Founder & CEO @Avataar | Wharton | IIT Bombay | Ex Deutsche IB & Microsoft alum
Joined October 2020
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We're using AI the wrong way.
The real opportunity isn't just making people 10x more productive. It's reimagining how entire organizations operate.
Spoke with @RajShamani on Figuring Out about AI transformation, @Avataar and what comes next.
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"World Models" are the rage for very good reasons, but then what is the right sensorimotor experience for training these models? With human children, it is a combination of observation (e.g. exocentric video) and physical interaction (play). This paper tackles the problem of learning models from play. Enjoy!
We taught a robot to play!
Introducing Dexterity from Supervised Play (DSP): turning minutes of human play into a world model and dexterous manipulation policy. No task demonstrations or sim2real!
play-policy.github.io
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IIT leaders feature in MIT Sloan India’s AI50:
🔹 Dr. Balaraman Ravindran – Professor, IIT Madras
🔹 Dr. Mitesh Khapra – Associate Professor, IIT Madras
🔹 Dr. Rajat Moona – Director, IIT Gandhinagar
🔹 Dr. Siddharth Panwar – Associate Professor, IIT Mandi
🔹 Dr. Sunita Sarawagi – Professor, IIT Bombay
🔹Dr. Ganesh Ramakrishnan, Professor, IIT Bombay
Recognition for work at IITs in shaping India’s AI future
#AI50 #IndiaAI #IIT #DeepTech #ArtificialIntelligence
@iitmadras @iitbombay @iitgn @iit__mandi
3/ What are we building at Avataar?
An AI transformation platform that helps enterprises move beyond copilots to intelligent, self-learning systems that execute real-world workflows.
Here's my one-line pitch on our internal first principles.
🎬 youtube.com/shorts/pEstAYu1Y…
We also covered founder conviction, emerging AI opportunities and Varya - our efficient video AI model built under the IndiaAI Mission.
Try Varya: varya.avataar.ai
Full conversation with @RajShamani:
youtu.be/80ETOGyTZhs
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Affordable access to AI compute is key to enabling innovation at scale.
In his remarks at the India programme for World Development Report 2026: The Promise of Artificial Intelligence, Shri @sudeep_tweets, COO, IndiaAI Mission and Joint Secretary, MeitY, highlighted how the Report validates India’s approach to building an accessible AI ecosystem.
He emphasised the importance of affordable, subsidised compute access for startups, academic institutions and other stakeholders, while underscoring the need to keep pace with the rapidly evolving AI landscape.
#WDR2026 #IndiaAI #AIForDevelopment #MeitY
@AshwiniVaishnaw @JitinPrasada @SecretaryMEITY @_DigitalIndia @GoI_MeitY @mygovindia @WorldBankGroup @WorldBankIndia @IFC_AsiaPacific @WBG_Digital
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"100 pairs sold in 3 minutes" just got this update from one of the companies profiles in The Lift-Off Nation. Any guesses?
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Proud moment for the Avataar.ai team.
Our CEO & Co-founder, @AluruSravanth, has been featured in MIT Sloan Management Review India’s AI50 list — recognizing leaders shaping how AI is built, deployed, and governed across India.
This reflects Avataar’s broader mission: to put India on the global AI map through efficient, accessible, and context-aware innovation built for impact at scale.
Honoured to be featured among the builders, policymakers, and researchers driving India’s AI future forward.
ALT India’s AI50 list - recognizing 50 individuals for their influence, technical depth, and role in deciding how AI gets built, deployed, and governed across the country.
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First test of Varya, India’s homegrown distilled video AI model from Bengaluru-based @Avataar (built under the IndiaAI Mission).
20x cheaper and 10x faster than most global options, trained on Indian cultural data.
Proud to see something being built at home in India. 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 @AluruSravanth
Right prompt - A tiger walking through the streets of Mumbai at night
#NotAnAd
🤖 Made with AI
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Proud moment for #BharatInnovates2026!
Cohort Founders, Nagendra Nagaraja (QpiAI), Sunil Gupta (QNu Labs), Prashant Warier (Qure.ai), Sravanth Aluru (Avataar.ai) and Vivek Raghavan (Sarvam AI) figure in MIT Sloan Mgmt Review India's 50 leaders shaping India's AI future
Thanks @Analyticsindiam, for helping bring the Varya story to life.
Try Varya here: varya.avataar.ai
Full interview: youtu.be/uSHWlEx-9zY?si=QnMx…
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Correct Answer - B) Varya
Varya is India’s first homegrown video AI model, launched under the IndiaAI Mission and developed by Avataar. It is designed to make AI-powered video creation more affordable and accessible, while generating culturally relevant content for Indian users. The model is said to be up to 10 times more cost-efficient than leading global video AI models.
What is the name of India’s first homegrown video AI model developed to make AI video creation affordable?
#NewIndiaTrivia
#NewIndia
#MyGov
42%BharatGPT
8%Varya
50%Astra
0%Ananta
12 votes • Final results Sravanth Aluru retweeted
Jabil’s plant is doing precision manufacturing of electronics components for telecom, railways, and other sectors.
Interacted with the talented team of young engineers and technicians contributing to Jabil’s success.
📍Ranjangaon, Pune
We released varya.avataar.ai on Friday to enable fast, high quality video generation.
Varya generates 720p video in 45 seconds on a single H200. Against a 50-step Wan 2.2 baseline under the same cost model, Varya is 27× faster and cheaper, while remaining close on VBench quality.
@RajanAnandan @brettsingh @Avataar @shubhamjain_11 @rakesh_vRocky @Re_tot @imGauravB
Varya uses the CA-DM decomposition at sampled exits of a bidirectional video rollout. CA is the prompt-direction signal: it uses the teacher's conditional-unconditional gap to improve semantic alignment and visual detail.
DM is the distribution-shape signal: it compares the fake score with the frozen conditional teacher score and stabilizes the student-induced distribution.