About Avinash — AI Testing Consultant India

Founder Nethra Tech

Director of R&D Qxf2 Services

Hi, I'm Avinash

I've spent my career in quality assurance, not just running test cases, but thinking seriously about what testing is for, how teams can do it better, and what it means for a product to actually be reliable.

My background spans web, mobile, API, database, CRM, and AIML-based systems. I've done functional, integration, system, and regression testing, and built automation using Selenium and Appium with Python and Java. But the work I find most interesting is the stuff around testing strategy: helping teams figure out what to test, in what order, and why.

I founded Nethra Tech to focus specifically on AI and LLM testing, an area where I saw a genuine gap between how teams were building AI products and how they were (or weren't) testing them. Through Nethra Tech I consult on testing practices, run internships, and help early-career engineers build strong testing fundamentals. Separately, I work as Director of R&D at Qxf2 Services, where I focus on test strategy, automation, and mentoring engineers.

I'm based in Mangalore and I'm interested in working with companies that are serious about quality, particularly those building AI-powered products where the reliability challenges are genuinely new.

How I think about testing

My approach

Context-driven, not formula-driven

There's no universal testing playbook. What works for a fintech API is wrong for an LLM chatbot. I start by understanding the product, the team, and the risk, then decide what testing actually makes sense.

Exploratory thinking over checklist execution

Test cases document what you already know. Exploratory testing finds what you don't. I practice and teach both, but the interesting failures always come from genuine curiosity about how a system behaves, not from running a script.

Quality is a team problem

A QA team that works in isolation catches bugs late and creates bottlenecks. I focus on building testing practices that bring QA, engineering, and product together, so quality thinking happens throughout, not just at the end.

Communication is part of the job

Finding a bug is only half the work. The other half is communicating it clearly: what it means, how serious it is, and what decision it calls for. I put as much care into how I report findings as into how I find them.

Continuous learning is not optional

Products evolve, models get updated, teams change. A testing approach that worked six months ago may be obsolete today. I stay close to what's changing, especially in AI, and I bring that into every engagement.

Mentoring as a multiplier

One of the highest-leverage things a senior tester can do is make the testers around them better. I invest heavily in mentoring, through Nethra Tech's internship programme and in every team I work with.

Background

Experience & domains

Domains tested

Web applications
Mobile (iOS & Android)
APIs & microservices
Databases
CRM systems
AI/ML and LLM-based products

Testing practices

Functional, integration, system & regression testing
Exploratory testing & heuristics
Test strategy design
Risk-based testing
LLM evaluation & prompt regression

Automation

Selenium (Python & Java)
Appium for mobile
API test automation
CI/CD integration
LLM eval harnesses (PromptFoo, custom)

Team & org work

QA team setup & scaling
Mentoring & internship programmes
Cross-functional collaboration (QA, Eng, Product)
Testing culture & process improvement
Founder, Nethra Tech
Director of R&D, Qxf2 Services

Avinash