Congratulations and welcome, Kaival! On Tue, Dec 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM Kaival Parikh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you all for the warm welcome! > > It's an honor to join the Lucene project as a committer -- this community > has been super active and helpful, I learn something new with each > interaction here :) > > A bit about me: My name is Kaival Parikh, and I'm originally from Mumbai, > India. I work at Amazon on a Lucene-based search engine for its e-commerce > marketplace. > > I'm fascinated by the information retrieval space, the clever data > structures and algorithms that go behind indexing, matching and ranking > documents in a flexible way, and the amount of effort put in by Lucene > developers to expose these features in a safe, intuitive and performant way. > > I'm particularly interested in vector search, which has seen explosive > growth and adoption in recent times -- and all the synergies and challenges > of supporting vector search in a mature, full-fledged search engine library > like Lucene. > > Outside of work: I'm a (selective) foodie, love traveling and having new > adrenaline-fueled experiences, and watching a variety of shows and movies. > > Thanks again for this opportunity, looking forward to contributing and > growing with this community! > > Kaival > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM Vigya Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I'm pleased to announce that Kaival Parikh has accepted the PMC's >> invitation to become a committer! >> >> Kaival, it's a tradition that new committers introduce themselves with a >> brief bio. >> >> On behalf of the Lucene PMC, thank you for your contributions, >> congratulations, and welcome! >> >> Vigya >> > -- Anshum Gupta
