Nikhil Bhatia
About Nikhil Bhatia
Nikhil Bhatia serves as the Director of Engineering at Yugabyte, where he has contributed to the development of YugabyteDB and the next-generation Database as a Service platform. He has a rich background in engineering management, having held various positions at Nutanix, VMware, and other institutions over his career.
Current Role at Yugabyte
Nikhil Bhatia serves as the Director of Engineering at Yugabyte, a position he has held since 2022. In this role, he has contributed to the development of YugabyteDB, a cloud-native, distributed SQL database tailored for mission-critical applications. Bhatia has played a key role in building the next-generation Database as a Service (DBaaS) platform at Yugabyte, focusing on enhancing the capabilities and performance of the database solutions offered.
Previous Experience at Nutanix
Before joining Yugabyte, Nikhil Bhatia worked at Nutanix in various engineering roles. He was the Director of Engineering for 11 months from 2021 to 2022, following a two-year tenure as Senior Engineering Manager from 2019 to 2021. Prior to these positions, he served as a Staff Engineer at Nutanix from 2015 to 2019. His experience at Nutanix encompassed significant contributions to engineering management and technical leadership.
Engineering Background and Early Career
Nikhil Bhatia's engineering career began after completing his education. He worked as a Research Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 2005 to 2007. He then joined VMware as a Staff Engineer, where he spent eight years from 2007 to 2015. His early career also includes a role as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, from 2002 to 2003, and as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Innovative Computing Laboratory from 2003 to 2005.
Educational Qualifications
Nikhil Bhatia holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he studied from 2002 to 2005. He also earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from Thadomal Shahani Engineering College, University of Mumbai, from 1998 to 2002. His educational background laid the foundation for his extensive career in engineering and technology.