Shashank Sadafule is a Data Scientist Associate at DBS Bank, with prior experience as a Data Science Intern at DeepTek, focusing on AI applications in healthcare. During a tenure as a Machine Learning Researcher at the Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi, Shashank developed the G-AUC metric for model selection alongside Professors Sobhan Sarkar and Shaomin Wu. In previous roles, Shashank improved speech emotion recognition models and conducted exploratory data analysis in various internships, demonstrating skills in advanced machine learning techniques. An active contributor to the astronomy community, Shashank has organized educational events and participated in national-level space challenges while pursuing a Master of Science in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.