Saumya.
Portrait of Saumya Smriti

GenAI & Microsoft Copilot Consultant

Practical AI is a people-and-systems practice.

Saumya Smriti is a Business Technology Associate Consultant at ZS and a GenAI & Microsoft Copilot Consultant who connects business decisions, solution architecture, adoption, and clear communication.

Current role
Business Technology Associate Consultant at ZS
Experience
6+ years including internships and early roles
Based in
Pune, India
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A multidisciplinary route into AI

Saumya works where enterprise questions meet practical AI delivery. Her focus spans Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure OpenAI, Power Platform, workflow automation, governance, and the adoption work that helps a solution move beyond a demonstration.

Her path into this work began across electrical engineering, research, student leadership, technical writing, digital marketing, and early business roles. That range still shapes how she listens, explains complex systems, and builds for the people expected to use them.

Beyond consulting, she speaks at technical communities and mentors professionals through Topmate, continuing the same practice of turning complicated ideas into useful next steps.

Career and education

A connected view of consulting, mentorship, and formal education.

  1. Present

    Business Technology Associate Consultant

    employment · ZS

    Leads enterprise AI and Copilot work across strategy, architecture, adoption, and enablement.

  2. Present

    Mentor

    mentorship · Topmate

    Mentors professionals on Copilot, GenAI tools, career planning, interviews, and résumés.

  3. Business Technology Associate

    employment · ZS

    Built GenAI conversational agents and Power Platform automation for enterprise workflows.

  4. Business Technology Associate Intern

    employment · ZS

    Worked on Dialogflow CX, human-in-the-loop labeling, and AI workflow automation.

  5. Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering

    education · Nirma University

Early roles, broad foundation

Research, leadership, writing, marketing, and team development built the range Saumya now brings to technology consulting.

  1. Summer Research Intern

    Université Paris-Est Créteil

    Researched factors affecting electric-vehicle feasibility in India, including a 104-response perception study.

  2. Digital Marketing Intern

    Tactopus

    Managed social publishing and collaborated on channel strategy.

  3. Content Writer

    Buzzinga Digital

    Created SEO-informed articles and blogs for marketing audiences.

  4. Digital Marketing Intern

    Techinquiri

    Developed weekly social-media and Instagram marketing ideas.

  5. Business Development Team Lead

    SkillGenic Academy

    Led and mentored a 13-person marketing and sales intern team.

  6. Content Writing and Research

    Stories Matter

    Contributed research and writing to sales and marketing content.

  7. Vice President

    ISTE Students' Chapter IT-NU

    Led student chapter initiatives after serving on the executive committee.

  8. Technical Content Writer

    Odinub

    Wrote technical community content about microcomputers, IoT, processors, and member projects.

  9. Executive Committee Member

    ISTE Students' Chapter IT-NU

    Supported student chapter programming and community initiatives.

Capability clusters

Four connected capability groups spanning enterprise AI advisory, solution architecture, automation, and enablement.

01

Enterprise AI advisory

Frame use cases, facilitate envisioning and pilot conversations, align stakeholders, and translate business goals into adoption roadmaps.

  • AI use-case discovery
  • Executive communication
  • Stakeholder management
  • Adoption roadmaps
  • Governance
02

Copilot and agent architecture

Design modular conversational and agent experiences with security, integration, evaluation, and production boundaries in view.

  • Microsoft Copilot Studio
  • Azure OpenAI
  • LangChain
  • Copilot REST APIs
03

Power Platform and automation

Connect low-code applications, data, and automated workflows to reduce manual handoffs and make business processes easier to inspect.

  • Power Automate
  • Power BI
  • Microsoft Graph
  • Robotic process automation
04

Enablement and storytelling

Make technical choices understandable through demonstrations, workshops, writing, mentoring, and community speaking.

  • Technical workshops
  • Public speaking
  • Mentorship
  • Technical writing

Selected professional impact

Selected outcomes from Saumya’s work across enterprise AI, automation, delivery, and enablement.

$1M+

AI opportunities influenced

Through envisioning sessions, pilots, and architecture demonstrations, Saumya has influenced more than $1 million in AI-driven opportunities.

50K+

Monthly agent queries

Saumya built an enterprise GenAI conversational agent that handled 50,000+ monthly queries, enabled 180+ hours of effort savings per month, and increased adoption by 189% within six months.

200+

Business and technical users trained

Saumya has trained 200+ business and technical users through Copilot demonstrations, workshops, and envisioning sessions.

98%

On-time project delivery

Saumya introduced reusable architecture and governance patterns that reduced production downtime by 50% and supported 98% on-time project delivery.

Professional credentials

Selected professional learning across GenAI, data, virtual agents, SQL, and business process analysis.