With over 17 years of Industry Experience in the field of Data Science, Dr. Sheela has addressed business problems in domains like Industry 4.0, Health Care, Smart city, etc., and provided innovative Machine Learning solutions. Prior to joining Kyndryl, Dr. Sheela worked as Global Head– Data Science, Bosch; Senior Research Scientist and Scientist at the Research Centers of Infosys and General Motors respectively.

Sheela received Engineering (2000) from RVCE, Bengaluru, MS (2002) and PhD (2006) from University of Texas at Arlington, USA, with majors in Machine Learning and Optimization.
Dr. Sheela is recognized as one of the Top 10 Data Scientist in India, 2020 by the Analytics India Magazine, Data Science Professional of the year, 2023 by Data Summit, UBS forums; as one of the Top 10 Women Technology Leaders, 2021, by the Reva University along with Terralogic; as Indira Women Achiever Award, 2024 by Indira Group of Institutes, as one of the Top150 AI leaders and Influencers, 2021, and Top 100 AI Makers, 2022 by 3AI, Receiver of Tool Method Invention Award, Best Research Paper Award- IEEE, Best Poster Award, International Best Speaker Award, and many more for her innovative and novel work.

She has filed four patents and has more than 25 International journal and conferences publications to her credit. She is the Associate Editor for Inderscience - International Journal of Big Data Management Journal. Advisory Board member for Data Science program at multiple Institutes like, IIT Roorkee, Times Group India, PSG Institute of Technology- Coimbatore, SSN Institute- Chennai, Jain University- Bengaluru, etc., Dr. Sheela is a member of various societies like, Confederation of Indian Industry, Alpha Pi Mu, Institute of Industrial Engineers, NASSCOM, INFORMS etc.