e-Crime Congress India

2010 Speakers

Dr. Krishnashree Achuthan, TIFAC CORE, Amrita University

Dr. Krishnashree Achuthan, Head of Cyber security center, Amritapuri Campus, and Co-Director of Indo-US and International Initiatives at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (University), was until recently was based in San Francisco Bay Area, United States of America. She has a Ph.D. in Semiconductor Fabrication, and over 28 US Patents to her credit. She has had key roles in the Indo-US Inter-University Collaborative Initiative for Higher Education and Research, signed into agreement in 2005 by about 20 of the top US Universities including Harvard, Princeton, SUNY Buffalo, etc. as well as the University of California-India Research Initiative in 2006. Most recently, she organized an International conference on Cyber security, Cyber crime and Cyber forensics that brought in national and international experts to deliberate on issues related to cyber crime and security.

Mr. Peter Anderton, Product Solutions Director, Micro Focus

Building on his career as a Senior Software Engineer, with twenty year's product management experience, Peter has managed products for both start-up, and multinational companies including IBM, Samsung and Misys. This mix of technical and business experience is put to good use as global head of the Application Development solutions for Micro Focus PLC where he manages the exciting technology that powers the modern world. Peter lives in Oxford, UK.

Mr. Naresh Ajwani, Secretary, Internet Service Providers' Association of India (ISPAI) and President, Cyber Café Association of India (CCAOI)

Mr. Naresh Ajwani is Managing Director of SV Teletech (India’s latest entrant for Internet Services) and also an Advisor to the Chairman of Sify Technologies Limited (the pioneers and among the leaders in eCommerce and Internet Services in India). The office bearer of ISPAI (Internet Service Providers Association of India) as its Secretary, he is also the President of the Cyber Café Association of India (CCAOI). As a member of NRO (Number Resource Organization), the global body responsible for the policies of IP addresses, his aim is to ensure better access to internet for developing economies.

Besides being a student of Public Policy and Regulations pertaining to Telecom, IT & ITES, Internet Governance, e-Commerce, eSecurity and Internet & Broadband, he is an important member of the CII (Industry Association) National Committee on IT, ITES, eCommerce & FICCI (Industry Association) Committee on Commerce and Digital Economy. Naresh has also served the industry as one of the Directors of the NIXI (National Internet Exchange of India) Board since September 2007.

He has been closely involved with various committees and government for Internet governance and is now a known panelist in the circle. A thought provoking communicator and strong believer of Internet penetration, he advocates mass penetration for Internet through the cyber café industry in developing countries, and firmly believes that unless all stake holders get involved, the desired Eco-system will not be evolved. It is this Eco-system that will empower the common masses worldwide resulting in the common man emerging as a WINNER.
With a Business Leadership Programme from the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata, and Diploma in Marketing Management as well as a Certificate in Internet Governance, Naresh is a Post Graduate in Public Administration from University of Rajasthan.

With more than 25 years of hardcore operational experience, Mr. Ajwani is known for pioneering new approaches and has developed mass models vide hybridizing technologies and business segments such as wireless, along with the cable operators and common man’s solution for Internet through the shared PC concept.

He has facilitated regular and strategic contact with political leaderships and advocacy on related issues. He has been ISPAI’s key representative in front of MoC & IT, DoT, WPC and TRAI, acquiring fundamental as well as strategic knowledge of regulatory nuances, compliances and quasi-legal parameters typical of a highly regulated industry segment.
He can be reached at Mobile number, +919811200400 and mail id: ajwaninaresh@gmail.com.

Mr. Marc Bown, Managing Consultant, Trustwave

As the Managing Consultant for Trustwave's SpiderLabs division in the Asia-Pacific region, Marc is responsible for the delivery of all Penetration Testing, Application Security and Incident Response Services.

Marc's experience gives him a unique and hands-on insight into the methods being used by criminals to compromise computer systems and to steal the valuable data contained within these systems. Marc's experience in the financial services industry has helped him to mix this technical knowledge with the business knowledge required to make intelligent risk-based decisions.

Marc studied business and IT at the University of New South Wales in Australia before helping to start SafeComs, an information security firm that later became a part of Sift (now a division of Stratsec). With Marc's help SafeComs grew to a point where it was a trusted advisor to several ASX listed companies. Marc has recently returned from a stint working in the UK where be served as the global head of penetration testing for ABN AMRO bank and as the managing consultant for the penetration testing and incident response teams at 7Safe.

