Mukul Singh, a 2022 B.Tech in Computer Science graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, rose from research intern to scientific director of Microsoft Research in just four years.Based in Redmond, Washington, Singh currently leads science and technology strategy for Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) platform that powers Microsoft 365. According to his LinkedIn profile, his work focuses on agent AI, base models, model routing, and post-training. He also serves as a technical advisor to the company’s executive leadership on long-term AI strategy.
From internship to leadership
Singh joined Microsoft Research as a research intern in January 2022 while completing his engineering degree Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. After graduating later that year, he was named a Research Associate on the PROSE team, working on improving the developer experience through artificial intelligence.He will be promoted to Research Fellow in June 2024 and Senior Research Fellow in July 2025. In March 2026, he took over as scientific director to lead artificial intelligence research and strategy for Microsoft’s productivity ecosystem.His work has contributed to products such as GitHub Copilot, Excel Copilot, Visual Studio, and Power Query, technologies that reach more than 1 billion users each month.
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Research Foundation
Before joining Microsoft full-time, Singh worked as a research assistant at CART, IIT Delhi, from December 2020 to December 2021. He also completed a data science internship at American Express in Gurgaon during the summer of 2021.His academic and research experience at IIT Delhi, followed by successive research positions at Microsoft, reflect the career he has built through continued work in artificial intelligence and software development.Just when everyone was talking about it layoffs While hiring continues to slow across the technology industry, Singer’s career development highlights that opportunities still exist for professionals who develop specialized skills, pursue research experience and continue learning in fast-growing fields such as artificial intelligence.