Meet Our

FOUNDERS

Visionaries driving the future of AI.

NAYANJYOTI KALITA

NAYANJYOTI KALITA

Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer

Khyontek AI

Expert in NLP and machine learning for low-resource languages.

  • Background in NLP and ML, specializing in low-resource systems for Assamese and Manipuri.
  • Deep technical expertise with hands-on experience building early-stage ventures in Northeast India.
  • BIRAC BIG awardee, successfully navigating government-funded innovation from the ground up.
DR. PRITAM DEKA

DR. PRITAM DEKA

Founder & CEO

Khyontek AI

Specializes in Vision-Language Models, LLMs, and trustworthy AI.

  • PhD at Queen's University Belfast focusing on trustworthy AI and health misinformation.
  • Expertise in Vision-Language Models, Large Language Models, and business process intelligence.
  • Published research spanning multimodal reasoning, document understanding, and AI-driven knowledge extraction.

Meet Our

ADVISORS

Guiding expertise. Building impact.

RANJAN DEKA

RANJAN DEKA

Full-Stack Developer

11+ Years Experience

Full Stack Developer with over 11 years of experience in building and delivering enterprise applications across e-commerce and telecom.

  • Full Stack Developer with over 11 years of experience building and delivering enterprise applications.
  • Expertise spans .NET, C#, JavaScript, React.js, and Node.js across e-commerce and telecommunications domains.
  • Known for leading teams, delivering high-quality solutions, and embracing emerging technologies, including AI-driven development tools.
SRUTISMA HAZARIKA

SRUTISMA HAZARIKA

Co-Founding Partner

S&N Legal

Distinguished advocate with a robust foundation in economics and law, specializing in international contracts, labor laws, and dispute resolution.

  • Co-Founding Partner of S&N Legal with a robust foundation in both economics and law.
  • Highly regarded for adept handling of international contracts, labor laws, and matrimonial disputes.
  • Known for sharp legal insight, successfully mediating high-conflict cases, complex business disputes, and regulatory matters.
  • Dedicated to practical solutions, meticulous attention to detail, and upholding professional excellence.
DR. PAWAN K MISHRA

DR. PAWAN K MISHRA

Assistant Professor, CSE

IIIT Guwahati | Ph.D. (IIT Guwahati)

Assistant Professor at IIIT Guwahati working in Graph Theory and Algorithms, Computational Geometry, Location Theory, and Approximation Algorithms.

  • Assistant Professor in the Department of CSE at IIIT Guwahati (joined August 2023); former faculty member at BITS Pilani (Pilani campus).
  • Ph.D. from the Department of CSE at IIT Guwahati.
  • Research Interests: Graph Theory & Algorithms, Computational Geometry, Location Theory, Approximation Algorithms, Data Structures.
  • Teaching at IIITG: Algorithms & Algorithms Lab (2023–2026), Approximation Algorithms (Winter 2024–2025), Combinatorial Optimization (Winter 2026).
  • Personal Space: sites.google.com/site/mishipawan
DR. AKSHAY PARAKH

DR. AKSHAY PARAKH

Advisor Data Scientist @ AI

Eli Lilly & Co. | Ph.D. (CSE, IIT Guwahati)

Specializing in reasoning models, NLP, and agentic AI pipelines for domain-specific applications and document intelligence.

  • Advisor Data Scientist in the Advanced Intelligence (AI) team at Eli Lilly & Co., Bangalore (working full-time since June 2022).
  • Ph.D. from IIT Guwahati (2023) focused on NLP, Information Extraction (IE), Deep Learning, and Large-scale Relation Classification.
  • Exploring reasoning models, reinforcement learning, and developing agentic computation pipelines for drug discovery and automated first-draft generation.