India's Top Ethical AI Advocate: The Journey Of Saishruthi Swaminathan

"I was amazed at how my data can answer all my questions like a magic box that gives whatever you want." For this week's ML practitioner's series, Analytics India Magazine (AIM) got in touch with Saishruthi Swaminathan, Technical Lead and Advisory Data Scientist at IBM. Saishruthi is an active ethical AI practitioner and advocate based out of California and has been a consistent contributor to the field of Ethical AI through open-source contributions. As of today, her work has reached more than 25,000 people around the world and got them exposed to Ethical AI concepts. Saishruthi: I did my undergraduate in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, and Master's in Electrical Engineering, specializing in Data Science. Throughout my academic phase, I was figuring out what I liked and wanted to become.