Ankit Gupta, a principal engineer at AMD Pensando, has an impressive background in networking and systems. Having studied Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at the Government Engineering College in Bhopal, Gupta continued his academic journey by acquiring a Master's degree in Computer Science at the University of Southern California. Gupta is interested in solving network-related issues through software-defined networking (SDN), particularly with regard to management, operations, configuration, and fault tolerance. With expertise in SDN, Gupta has had a successful career in various organizations, including Meta, Juniper Networks, Cisco Systems, Alcatel-Lucent, and TATA Communications Ltd. (formerly known as VSNL).