SPEAKER 2025
Ravi Manjunatha
Customer Engineer, AI Specialist, Google Cloud
About Talk
From Base to Specialist: A Step-by-Step Guide to Tuning Gemma
Pre-trained language models like Google’s Gemma are powerful generalists, but their true potential is unlocked when they are transformed into specialists with deep, domain-specific expertise. How do you take a base model and effectively adapt it for your unique tasks, whether it’s for code generation, industry-specific Q&A, or creative writing?
This session provides a practical, step-by-step guide to do just that. Leveraging the open and efficient Gemma family of models, we will walk through the complete fine-tuning workflow from start to finish. We’ll demystify the process, breaking it down into clear, actionable stages.
TRACK: Developers Meet
6th Nov 2025 | HALL B | Time: 11:45-12:15
About Speaker
Ravi Manjunatha is a full-stack Data and Generative AI specialist with a proven track record of delivering high-impact AI solutions for leading e-commerce platforms in India. He currently works as an AI Specialist at Google Cloud, where his responsibilities span the full business pipeline — from intelligent product catalog management to AI-powered customer contact centers. His expertise lies in designing scalable, business-driven AI applications that deliver measurable value.
Passionate about advancing efficient and accessible AI, Ravi is actively exploring the application of Small Language Models (SLMs) to address critical challenges in the Indian healthcare domain. His work reflects a commitment to leveraging cutting-edge AI technologies to create solutions that are impactful, sustainable, and widely accessible.