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Currently working as Chief Executive Officer, Reserve Bank
Information Technology Pvt Ltd (ReBIT).
Led the Data Security Council of India, as its CEO, for about a year in
2015-16.
Worked as an independent advisor on fraud risk and cyber security, to Ernst
& Young, ICICI Bank and
Citibank till June 2015.
Was head of Citigroup's security and investigations team for South Asia
(2011-13), responsible for Citigroup's staff, assets and reputation in South
Asia, as well as investigations for internal/external frauds and information
security incidents. Was also the Chief of Internal Vigilance for Citi India.
In the previous role at ICICI Bank, handled fraud prevention for the Bank,
including process reviews, application and vendor screening, transaction
monitoring, investigations, crisis management, employee and customer
awareness on fraud and regulatory reporting.
Till May 2008, served with the Indian Police Service (IPS), the last
assignment being Director, Cyber Security and Compliance, National Association
of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), India’s IT association, on
secondment from the Government.
During the NASSCOM stint, headed NASSCOM’s security initiatives, including
policy formulation, training on cyber crime investigation & knowledge for
law enforcement organisations, advising NASSCOM members on incident response
management and organising mass awareness campaigns on cyber security. Also set
up NASSCOM’s latest initiative, Data Security Council of India, a not-for-profit
organisation for self regulation of the Indian IT industry on data protection
practices.
Served in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for seven years. Led the
Bank Securities and Fraud Cell of CBI at Mumbai for a year. Prior to that,
supervised the CBI functioning in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. Was
the chief of the Mumbai Anti Corruption Branch, CBI’s largest unit in the
country, for five years.