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Puneet Agrawal

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Principal Group Eng Manager at Microsoft
📍 Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Puneet is a Principal Group Engineering Manager at Microsoft, leading teams in AI, NLP, and Search. An alumnus of IIT Delhi, his expertise lies in building large-scale AI systems. He was instrumental in developing Bings search relevance, co-creating the chatbot Ruuh, and shaping the personality of the personal assistant, Cortana.

Outside of his core work in AI, Puneet shows a keen interest in the startup ecosystem. He actively supports emerging businesses, highlighting the journey of new founders and promoting their products. This suggests an appreciation for entrepreneurship and innovation beyond the corporate environment.

Unique fact: Puneet was one of the original creators of the personality for Microsofts personal assistant, Cortana.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Principal Group Eng Manager
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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AI Search Grounding
He currently leads the team at Microsoft working on Search Grounding for copilots and is actively hiring for multiple roles in this specific domain.
Conversational AI
He co-created Ruuh, a human-like AI chatbot with over 2. 3 million users, and was a key creator of Cortana's personality, demonstrating deep expertise in dialogue systems.
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Career

Work history

8-2022
Principal Group Eng Manager
Microsoft
3-2017 - 8-2022
Principal Engineering Manager
Microsoft
8-2008 - 2-2017
Senior Software Development Engineer
Microsoft
5-2008 - 8-2008
Student Intern
Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society
5-2007 - 7-2007
Student Intern
Yahoo
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Indian-origin employee's email to colleagues after disrupting Microsoft event decided to leave company. Featured in MSN
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Education
2004 - 2008
BTech
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
2000 - 2004
High School
Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan Vidyashram, Jaipur
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