Speakers

Hari Kiran is a seasoned Database Engineer with nearly 18 years of experience in multiple domains of the IT industry, including healthcare, banking, project & portfolio management, and CRM. In 2021, he began his entrepreneurial journey by founding OpenSource DB, a Postgres company focused on helping organizations unlock their potential in a data-driven world. The company specializes in PostgreSQL, Data Analytics, and Al, offering professional services and database development expertise. ...

Jeevan Chalke is a Principal Engineer and Engineering Manager at EDB, where he specializes in Database Server development. With over 17 years of experience, having been with the company since 2008. Jeevan is a dedicated contributor to the PostgreSQL community, actively developing and reviewing patches to enhance the global database ecosystem. His core work focuses on the design and implementation of key features for EDB’s Advanced Server. He holds an Master’s degree (M.Tech) in Information Technology from IIT Bombay. ...

Mohini brings over a decade of experience in client‑facing roles within the IT industry. She is a certified soft skills trainer from the Image Consulting Business Institute (ICBI) and the founder of her own venture, Soft Skills BoutiEQ. As a career elevation coach, Mohini works with client‑facing IT professionals to build confidence and authority, positioning them for recognition, promotions, and higher earning potential. Talks PgPune Event #5 Contact Linkedin

Ayush Shah works on the Aurora PostgreSQL engine at AWS. His interests revolve around low-level systems, databases, and understanding how low-level systems behave internally, especially within PostgreSQL. Talks PgPune Event #5 Contact Linkedin

Prafulla Ranadive is a Principal Software Engineer and Cloud Architect with over 21 years of experience building high-performance distributed systems, data platforms, and cloud-native infrastructure. Talks PgPune Event #5 Contact Linkedin

Vaibhav Dalvi is PostgreSQL Database Engine Developer at EnterpriseDB (EDB) since 2018. He is specialize in core database internals, contributing to the development of both community PostgreSQL and the proprietary EDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS). Talks PgPune Event #4 Contact Linkedin

Amit Thakur is an experienced SQL and PL/SQL developer with hands-on expertise across multiple RDBMS platforms, including PostgreSQL. Proficient in performance tuning, database design, shell scripting, and working with cloud-based data systems. Talks PgPune Event #4 Contact Linkedin

Prateek Agarwal is is technical leader at Google in AlloyDB database development areas like observability, high availability, data protection, replication etc. Prateek comes with 10+ experience in developing transactional & analytical databases in SAP & Sybase product family - SAP ASE, IQ, HANA. Talks PgPune Event #4 Contact Linkedin

Jessica Shelar is Database Developer at DataCloudGaze Consulting and a passionate PostgreSQL enthusiast, with hands-on experience in database development and performance tuning. Talks PgPune Event #4 Contact Linkedin

Hrishikesh Gore is a Database Engineer and PostgreSQL SME with Nutanixʼs NDB team. He has over 4 years of experience contributing to the development of PostgreSQL solutions, with a focus on upgrades, security, high availability, and performance tuning for enterprise-scale systems. Talks PgPune Event #3 Contact Linkedin