Mr. Burgess Cooper, Chief Information Security Officer, Vodafone

As General Manager Information Security at Vodafone Essar, India, Mr. Burgess Cooper is responsible for enforcing Information Security compliance across 23 circles in India. He was earlier responsible for implementing Information Security at HSBC India.
He routinely presides on security panel discussions for CIO, CTO and Networking Computing Magazines including the jury of the prestigious Security Strategist of the year award.
Whenever he is not implementing Infosec controls, he is ardently involved in adventure sports; be it SCUBA Diving, Kayaking, Trekking or motor biking in the Himalayan Mountains. He holds the World Record (Limca Records) for Motor biking across 4 of the world’s highest pass (at heights > 18,000 feet) in the Indo China / Pakistan border nonstop for 24 hours.
Mr. Cooper holds the following professional qualifications: MBA - Information Technology- Jamnalal Bajaj College of Management, CISA - Certified Information Systems Auditor, CISM -Certified IT Security Manager, CGEIT – Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT, Additional Certifications: Cisco & Microsoft Certified, BE - Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications.

Mr. Satyam Das, Associate Vice President - Risk Management, AXA Business Services Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Satyam Das holds professional degrees in Telecommunications Engineering and Computer Engineering with a career spanning more than 12 years in the areas of Operational Risk, Information Security, Crisis Management, Regulatory Compliance and Internal Audits. He has a broad risk management and compliance experience in the IT/ITes sector and has been engaged with customers mainly in the financial services and insurance industry in US, Canada, Europe and India. He is currently serving AXA Business Services, the global shared services entity of the AXA group in France as its Chief Information Security & Risk Officer and AVP - Risk Management. He is also designated as the Chief Compliance Officer for an asset management client from the AXA Group with primary responsibility to implement and monitor AML & Compliance controls at 3 offshore entities of the AXA Group in India.

Mr. Pavan Duggal, Advocate, Supreme Court of India, and President, Cyberlaws.Net
During his time as a practicing Advocate, Supreme Court of India, Mr. Pavan Duggal has made an immense impact with an international reputation as an expert and authority on Cyberlaw and E-Commerce law.
As such, his empanelment as a consultant to UNCTAD and UNESCAP on Cyberlaw and Cybercrime respectively, membership of the AFACT Legal Working Group of the UN / CEFAT, inclusion in the Board of Experts of European Commission's Dr. E-Commerce and his work as an expert authority on a Cyberlaw primer for e-ASEAN Task Force speaks volumes of his worldwide acceptance as an authority. Pavan is also a member of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center Panel of Neutrals.

While he has been a Member of the Nominating Committee, Membership Advisory Committee and Membership Implementation Task Force of ICANN, Pavan is also the President of Cyberlaws.Net, which is Internet's first ever-unique Cyberlaw consultancy. In addition to that, he is also the President of Cyberlaw Asia, the founder of the Cyberlaw Association and is also the Founder-President, Cyberlaw India.
Some outstanding pioneering work in the field of BPO legal issues has resulted in his being a member of the BPO Steering Committee of ASSOCHAM. Today, he advises a number of BPO concerns on different legal issues relating to outsourcing.
It is also worthwhile to note that Pavan is associated with Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India on legal issues of Electronic Governance and Data Protection.
Mr. Duggal has been a regular on the lecture circuit. He has spoken at over 150 conferences, seminars and workshops in the last three years, and has lectured extensively in select law colleges. As a writer, he has made his mark with six books on various aspects of the law in the last three years, and has contributed a continuing weekly column on diverse aspects of the law, titled 'Brief Cases' to the Economic Times, for the last five years.

Raj Gopalakrishna, Vice President, Arcot

Raj Gopalakrishna is Vice President of Arcot Systems -The Authentication Authority.

Raj has been working in the software industry for over two decades. Since the advent of Internet in the early 1990s, Raj has been working on key internet challenges like security, scalability, performance and high availability. During the RDBMS revolution, Raj architected the leading database software Informix for scalability, performance and high availability.

