authored half a dozen international books, articles, reviews, and columns for multiple electronic and print publications, including his last book on AI titled "Artificial Intelligence for .NET". Having 20+ years of experience in IT, Nishith's expertise lies in innovation, research, architecting, designing, and developing applications for Fortune 100 companies using next-generation tools and technologies. As an early adopter of Microsoft technology, he has kept pace with the certification challenges and succeeded in getting several of his certifications in beta stage.
For his expertise in Artificial intelligence, Microsoft has awarded him 1st Most Valuable Professional (MVP) from India on Artificial Intelligence category. Globally, he is among 19 MVPs on AI, recognized by Microsoft for their sheer expertise on AI. He is also awarded as "Microsoft Regional Director" award which consists of 150 of the world's top technology visionaries chosen specifically for their proven cross-platform expertise
Nishith also became a gold member and sits on the advisory board of various national and international computer science societies and organizations. He has been awarded the elite Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) a couple of times for his exemplary work and his expertise in Microsoft technologies. He is a member of various advisory groups for Microsoft. Nishith is currently working as Vice President for Accenture Technology Labs. He is focused on key research areas, specifically Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, cognitive computing, BlockChain, Internet of Things, cloud computing, and helping companies architect solutions based on these technologies.
Early life
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