MLDS speaker · 2026

Abhishek Ranjan

CTOapna & Bluemachines.ai

About Abhishek Ranjan

I’m the CTO across Apna and Blue Machines, leading engineering and platform strategy for AI-native systems that ship in the real world. At Apna, we’re building India’s hiring and jobs platform across categories—from frontline and gig to white-collar roles, focusing on trust, matching, and outcomes at scale. At Blue Machines, we’re building enterprise-grade, real-time Voice & Conversational AI infrastructure: low-latency pipelines, multi-region deployments, multi-model orchestration, and production observability. I care about systems that don’t wobble outside demos, and teams that execute with clarity—high ownership, fast iteration, and a high bar on reliability and craft.

1 edition on the MLDS stage · 1 session on record

Abhishek Ranjan, CTO, apna & Bluemachines.ai

Talks at MLDS

Sessions from the MLDS agendas, newest first.

MLDS 2026
Bengaluru
26–27 Mar 2026
- Mar 27, 2026 · 15:00–15:20 · Hall 1 · Bengaluru
  Keynotes / Tech Talks
  The Agent Protocol Stack: MCP + A2A + Context Engineering (How agents actually integrate with the real world)
  Agentic AI is moving beyond “better prompts” into a new layer of infrastructure: standardized tool connectivity, agent-to-agent interoperability, and disciplined context engineering. In this session, I’ll share a production blueprint for building agents that can safely plug into enterprise systems using open protocols (MCP for agent-to-tools, A2A for agent-to-agent collaboration). We’ll cover how to design “context interfaces” (what the model can request, when, and why), handle long-running tasks with progress + recovery, and ship with strong authorization, auditability, and guardrails. Attendees will leave with a practical reference architecture and implementation checklist they can apply immediately.
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