PROFILE

Dr.Pratik Desai, a seasoned entrepreneur and computer scientist, is passionate about leveraging knowledge extraction through AI and Semantic Web technologies. Before venturing into AI applications for Agriculture, Dr. Desai honed his skills by co-founding three innovative startups in Silicon Valley. Grounded in his family's agricultural heritage, Dr. Desai established KissanAI with a vision to contribute meaningfully to his roots by democratizing the use of AI in agriculture. KissanAI stands out as a vernacular AI CoPilot platform meticulously designed to offer voice-based assistance tailored to the agricultural sector, particularly addressing the challenges faced by farmers in developing nations by overcoming literacy and language barriers. Dr. Desai's pioneering work in incorporating generative AI in the Agriculture domain has led to the development of Dhenu, the world's first agricultural vertical-specific Large Language Model.