# Ajay Bidyarthy

> Ajay Bidyarthy is the Delhi-based founder and CEO of Blackcoffer and co-founder and CTO of Netclan. An IIT Guwahati Mathematics and Computing graduate, he worked in network security, operations research, and data science before founding Blackcoffer in 2016. His published work ranges from approximation algorithms to practical data infrastructure and chatbot workflows.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Blackcoffer
- **Organizations:** Blackcoffer, Netclan, Gullak, InnovAccer, TCS TRDDC, C-DAC, Center for Political Leadership, BlackMarlin style
- **Education:** B.Tech in Mathematics and Computing, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
- **Known for:** Founded Blackcoffer in 2016., Co-authored a 2011 conference paper on detecting data exfiltration., Co-authored a 2014 ACM India Computing Conference paper on approximation methods for large optimization problems.

## Career timeline

- **2011-2012** — Network Security Research Associate at C-DAC, according to Blackcoffer’s founder chronology.
- **2012-2013** — Operations Research Associate at TCS TRDDC in Pune, according to Blackcoffer’s founder chronology.
- **2013** — Completed B.Tech in Mathematics and Computing at IIT Guwahati.
- **2013-2015** — Worked in data science at InnovAccer.
- **2014** — Co-authored the COMPUTE paper A toolbox for fast and approximate solutions for large linear and semidefinite programs.
- **2015-2016** — Co-founder and chief data scientist at Gullak.
- **2016** — Founded Blackcoffer; also lists founding roles at BlackMarlin style and the Center for Political Leadership.
- **2020** — Blackcoffer’s chronology dates his Netclan co-founder role to 2020; Netclan identifies him as co-founder and CTO.

## Achievements

- Founded Blackcoffer in 2016.
- Co-authored a 2011 conference paper on detecting data exfiltration.
- Co-authored a 2014 ACM India Computing Conference paper on approximation methods for large optimization problems.
- Co-founded Netclan and serves as its CTO.
- Lists Champion of Quarter and Champion of the Year honors from InnovAccer in December 2014 on LinkedIn.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Published a graph-based chatbot workflow using LangGraph, LangChain, Groq, and a Wikipedia tool on August 20.
- **2025-08** — Published an AI question-routing article on August 18, describing private-knowledge and Wikipedia routes.
- **2025-03** — Published a function-based list of data analysis tools on March 22.

## Links

- Website: https://blackcoffer.com/who-we-are/organization/about-founder/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asbidyarthy/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ajaybidyarthy
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asbidyarthy/

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