Dr. Sheetal Ghorpade is working as Director (Data Sciences) at Rubiscape Pvt. Limited, Pune, Maharashtra, India, where she is actively involved in the research and development of data science products. She received her PhD in Applied Mathematics and MSc in Mathematics from the University of Pune, India. She is a Regular Associate (Visiting Scientist) at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy. Her career represents a great mix of data analytics and high-quality internationally collaborative research on algorithms and optimization for Industry problems. Her research interests are Optimization Techniques, Artificial Intelligence, Tiny ML, etc. She is instrumental in bridging the institute-industry gap and is passionate about democratizing data science. She is on the advisory board of various engineering and management institutes.