IIT Bombay, JEE Coach, Software Engineer
Shlesh Gholap
Member of Technical Staff At Viven.
JEE GuidanceGenerative MLFoundation ModelsApplied AI
About
Shlesh is an IIT Bombay graduate and Software Engineer working on agentic enterprise search, retrieval systems, and applied ML. His work spans foundation models, multimodal AI, and production-grade AI systems. He also mentors students on JEE preparation, IIT counselling, placement preparation, and early career decisions, drawing from his experience as a student mentor for juniors at IIT Bombay. He combines technical depth with practical, first-hand guidance to help students make better academic and career choices.
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JEE Mentorship & Guidance
Generative AI & Foundation Models
How do you decide between hybrid retrieval and pure vector search, and where does reranking actually help? →What's the most underrated bottleneck when serving foundation models in production, and how would you architect around it? →Flow matching vs diffusion: when would you actually reach for one over the other in a real generative task? →