Over the twelve years Raj has focused his attention on online security, SaaS and usability at Arcot Systems. He architected the most popular online cardholder authentication technology called TransFort (aka Verified-by-Visa), which is used by millions of consumers everyday. He also architected other Arcot authentication solutions called WebFort and RiskFort. He has multiple patents to his credit.

Mr. Paul Granier, Worldwide Director of Sales Engineering, ArcSight

Paul Granier has been with ArcSight, a leading global provider of security and compliance management solutions, for over five years and manages the worldwide team of direct and channel engineers that perform product presentations, demonstrations and proof of concepts to prospective customers. He has been representing information technology software solution providers for over 20 years. Prior to joining ArcSight, Paul has represented products in the business intelligence, billing, customer management, financial and database management arenas for companies such at Oracle, Portal Software, Hyperion and Information Builders. Paul holds a Bachelors of Business Administration from Texas A&M University and currently resides in Dallas, Texas.

Dr. Vishu Kanhere, Practising Chartered Accountant

A renowned faculty at several management institutes, government academies and corporate training programs, Dr Kanhere is Adjunct Professor in Management Studies and PhD guide of the University of Mumbai. He has been a key speaker at national and international conferences and seminars on a wide range of topics. He is a CPE resource professional and peer reviewer for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Dr Kanhere has also contributed to the National Standards development on Software systems as a member of the Sectional Committee LITD17 on Information Security and Biometrics of the Bureau of Indian Standards, Government of India. Dr. Kanhere is currently Member Publications Board and Balanced Score card focus group of ISACA, USA, Honorary Secretary of the Computer Society of India, Mumbai Chapter, Convener of Special Interest Group on Humane Computing of CSI, and Chairman of WIRC of eISA among other affiliations.

Dr Kanhere is also an expert in valuation and taxation with special emphasis on intangibles, intellectual property and brands for listed companies, leading players from industry and authorities, multinational and private organizations. He has a deep insight into macro and micro economic issues and in the field of finance and has contributed articles and spoken at seminars and on the radio about various issues in depth. He has been involved in business valuations, valuations for merger and acquisitions and for IPOs. He has written the first ever book in the world, on “Software Valuation” published by Thomson Inc.

Dr Kanhere is the recipient of the prestigious Bharatiya Shiromani Puraskar awarded by the Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi, for the year 2009 for enhancing the image of India through his outstanding contribution in his chosen fields.
Dr. Kanhere is an expert in fraud examination, information systems security and system audit. He is a consultant to leading companies, Indian and Overseas multinational organizations, government and semi government (PSU) undertakings in the BFSI, IT / ITES, Manufacturing and other sectors/ industries. His specialties include fraud examination, system audit, information systems security, direct and indirect taxes, internal auditing, accounting, financial management, environmental management and project planning, His academic achievements and “hands on” working experience reflect the wide canvas on which he operates. He has several books and publications to his credit including chapter in book on Computer Frauds by Wiley published in January 2009. He is the Chief Consultant for KCPL and heads a leading CA firm in Mumbai.

Dr Vishnu Kanhere is a practicing Chartered Accountant, a qualified Cost Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner with a brilliant academic record having won several gold medals and awards. He is certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT – CGEIT (USA), Certified Information System Auditor and Certified Information Security Manager. He was awarded PhD in Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, University of Mumbai for his pioneering research on Valuation – Concepts & Practices in Indian Industry.

Mr. Abhinav Karnwal, Product Marketing Manager APEC, Trend Micro

Abhinav Karnwal is responsible for Product Marketing for the Enterprise segment at Trend Micro. He works closely with the Sales, Marketing, Technical Services and Product Management teams to develop programs and works with customers to understand their security requirements, develop long-term strategies and implement solutions to achieve their business goals.

Previous to this, Abhinav worked as a Technical Consultant at Trend Micro, providing technical services to Enterprise & Government customers for Trend Micro’s Internet Content Security Solutions. Prior to Trend Micro he was part of the Secure Converged Networking division at Ramco Systems Ltd. Abhinav holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and a Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology.

Mr. Patrick Kishore, General Manager and CISO, State Bank of India

Mr. Patrick Kishore is currently the Chief Information Security Officer of State Bank of India, India's largest commercial bank. He is responsible for formulation and implementation of IT Policy and IS Security Policy and Standards and Procedures. He has a M.Sc., and is a CISA.
A career banker, with more than 25 years in commercial banking, he has 10 years experience in implementation of large IT projects and information security. A frequent speaker at IT industry forums and academic institutions on IS Security, his current concerns are in the area of cyber-attacks , continuous monitoring of security operations and institutionalizing business continuity.

