Summary
Keerthana Gopalakrishnan is a Senior Research Engineer at Google DeepMind in the San Francisco Bay Area with 10 years of experience building ML-driven robotic systems that automate everyday human tasks using generalizable end-to-end learning. Her training spans robotics at Carnegie Mellon and combined mechanical engineering and mathematics/computing at IIT Kharagpur, giving her rare fluency across hardware, perception, and learning. She previously made self-driving systems smarter at Mercedes‑Benz R&D and brings production-focused ML experience to research problems. As a startup cofounder who won Startup Weekend and was incubated at IIM Calcutta, she pairs research rigor with product instincts and mentorship from prior teaching roles, helping move robot capabilities from lab prototypes toward real-world deployment.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Computer Science, High School, Computer Science at Chettinad Vidyashram, Chennai
Master's degree, Robotics Systems Development, School of Computer Science, Master's degree, Robotics Systems Development, School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor's & Master's, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics and Computing, Entrepreneuship and Innovation, Bachelor's & Master's, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics and Computing, Entrepreneuship and Innovation at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
English, Malayalam, Tamil, Sanskrit, Hindi