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Dr Rakshit Tandon has more than a decade of experience in the CyberSecurity Domain and is widely recognized as a pioneer and early thought leader in the Cybersecurity awareness space in India. In his personal capacity, he has sensitized more than 5.6 million students on the issue of Cyber Safety across the nation covering more than 25 states, and 4 union territories.

He is the Cyber Security Consultant to the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and a Visiting Faculty for Cyber Crime Investigations at the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) for Training Law Enforcement Officers across the Country. He is the Chairman of India Against Child Abuse, a National Outreach Program by Justice Mohan Children University and NCSSS.

He has made valuable contributions to the Child Online Protection in India Report by UNICEF and is a training consultant with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). He is also the President of the Joint Action Team for Combating Cyber Crime against Women and Children.He is also a prolific speaker and has spoken extensively at “Talks at Google” and “TEDx“.

Mr Sudeep Goenka is Assistant Inspector General (AIG) - Special Branch, Cyber-Intelligence, Madhya Pradesh.

Dr Aunshul Rege directs the Cybersecurity in Application, Research, and Education (CARE Lab) at Temple University. She holds a PhD and MA in Criminal Justice, an MA and BA (Hons.) in Criminology, and a BSc in Computer Science.

She has been researching proactive cybersecurity in the context of cybercrimes against critical infrastructures for over 10 years. Specifically, her National Science Foundation-funded (CAREER, CPS, EAGER) research examines adversarial and defender behaviour, decision-making, adaptations, modus operandi, and group dynamics.

More recently, she has started researching Social Engineering, which is the psychological manipulation of individuals to start and maintain cyberattacks via her NSF SaTC EDU grant. Dr Rege has been hosting international social engineering competitions for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students since 2021.

Dr Rege's research has been published in several outlets, such as the Journal of Information Warfare, the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, the Security Journal, and the IEEE Intelligent Systems. She serves on the Advisory Board of Black Girls Hack, Raices Cyber, and Breaking Barriers Women in Cybersecurity and she is the research lead for the DefCon SE Community. Dr Rege and her work have been featured in several media outlets, such as WHYY/PBS/NPR Studio 2, BBC World Service, Security Week, and Dark Reading, to name a few.

Sachin Kalra is the Global Solutions Manager at Google. He is a technology leader within the Google Cloud Solutions Engineering organization, with 18+ years of technology, customer engineering and thought leadership experience. He is responsible for helping drive vision, mission, and strategy around security solutions, deliver impactful, customer-relevant business outcomes and enable repeatable, low-friction solutions-based selling. He is a certified professional (CISSP) in the field of Information Security and has been contributing in the Cybersecutity space for years. He has extensive knowledge and experience in protecting networks, systems, and data from cyberattacks. Proven ability to identify, assess, and mitigate cybersecurity risks, develop and implement security policies and procedures, and respond to security incidents.

Mr Vijayashankar is popularly known as Naavi in the cyber space. He specializes in Consultancy related to Regulatory compliance in the areas of ITA 2000/8, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, DPDPA (Digital Personal Data Protection Act of India) etc. Naavi is also a Registered Independent Director with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India.

Has nearly 50 years of domain expertise including Banking, Advertising, Cyber Law, Education, Information and Data Security compliance. He is a visiting faculty at the National Law School Bangalore (NLSIU) and NALSAR, Hyderabad, among others.

He has authored several books including the first book on Cyber Laws in India in 1999. Also authored a book titled "Personal Data Protection Act of India (PDPA 2020)" to mark the beginning of a new era of data protection in India. Naavi has also been at the forefront of the Netizen movement in India. He is the founder and secretary of the Cyber Society of India and has been a member of several working groups of the Government of India involved in Information Technology-related matters

Yasir Arafat Shaikh is a highly decorated cyber security trainer, recognized as the Best Cyber Security Trainer in 2018 and a two-time recipient of the EC-Council Instructor Circle of Excellence Award for the years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. With extensive experience in training law enforcement agencies, Yasir has successfully trained various batches of the Maharashtra Police and has been invited to speak at numerous national-level conferences on cyber security. He is also an active corporate trainer, specializing in web and network penetration testing, and is continuously learning to enhance his skills.

Yasir's expertise in the field has earned him recognition from various news channels such as News18 and ABP News, as well as national-level newspapers such as Mid-Day and Deccan Herald, where he has been featured in articles on cyber security. With his exceptional knowledge and ability to communicate complex concepts effectively, Yasir is a trusted resource for organizations seeking to enhance their cyber security measures.