Techie Talks with Kuldeep

From UPSC to DevOps: Akshay’s Cloud-Native Journey, Kubernetes Roadmap & Using AI the Right Way. In this episode of Techie Talks with Kuldeep, Akshay Kumar shares how he transitioned from five UPSC IAS attempts and a mechanical engineering background into tech, eventually becoming a project manager at Cognite.ai after roles including NIC and open-source evangelism at Obmondo. He explains how C...

In this masterclass episode of Techie Talks with Kuldeep, host Kuldeep Singh sits down with industry veteran Sanjay Singh (Fractional CTO and Angel Investor). Sanjay shares raw, un-sugarcoated insights from his decades-long journey building and scaling tech—from the pre-TCP/IP days of telecom to handling catastrophic scale as a multi-time CTO at Paytm, managing 600+ engineers at Tiket.com, and fou...

Frontend architecture is evolving fast. Angular GDE & GitHub Star Santosh Yadav breaks down the hard truths on monorepos, state management, and staying irreplaceable in the GenAI era. In this episode, we dive deep into the systems-level engineering skills every senior software engineer and tech architect needs to master. Santosh pulls back the curtain on enterprise-scale development, helping y...

Transitioning from SysAdmin to DevOps? ☁️ Master CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps, and the mindset shifts required to excel in modern cloud engineering. In this episode of Techie Talks with Kuldeep , we sits down with DevSecOps veteran Sajal Jain to dissect the architectural realities of modern cloud infrastructure. Moving from a traditional Linux Systems Administrator mindset to managing large-scale, e...

Building a true autonomous AI agent without falling into the basic "LLM wrapper" trap? In this episode of Techie Talks with Kuldeep, Abrar Siddiqui (CEO & Co-Founder of SarahAI) breaks down the engineering blueprint behind building a AI Chief of Staff for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).With 20+ years of tech experience—ranging from early mobile payment startups acquired by Googl...

Why Enterprises Struggle to Operationalize AI: Last-Mile Failures, Data Quality, RAG Brittleness & ROI RealityIn this episode of “Techie Talks with Kuldeep,” host Kuldeep Singh speaks with Farshid Sabet, CEO and co-founder of Corvic AI, about why enterprises still struggle to operationalize AI despite major investment and excitement. Farshid shares his journey from hardware and edge AI to soft...

AI Voice Agents in India: Girikon.ai’s Vernacular Voice Tech, CRM Automation & Future of Customer SupportIn this episode of “Techie Talks with Kuldeep,” host Kuldeep Singh interviews Alok, DC alumni and founder of Girikon.ai, about AI voice agents integrated with telephony (CTI) and CRMs like Salesforce/HubSpot to reduce IVR wait times, automate workflows, summarize calls, guide human agents w...

Will AI replace data engineers? 🔥Why Data Engineering Still Matters in the Age of GenAI, AutoML & AI Agents. Host Kuldeep Singh interviews senior data engineer Meghana Ashok Ganatra on why data engineering remains critical despite hype around LLMs, GenAI, AutoML, and AI agents. Meghana explains that AI outputs depend on reliable, consistent data pipelines, and bad data can cause costly and ha...

AI is Overhyped but Underutilized: Last-Mile Enterprise AI, Voice, and India-First Workflows | Techie Talks with Kuldeep | ft. Mathangi Sri Ramachandran, CEO & Co- Founder at YuverseIn this episode , a last-mile AI company building outcome-driven AI solutions for enterprises. They discuss India as a voice-first market, the need for AI to reduce the gap between the “haves and have-nots” in area...

SRE in the Era of AI: Platform Engineering, FinOps, and GenAI for Faster Incident Response | Techie Talks with KuldeepIn this episode, host Kuldeep Singh speaks with Ankesh Khemani, founder of Vibe Monitor and former Atlassian principal engineer, about how Site Reliability Engineering is evolving in the AI era. They discuss why SRE emerged as systems grew too complex with cloud, Kubernetes, and mi...

Why In-Person Tech Meetups Matter in 2026 (Stop Lurking, Start Building) The episode argues that despite India’s huge developer base, many remain “invisible” globally because they mostly consume content and lurk in online communities instead of building and showing up in person. Host Kuldeep interviews Monika Rajput, a CNCF Ambassador and senior technical consultant working in data and AI, about h...

Is It Too Late to Learn AI? Mayur Wadhwani on Switching from Non‑Tech Sales to AI Consulting & Tech SalesIn this episode of Techie Talks with Kuldeep , host Kuldeep Singh interviews Mayur Wadhwani, who transitioned from non-tech sales to AI consulting in sales and solutions at LeewayHertz, helping enterprises identify AI opportunities and translate business problems into practical AI solutions...

