Summary
Shashank Patil is a data scientist and applied AI practitioner with six years of experience building measurable, production-minded ML solutions and robotics systems. Trained at IIT Madras in a dual degree combining Data Science and Chemical Engineering, he has delivered practical automation and analytics at startups (Linecraft AI, we45) and contributed research-grade NLP ensembles at IITM that earned an international conference presentation. He led a 40‑member robotics team to high honors in international autonomous navigation competitions and translated that systems-thinking into dashboards and clustering tools that cut manual effort by 40% and sped project delivery ~2.5x. Comfortable moving projects from research to deployable tooling, he focuses on reliability, cost-effectiveness, and clear impact metrics. Outside work he signals a reflective, minimalist approach—“learn to let things go”—that surfaces in pragmatic prioritization and steady execution.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Pre-university, Computer Science, 94.8%, Pre-university, Computer Science, 94.8% at FIITJEE
English, Hindi, Kannada