Shashwat Pandey

Project Lead, Odisha AI Project

Shashwat is a two-time founder with over five years of experience spanning product development and management, as well as research-based consulting for esteemed organizations. He holds a Master's degree in Smart Manufacturing from the prestigious Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Kancheepuram, where he was an Institute Medalist for his work on machine learning applications in manufacturing systems. 

Shashwat commenced his career as an Analyst at KPMG India, where he collaborated with statutory audit teams to conduct IT risk assessments for numerous globally recognized multinational corporations. He further contributed to KPMG Global Services, working with KPMG's USA team based in New York and Seattle. 

During his time at IIT Kharagpur, Shashwat was affiliated with the Industrial & Systems Engineering department. He applied his research and product development expertise to create a predictive maintenance platform for a project under AI4ICPS, an AI for Manufacturing initiative. 

Shashwat co-founded DAO Studio, where he spearheaded the launch of an AI explainability framework focused on LLM observability and agent orchestration. As Head of Product, he was actively involved in client engagement and the strategic execution of the organization's diverse product roadmap. Prior to this, his previous startup, Destratum Solutions (now branded Health Attai), received a seed grant from Startup Tamil Nadu for its significant contribution to public healthcare through digital intervention. It was the first Unique Health Identifier (UHI) based medical record exchange application, implemented in over seven clinics across the Chennai and Ramnathapuram regions. 

His earlier work with IIT Madras in the field of Blockchain for Healthcare (Blocktrack) was successfully piloted at the Institute Hospital and received commendation from the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister of India. 

Shashwat's cross-disciplinary approach, combined with a business-oriented mindset, has been demonstrated repeatedly across various challenging projects in both industry and academia. His background in product development and service provisioning encompasses digital healthcare, blockchain, inventory management, and predictive maintenance.