[GitHub Request] Add @Vikasht34 as the maintainer for the k-NN repo

[navneet1v]

What is the type of request?

User Permission

Details of the request

We would like to add @Vikasht34 to MAINTAINERS.md and .github/CODEOWNERS of opensearch plugin repos [k-NN] so that he can approve PRs and merge code into the main branch.

Additional information to support your request

We have received upvotes (including myself) from existing maintainers of opensearch k-nn to add @Vikasht34 as the maintainers of this repo.

Vikash has been working on different features in k-NN plugin for last 8-9 months. He has developed the quantization framework in the k-NN plugin and currently working on improving the Quantization techniques to further improve the disk-based vector search. He has also been working as the release owner for 3.0 release.
Below are some of his PRs
opensearch-project/k-NN#2183
opensearch-project/k-NN#2149
opensearch-project/k-NN#2087
opensearch-project/k-NN#2010
opensearch-project/k-NN#1967
Along with the features he has been an active reviewer of different pull requests. Some of them are added below.
opensearch-project/k-NN#2376
opensearch-project/k-NN#1960
opensearch-project/k-NN#1969
opensearch-project/k-NN#1984
opensearch-project/k-NN#1997

More PRs can be found here: https://github.com/opensearch-project/k-NN/pulls?q=is%3Apr+reviewed-by%3AVikasht34

The nomination process is following: https://github.com/opensearch-project/.github/blob/main/RESPONSIBILITIES.md#nomination

Tagging maintainers who have already upvoted: @navneet1v @naveentatikonda @ryanbogan @shatejas @jmazanec15

When does this request need to be completed?

This is not an urgent request. 2-3 business days is fine.

Notes

Track the progress of your request here: https://github.com/orgs/opensearch-project/projects/208/views/33.
Member of @opensearch-project/admin will take a look at the request soon.
Thanks!

[peterzhuamazon]

Related PR:

• Adding Vikasht34 as maintainer for k-NN repo k-NN#2482

[peterzhuamazon]

Reviewed email chain and confirmed the votes.

[peterzhuamazon]

Added @Vikasht34 as maintainer and updated/approve the PR.

Thanks.