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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.