Smita Ghaisas is a Principal Scientist at TCS Research and leads the Data Driven Requirements Engineering group in the Tata Research Development and Design Center (TRDDC), India. Her research in Requirements Engineering has been employed in several large business-critical systems within and outside of TCS over the last 15 years. Her current work is focused on automating the disambiguation of complex and critical texts such as regulations. Smita has supervised researchers, designers, and architects who have gone on to lead small teams within the company or have been inspired towards an academic pursuit in universities in USA and Europe. Her productive academic collaborations at TRDDC with accomplished academicians are anchored in her goal to bridge the ever-widening gap between research and practice. . She has served on program committees of flagship conferences such as ICSE, FSE, and RE and was the co-chair of the Industry Innovation track of RE 18. For her achievements, she has been designated as a Distinguished Engineer, an award conferred in recognition of her contribution to enhanced research and IP footprint and value creation for her company.