Akanksha Shrivastava has been recognized with a 2025 Global Recognition Award for exceptional achievements spanning artificial intelligence innovation, transformative leadership, and sustained mentoring impact across the technology sector. The award, determined through a rigorous evaluation process using the Rasch model to create linear measurement scales for precise cross-category comparisons, acknowledges her decade-long trajectory from academic researcher to enterprise architect at Walmart Global Tech, where she has delivered multimillion-dollar platforms serving over 100,000 users. Her work exemplifies the convergence of technical sophistication and human-centered design principles that define world-class achievement in the AI age.

Shrivastava’s application demonstrated perfect scores across fifteen evaluation criteria, including vision and strategy implementation, ethical decision-making, market impact, technological advancement, and mentee career development. This recognition places her among a select group of technologists who have simultaneously advanced corporate innovation, contributed peer-reviewed research, and built inclusive pathways for emerging talent. Her portfolio spans enterprise AI systems at Walmart, haptic feedback research at Stanford University’s Psychophysiology Lab, and virtual reality projects supported by Oculus founder Brendan Iribe at the University of Maryland’s Blended Reality Center.

Enterprise Innovation at Scale

Shrivastava’s flagship achievement at Walmart Global Tech centers on MyTech, an AI-driven enterprise support platform she conceived and launched to serve the company’s corporate workforce while changing how technical assistance reaches employees across diverse operational contexts. The system improved Net Promoter Score by 96 points within two years, earning her Walmart’s 2023 Most Valuable Player Individual Award for measurable business value that extended beyond immediate operational metrics to reshape long-term employee satisfaction patterns. MyTech processes technical support requests through machine learning algorithms that reduce resolution times while maintaining high satisfaction rates among users across diverse technical literacy levels, demonstrating its ability to balance automation efficiency with personalized user experiences.

The Report Hub platform represents another dimension of her strategic impact, converting finance reporting workflows from five-month manual processes to five-minute automated outputs that fundamentally altered how Walmart’s finance teams allocate their analytical resources. This 99.97% time reduction earned a 60-point NPS improvement and Walmart’s 2021 Make a Difference Award while freeing thousands of hours for higher-value strategic analysis rather than repetitive data compilation tasks. The platform’s architecture demonstrates her ability to translate complex stakeholder requirements into scalable solutions that balance speed, accuracy, and regulatory compliance across Walmart’s global operations, which require seamless integration with legacy systems and emerging cloud infrastructure.

Her enterprise work extends beyond individual platforms to encompass systematic approaches for large-scale digital change initiatives that require coordination across multiple business units and technical teams. Shrivastava has architected solutions that serve over 100,000 corporate employees while maintaining reliability standards that permit minimal downtime across critical business operations. The multimillion-dollar business value generated through her platforms reflects not merely technical excellence but strategic alignment with organizational priorities that demand measurable returns on technology investments.

Research Foundations and Entrepreneurial Ventures

Her academic credentials include peer-reviewed publications at ACM CHI for Geollery and MeteoVis, which she developed during her Master of Science program at the University of Maryland’s Human-Computer Interaction Lab. There, she explored how users interact with spatial and temporal data through novel visualization techniques. HapLand, the emotion regulation system she co-developed at Stanford, applies haptic feedback principles to mental health interventions through AI pattern recognition that analyzes physiological signals to deliver personalized tactile responses. These research contributions inform her product strategy at Walmart, where she integrates cognitive science principles into interface design and user experience architecture that accommodates varying levels of technical sophistication among enterprise users.

Shrivastava’s entrepreneurial record includes founding ACipher Tech through India’s Amity Innovation Incubator, launching Shop n Stock and Amipool—AI-enabled platforms for used book marketplaces and women’s safety carpooling services that attracted thousands of users within weeks of deployment, addressing real-world challenges faced by student and professional communities. She co-founded Code & Play at the University of Maryland’s Startup Shell, creating an online STEM tutoring infrastructure that connected learners with qualified instructors through digital platforms optimized for interactive educational experiences. These ventures demonstrate her ability to identify market gaps, develop minimum viable products, and scale user adoption through iterative development cycles informed by direct feedback from early adopters, who shaped subsequent feature development.

Her entrepreneurial approach combines technical execution with market validation strategies that test assumptions before committing substantial resources to full-scale development. Shrivastava has navigated regulatory environments across multiple jurisdictions while building products that address safety concerns, educational access barriers, and resource optimization challenges. The swift user acquisition achieved by her startups reflects product-market fit validated through organic growth, rather than expensive marketing campaigns, which underscores her understanding of user needs and the clarity of her value proposition.

Final Words

Shrivastava currently serves on the Grey Space Collective board, promoting economic empowerment at the intersection of art and technology, while mentoring startups through the Fuel Accelerator Program in AI-driven healthcare and logistics that require specialized domain knowledge combined with technical execution capabilities. Recognition from Marquis Who’s Who and COLOR Magazine’s Most Influential Women POWERLIST 2025 reflects sustained industry acclaim that extends across multiple professional communities and geographic markets. She judges AI hackathons, including the 2025 Ozark Media Arts Festival. She serves as a mentor for Enspire NWA 2025, a role that extends her influence beyond corporate product management into talent development and innovation evaluation across technology domains.

Her commitment to inclusivity is evident through her involvement with Girls Who Code mentorship, MIT Media Lab initiatives, and teaching Kathak dance to young girls, while serving as a STEM educator in startup communities, where she bridges cultural traditions with technological literacy. Born in India with a Bachelor of Technology from Amity University, Shrivastava maintains angel investments at the intersection of art and technology, alongside a yoga practice and mental health advocacy that inform her holistic approach to innovation and human-centered design. “Akanksha Shrivastava’s ability to deliver enterprise-scale AI solutions while nurturing the next generation of technologists represents the complete profile we seek in Global Recognition Awards honorees,” noted Alex Sterling, spokesperson for the Global Recognition Awards, emphasizing her dual impact on immediate business outcomes and long-term industry talent development.