Avijit Ghosh, PhD

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DISC Type : c

Technical AI Policy Researcher at Hugging Face

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Overview

Avijit Ghosh is a Technical AI Policy Researcher at Hugging Face, bridging the gap between AI research and regulatory policy. His work, focusing on AI safety, algorithmic bias, and evaluation standards, has influenced regulation in New York City. People describe him as having a rare combination of technical and policy domain expertise.

Avijit is a vocal advocate for aligning AI development with genuine human needs, questioning the focus on replacing knowledge workers over solving everyday problems. He is a member of QueerInAI and has spoken at major events like SXSW and the MIT Sloan AI Conference on responsible AI.

He won a Gold Medal for co-creating "Madad, " an SOS app with realtime chat, voice, and location tracking features to help users seek help from people nearby.

Personality Overview

Cautious & Analytical

Not Easily Convinced

Price-Sensitive

They are more likely than others to negotiate on pricing and terms.  While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters. They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.

Topics They Care About

Responsible AI
His entire career focuses on the intersection of machine learning, ethics, and policy, aiming to implement fair and safe ML algorithms into the real world.
AI Evaluation
He co-leads the "Evaluating Evaluations Coalition, " a community developing scientifically grounded research and infrastructure for broader impact AI evaluations to improve AI safety.
AI Policy
He is responsible for policy responses from Hugging Face to ongoing legislative movements in AI and has engaged with policymakers in the US, UK, and Singapore.

Media Appearances

Avijit has no verified media appearances

Work History

10-2025
Technical AI Policy Researcher at Hugging Face
3-2024 - 10-2025
Applied Policy Researcher at Hugging Face
4-2025
Co-Lead at Evaluating Evaluations
3-2024
Research Affiliate at University of Connecticut
7-2023 - 2-2024
Research Data Scientist at AdeptID

Education

9-2019 - 6-2023
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD from Northeastern University
2014 - 2019
BTech + MTech from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

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Insights For Selling To Avijit

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Keep some extra margin in hand as they will likely negotiate the pricing
  • If you have a lower priced product compared to the competition, call out the same
  • Share as much information as possible regarding your product

DONT's

  • Don’t overhype the product/pitch, keep it measured
  • Avoid phrases like ‘do not worry about’, ‘no one compares to’ etc.
  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Avijit is

  • Confidence that the product provides ROI, effective pricing and process adherence matter the most to them.

  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Avijit

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Avijit move?

  • They can move at a reasonable pace while making their decisions if they have the necessary information.

  • Can Avijit take some risk or not?

  • They can take some risk if they are confident that they have analyzed the circumstances well.


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