Mr. Sunder Krishnan, Chief Risk Officer, Reliance Life Insurance

Mr. Sunder Kirshnan is the Chief Risk officer for Reliance Life Insurance and is responsible for overseeing Risk Management, Internal Audit and Compliance functions at Reliance Life Insurance.
Mr. Krishnan has over 23 years of experience and knowledge in Internal Audits, Compliance, Assurance Consulting and Risk Management. He has worked for various leading organizations such as DSP Merrill Lynch, ING Vysya, Credit Lyonnais, Standard Chartered, Bank International Indonesia, Ernst & Young and Delloitte at senior and middle management positions with exposure to businesses and operations in more than 12 countries.
He is a qualified FCA, CISA, and CCSA. He is also the President of Information Systems Audit Control Association (ISACA-USA), Mumbai Chapter for the year 2007-08 and was a member of the Board of Advisors to Bombay Chartered Accountants Society (BCA’S) for Internal Audit studies for the year 2005-06.

Mr. Vasant Kumar, Consultant Engineer, Websense

Vasant Kumar is a Consultant Engineer for Websense based in Mumbai, India. In his present role, Vasant consults enterprises on content security strategy and helps them adopt secure approach in areas such Web, data and email security. He is also involved in successful deployment of these solutions at very large enterprises in India.

Vasant has over 7 years of industry experience working with leading Security MNC organizations advising large enterprises in their security and systems management. Prior to joining Websense, Vasant worked with Bigfix in a similar role and with Ramco systems as a network engineer where he started his career.

Vasant holds a bachelor of engineering degree in the field of electronics and a Masters in information technology with a specialization in networking from Symbiosis Centre of Information Technology. Vasant is an active speaker in various security seminars by invitation and his inputs are regularly sought by media on emerging security trends.

Mr. Vijay Mukhi, Managing Director, The Computer Institute

Mr. Vijay Mukhi, an Electrical Engineer from VJTI, is one of the pioneers of the Indian Infotech Industry. For years, he has been the first to teach new emerging technologies in India thus ensuring that India always has people well-trained in the latest in technologies. He trains students at his own computer training center, Vijay Mukhi’s Computer Institute, as well as providing corporate training to companies in various technologies. He has also conducted training programs for multinational companies world over. He is also an ISO 27001 certified auditor. He has been invited to conduct seminars/programs for bodies ranging from NASSCOM to CSI to FICCI to IMC etc.

Mr. Mukhi has written over 80 books ranging from C, C++(The C-Odyssey series) to Animation,Networking, Java and finally to the .Net Odyssey Series. These books have a worldwide audience and can be easily accessed from his technology tutorial website ‘www.vijaymukhi.com’. At present, his focus is on cyber safety and cyber security. He is currently authoring titles dealing with web application security, which are being published in both English and Japanese as well. His books have also been translated in Portuguese.

Mr. Mukhi was a Member of High Court/State Government Committee on Pornography and Cyber Laws. He has been a Co-Chair of the Cyber Safety Week – a joint effort of Mumbai Police and NASSCOM. Mr Mukhi has served as a Public Interest Director on the board of the Bombay Stock Exchange for 3 years.

Mr. Mukhi has been the Past President of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), and the Past President of National Association of Computer Trainers (NACT). He has been a co-founder of the Internet Users Community of India (IUCI) with Shammi Kapoor. He was a Member of The NASSCOM National Advisory Board on Information Security & Assurance.

Further, he chairs The IT Committee at FICCI and has been designated the post of Chairman for The IT Committee at Indian Merchant Chambers since the last 5 years. Mr Mukhi has worked closely with the Maharashtra/Mumbai Police on various e-security initiatives. He is member of the Citizens Committee on Security formed by the Mumbai High Court. The Maharashtra Government has created the Maharashtra State Security Council and Mr Mukhi has been invited not only to be a member but also chair the Communication and Cyber Crime Sub-Group. He is a Consultant with DSK Legal, one of the largest law firms in the country, on the use of technology in Corporate Governance and Cyber Law. His current interest is in the various facets of cloud computing. He spends most of his time in evangelizing the cloud.

