Welcome Ankit!
> On 6 May 2025, at 20:05, Ankit Jain <jainank...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. I’m truly honored to join the Lucene
> community as a committer. Little bit about myself:
>
> My name is Ankit Jain, and I am a Software Engineer on the Amazon OpenSearch
> Service team. I’ve been with the OpenSearch (previously known as
> Elasticsearch) service at AWS for over 10 years, focusing on building and
> optimizing search infrastructure at scale. I currently lead efforts around
> performance and core system improvements, and have had the opportunity to
> work on some interesting challenges in large-scale OpenSearch
> deployments—especially around debugging and tuning in real-world environments.
>
> I'm an active maintainer of the OpenSearch project and a regular contributor
> to Apache Lucene. The Lucene community is full of incredibly talented and
> experienced engineers, and I’ve been lucky to contribute in a small way over
> the years. One piece of work that some might recognize is FST Offheap
> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-8635> a few years ago, which
> enabled remote search features like Ultrawarm.
>
> Outside of work, I’m a big sports enthusiast—equally enthusiastic whether I’m
> cheering from the couch or missing easy shots on the court. I enjoy playing a
> bit of everything (skill level: spirited amateur) and love following a wide
> range of sports. Always up for a passionate debate about who's overrated this
> season ;)
>
> Looking forward to collaborating and learning from everyone.
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Ankit Jain
>
> On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM Anshum Gupta <ans...@anshumgupta.net
> <mailto:ans...@anshumgupta.net>> wrote:
> Congratulations and welcome, Ankit!
>
> On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM Adrien Grand <jpou...@gmail.com
> <mailto:jpou...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > I'm pleased to announce that Ankit Jain has accepted the PMC's invitation
> > to become a committer.
> >
> > Ankit, the tradition is that new committers introduce themselves with a
> > brief bio.
> >
> > Congratulations and welcome!
> >
> > Adrien
>
>
>
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> Anshum Gupta
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