Is Observability Just Expensive Monitoring? Cutting Costs with Open Telemetry, Grafana & AI Agents (2026)In this episode, Kuldeep talks with architect Mr. Boopesh Sharma about how “observability” has evolved into a costly, overused term and why many teams still treat systems like black boxes despite collecting metrics, logs, and traces. They discuss why “collect everything” has become an expen...

What does it take to file 100+ patents in AI, before the world even knew what AI was ?In this episode, principal scientist and inventor Joy Mustafi discusses his two-decade AI journey from early 2000s neural networks coded from scratch in C to today’s generative and agentic AI. He explains how his passion for mathematics and continuous learning shaped his 100+ AI/ML patents, starting with IBM Wats...

Is Indian Engineering a Bubble? Bridging the Skills Gap with AI, Industry Projects & Real Learning. Every year, India graduates lakhs of engineers. Yet companies still struggle to find people who can actually build, solve, and ship. What's broken — and who's fixing it? The host Kuldeep Singh interviews Dr. Sonal Kukreja, an assistant professor and architect of Spacylabs and Childrenwho...

Scaling the Hard Way: Ruby on Rails at 300K Users, Gen AI Coding, and the New Rules for DevelopersThe episode focuses on the hard truths of scaling Commudle to nearly 300K users, and how GenAI is changing engineering work. Arpan Garg (Founder of Commudle) explains his biggest technical bet to take back—estimating feature timelines—because AI-driven summaries and faster exploration have shifted how...

Is DevOps actually dying — or has it just evolved into something bigger? In this episode of Techie Talks with Kuldeep, the host interviews Mr Lovedeep Sharma, a DevOps & Platform Lead with experience in India, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Canada, about whether DevOps is still relevant and how it has evolved. Lovedeep explains that DevOps is now a baseline organizational capability that has dissolved i...

Get inspired by this Tier 3 college success story and learn from his entrepreneurship journey to build your own startup. Join CEO Rishab Ilwadi on a journey through the reality of building a tech startup in India, from failure to growth to AI-driven gamification. In this episode of Techie Talks with Kuldeep, we delve into the exciting and challenging world of entrepreneurship with Rishab https://w...

The hiring system is broken—and AI is forcing companies to rethink everything. In this episode, we uncover how hackathons and real skills are replacing degrees. We sat down with Santosh Maurya, COO of Where U Elevate, to discuss why finding a job in 2026 isn’t just about degrees anymore. We dive deep into why the traditional resume is dying, how AI recruitment tools are changing the game, and why...

Transforming Job Readiness: From Innovation to Implementation Welcome to another insightful episode of Techie Talks with Kuldeep! In this episode, Kuldeep Singh engages in a deep conversation with Mr. Avanish Pandey, Sales Head at Where You Elevate, discussing the evolving landscape of job readiness in today's dynamic industry. They delve into the critical differences between being job-ready a...

Kubernetes ROI in the AI Era: Don't Get Left BehindIs Kubernetes really worth the investment in 2026? According to Gartner's latest report, Kubernetes is set to become the next operating system. In this episode of Techie Talks with Kuldeep, I sat down with three KCD Organizers who share real-world insights on Kubernetes ROI, AI workload optimization, and why mastering cloud-native technolo...

AI : Beyond Chatbots, Sovereign AI, DevOps AIOps & The Future of Work Is the AI revolution a massive bubble about to burst, or the new realityIn this episode of Techie Talks with Kuldeep, host Kuldeep Singh speaks with industry experts Dr. Sarabjot Singh ( CEO, Tatrasdata), Sandeep Rawat (CTO, OpsTree Global), and Manu Jain ( CEO, ScaleupAlly) about how AI is evolving beyond chatbots and what...

What does the journey from being a Developer to Founder to a successful Acquisition actually look like? In this episode of Techie Talks with Kuldeep, we dive with Shrey Batra https://www.linkedin.com/in/shreybatra/ Founder of Cosmocloud (Acquired) and Head of Engineering at HROne into the "Inside Story" of building, scaling, and getting acquired a tech company. In this episode, we dive d...

Most startups don't realize how their early cloud decisions shape everything speed, cost, and even team culture. In this conversation with Vinay Mishra, we break down the real patterns and learning moments from the first two years of startup cloud journeys. We cover:- Why cloud feels overwhelming (and how to simplify it)- Essential services to start with (Lambda, PostgreSQL, S3, CloudFront)- W...

Want a job in a top Indian startup? Traditional interviews may already be outdated. 🚀In this episode of Techie Talks with Kuldeep, I speak with Sangya Srivastava (CXO,  @WhereUElevateOfficial  ) about how hackathons and skill-based hiring are quietly replacing resumes and degrees. Hackathons are no longer just coding events. They are becoming the fastest way to get hired — even before your resume...