Mr. Sameer J. Ratolikar, Chief Information Security Officer, Bank of India

Mr. Sameer J Ratolikar is the Chief Information Security Officer at Bank of India, Mumbai. He has more than 15 years experience in Information Technology. Ratolikar has competency in Information Security Management and Core Banking like setting up of security team to tackle cyber threats, guiding in identification of risks and mitigating controls, preparing business continuity plan, disaster recovery plan, etc. As the Chief of Information Security, he has executed various projects for the Banks such as monitoring of Corporate website for malicious mobile codes, Risk assessment of critical assets having RTGs, NEFT, payment systems, Internal Portal for information security and prevention of cyber crimes.

He is responsible for supervising the information security processes at India, Singapore Data Centre and Disaster Recovery Centres and holds the following certifications: Ethical Hacker, ISO 27010 LA, MCSE, CCNA, IT Law Certified, ITIL V.3 certified , ISO 9001:2000 LA.

Mr. Pratap Reddy, Director, Cyber Security, NASSCOM

Mr. Pratap Reddy, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the rank of Inspector General of Police joined NASSCOM as Advisor / Director, Cyber Security on deputation from Government of India. Pratap brings with him long experience in law enforcement with aptitude for IT and E-governance initiatives. At NASSCOM Pratap Reddy is leading the Cyber Security Initiatives through the Cyber Labs Project of NASSCOM and DSCI (Data Security Council of India). The Cyber Labs Project of NASSCOM is a pioneering PPP initiative from NASSCOM / DSCI.
During his stint with the Government, he served as Superintendent of Police in Bijapur and Gulbarga Districts in Karnataka and, later he was on deputation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). While in CBI, he held the position of Superintendent of Police, Banking Securities and Frauds Cell (BS&FC), Bangalore and, Anti Corruption Branch, Mumbai. He has also held the position of Deputy Inspector General of Police, Corps of Detectives (CoD), Bangalore. He was the DIG, Communications and Computers just before joining NASSCOM.
Mr. Reddy has obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Management from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He has been decorated with Chief Minister’s Medal for Meritorious Service (1994) and the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service (2008).

Mr. Jim Reno, Chief Technology Officer, Arcot Systems

Jim brings decades of engineering expertise and product development success to Arcot. Prior to joining Arcot in 1999 as vice president, product development and engineering, Jim was vice president and chief technologist at Vantive Corporation. He has also held senior development and management positions at Informix, SCO, and Olivetti. Jim is one of the inventors of the 3-D Secure protocol used in the Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode programs and he holds multiple patents in the area of credit card verification and authentication. Jim holds a BS from MIT and also MSCS and MBA degrees from the University of Illinois.

Mr. Anil Sagar, Additional Director, CERT-In

Mr. Anil Sagar works as Director of the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In). He primarily looks after CERT-In Operations including Incident Response, tracking of vulnerabilities and Issuance of advisories, strategies to strengthen computer networks, methodologies to increase user awareness, security profiling. He also interacts with Sectoral CERTs, International CERTs and other security forums.
Mr. Sagar has a total experience of more than 16 years in the area of Information Technology. He is working in the field of Information Security since last 7 years.
He holds degree in M.S. (Software Systems) from BITS, Pilani and B.E. (Computer Engineering) from Delhi College of Engineering. He is a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) and EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA) from EC-Council, USA. He has received trainings in Information Security and Computer Forensics from Carnegie Mellon University, USA.

Mr. Nav Saini, Technical Services Director - India, Micro Focus

India, is currently focused on strengthening the Micro Focus consulting capability and forging strategic partnerships within India, with a view to facilitating long term win-win business. Nav has centred principally on Mainframe systems in the blue-chip financial and retail sectors for the past 18 years in a wide variety of roles based across Europe. Having consulted for Micro Focus on a regular basis, Nav has specialised in the Micro Focus mainframe offload and migration business. Prior to his current involvement with Micro Focus, Nav was working with the Barclaycard India launch based out of Mumbai. He is a BSC computer sciences graduate from the 1989 class from University of Hertfordshire. Outside of technology, Nav is passionately involved with charities/NGO's promoting the welfare of coral reefs, principally through local education programmes that focus on ecological land and sea management." Nav lives in London, UK.

