Palak Bhawsar is a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer at the University of Leeds and an IBM Champion 2026. She is passionate about simplifying technology and empowering others through it.

Palak has built a thriving LinkedIn community of over 20,000 by consistently sharing insights from her learning and hands-on experience. She is a technical blogger who enjoys breaking down complex topics in Cloud, DevOps, and AI into practical, easy-to-understand content through posts and articles.

She holds certifications in AWS, Azure, and Terraform. She loves attending conferences and has been invited to AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas twice, where she served as an AWS ABW Grant Advisor. Outside of work, she enjoys reading books and spending time in nature.