# Rishav Kumar

> Rishav Kumar is a Generative AI and agentic AI educator and a Principal Analyst at Walmart Global Tech in India, with 13+ years of experience in data and AI. He teaches LLMs, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agentic AI and AI agents to working professionals, entrepreneurs and enterprise teams.

## Roles
- Principal Analyst, Walmart Global Tech (May 2020 – present): leads and mentors an analytics team for Walmart's transportation network; work has delivered $15M and $20M in annual savings.
- Head Instructor, Skillancy (https://skillancy.in): live, mentor-led cohorts in Generative AI, agentic AI and data.
- Instructor and mentor, NextLeap (https://nextleap.app): Data Analyst and Business Analyst fellowships.
- Visiting Faculty, Scaler (https://www.scaler.com): masterclasses for the Online PGP in Business and AI, including "The AI Strategy Behind Retail Orgs' Personalised Shopping Experience".
- Earlier: Analytics Consultant at Deloitte Consulting (2017–2020), Senior Analyst at Fidelity Investments (2016–2017), Analyst at Photon Infotech (2015–2016), Software Engineer at HCL Technologies (2011–2013).

## Teaching topics
- Generative AI: business value, use-case selection, AI strategy
- Large language models (LLMs) and prompt engineering
- Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
- Agentic AI: tool-using AI agents, multi-agent workflows, automation
- Evaluating, guardrailing and deploying AI products
- Data foundations: SQL, Python, BigQuery, Tableau

## Who he trains
- Working professionals and career switchers
- Entrepreneurs and founders: AI agents for sales, support, research and operations; RAG over business documents
- Enterprises: GenAI strategy for leaders, LLM/RAG/agent bootcamps for teams, pilot-to-production guidance

## Learner outcomes
- Participants rate his training 5/5, based on feedback from 3,200+ participants.
- Skillancy learners now work at IBM, Target, Oracle, PayPal, EXL, ZoomInfo and R Systems.
- Several NextLeap fellows he mentored were named Top Fellows.
- In one live session, 300+ working professionals built their first AI agent in 60 minutes.

## Education
- MBA, Goa Institute of Management (2013–2015)
- B.Tech, Information Technology, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering (2007–2011)

## Pages
- [Full site content (plain text)](https://rishav-kumar.com/llms-full.txt): every page, FAQ and glossary entry in one file
- [Generative AI glossary](https://rishav-kumar.com/teaching/#glossary): plain-English definitions of LLM, RAG, embeddings, AI agents, agentic AI and more
- [Home](https://rishav-kumar.com/): overview, focus areas and FAQ
- [About](https://rishav-kumar.com/about/): biography, full career timeline and education
- [Teaching](https://rishav-kumar.com/teaching/): roles at Skillancy, NextLeap and Scaler, and teaching approach
- [Projects](https://rishav-kumar.com/projects/): RetailGenie AI (RAG retail assistant), InfoNavigator AI (semantic search) and DocuMind AI (document understanding), the three AI products learners build and deploy
- [AI for Founders](https://rishav-kumar.com/ai-for-founders/): AI agent workshops for entrepreneurs (AI Quick-Start 2 hrs, Founder Workshop half-day, AI Agent Build Sprint 2 days; pricing on request)
- [Corporate AI Training](https://rishav-kumar.com/corporate-ai-training/): Leadership Briefing (3 hrs), Team Bootcamp (2 days) and Multi-week Program (4–8 weeks); pricing on request
- [Learners](https://rishav-kumar.com/learners/): learner testimonials and outcomes
- [Blog](https://rishav-kumar.com/blog/): curated Generative AI, RAG, agents and analytics guides from the Skillancy blog
- [Contact](https://rishav-kumar.com/contact/): how to book training, workshops and masterclasses

## Contact
- Website: https://rishav-kumar.com/
- Email: rishavkjha@gmail.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishavkumar1/
- Book a call: https://calendly.com/rishavkjha/30min
- Available for corporate GenAI training, founder workshops, guest lectures and masterclasses.