Mr. Vishal Salvi, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, HDFC Bank

Mr. Vishal Salvi has seventeen years of industry experience having worked in Crompton Greaves, Development Credit Bank, Global Trust Bank, and Standard Chartered Bank before taking on the role of Chief Information Security Officer and Senior Vice President at HDFC Bank. Prior to joining HDFC Bank, he has worked at Standard Chartered Bank for eleven years in a variety of roles in IT Service Delivery, Governance and Risk Management and Information Security. His last role was that of Heading the Global Operational Information Security for SCB Worldwide.

At HDFC Bank, Vishal heads the Information Security Group and responsible for driving Information Security strategy and its implementation across the Bank and its subsidiaries. HDFC Bank, based in Mumbai, India, was incorporated in August 1994, and, currently has a nationwide network of 1412 Branches and 2890 ATM's in 528 Indian towns and cities.

Mr. Salvi holds a Bachelors of Engineering in Computers, Masters in Business Administration - Finance from NMIMS and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).

Mr. Nandkumar Saravade, General Manager, Financial Crime Prevention Department, ICICI Bank Ltd

Mr. Nandkumar Saravade is currently working as General Manager, Financial Crime Prevention Department, in ICICI Bank Ltd. In this role, he is responsible for fraud prevention for the Bank and handles process changes, application and vendor screening, transaction monitoring and investigations. Till recently, Mr Saravade served with the elite Indian Police Service (IPS). His last assignment in the IPS was Director, Cyber Security and Compliance, National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), India’s IT association, on secondment from the Government.

In NASSCOM, Mr Saravade was heading NASSCOM’s security initiatives and his work involved contributing to policy formulation, creating training facilities for cyber crime investigation & knowledge for law enforcement organisations, advising NASSCOM members on incident response management and organising mass awareness campaigns on cyber security. He handled NASSCOM’s interaction with the Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India, on amendments to the Information Technology Act, the cyber security legislation which got enacted recently. He 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.

Mr Saravade served in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for seven years. He led the Bank Securities and Fraud Cell of CBI at Mumbai for a year. Prior to that, he supervised the CBI functioning in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. He headed the Mumbai Anti Corruption Branch, CBI’s largest unit in the country, for five years.

Mr Saravade’s 20 years experience with the Indian police gives him an unmatched insight into the functioning of enforcement systems in India. He has been awarded the Prime Minister’s Baton and Revolver for being the Best All-round Probationer of the 1987 batch of the IPS and also the Indian Police Medal for Distinguished Services.

He is a frequent speaker at various forums and conferences. Some of the recent events he has spoken at include those organized by the National Defence University, International Telecom Union, British Bankers’ Association, Council of Europe, National Police Academy and International Association of Privacy Professionals.

He holds a B.E. (Civil Engineering) from the Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad and an M.Tech. (Environmental Science and Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Mr. Brijesh Singh, Deputy Commissionar of Police, Mumbai, IPS (Indian Police Service)

Mr. Brijesh Singh is posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police Mumbai, IPS 1996 batch.

He holds a B.E., PG Dip in business management, PG Dip in foreign trade, PG Dip in computer forensics and cybercrime investigation, a Masters in Psychology, Masters in Public Administration. He is currently doing LLB while pursuing a Doctorate in Psychology.

Ms. Kavita Tavare, Head of Security, Fraud & Risk, HSBC

Ms. Kavita Tavare is currently heading the Security & Fraud Risk function for HSBC India, which includes Physical & Electronic security, IT Security, Business Continuity and Fraud Management.
She has 17 years of banking experience with HSBC moving across various departments ranging from Treasury Back office, Customer Service and Area Operations and the last 7 years in the Fraud Management function.
This includes conceptualisation, development, implementation & ongoing review of various fraud prevention/monitoring techniques to adequately address the risk posed by prevailing fraud trends across products . Additionally, reviewing policies & procedures and recommending changes with appropriate mitigants to ensure accurate & timely detection of frauds.
Ms. Tavare is an active member of the IPCRC, which is a joint effort by all Banks and the Visa/MasterCard to curb and prevent fraud. She is also the Co-chairperson for the Safety & Security Committee with Bombay Chambers of Commerce.

With more to be announced soon!