Presently Union Home Secretary since 23.08.2024.

Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Ministry of Home Affairs w.e.f. 14.08.2024 till 22.08.2024.

Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Government of India w.e.f. 01.10.2021 till 14.08.2024.

Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) w.e.f. 17.09.2018 till 30.09.2021.

Joint Secretary, MHA w.e.f. 14.05.2018 till 17.09.2021.

Before joining MHA, Shri Govind Mohan worked as Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, M/o Finance, Govt. of India with effect from 10.08.2017 to 13.05.2018. He also functioned as Principal Resident Commissioner, Sikkim since 25th August, 2015.

Prior to this assignment Shri Govind Mohan worked as Minister (Economic), Embassy of India, Washington DC, USA from 25th July, 2012 to 24th August, 2015. In this assignment he dealt with Co-ordinating issues of selected Ministries/Departments of Government of India with corresponding entities of the Government of USA; Economic liaison between the Indian Ministry of Finance and US Treasury; Energy partnership between India and US; Facilitation of dialogue between the commerce and industry chambers of India and US.

In previous assignments in Government of India, Shri Govind Mohan has worked as Joint Secretary, in the Cabinet Secretariat, from January 2011 to July 2012 and looked after the Special assignments relating to: Prices and inflation; Development of a natural gas grid; Transparency in allotment of natural resources; Telecom policy; Space Policy; Commonwealth Games; Development of inland waterways; Development of dedicated freight corridor (DFC). Handling matters related to social sector and infrastructure Ministries and Departments of Government of India, in so far as they pertain to the Cabinet Secretariat. Administration of Cabinet Secretariat.

He also worked as Director and thereafter Joint Secretary in the D/o Economic Affairs from February, 2008 to February 2009 and continued as JS upto January 2011 and looked after Infrastructure policy and public private partnerships (PPPs); Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB); Multilateral institutions (Asian Development Bank) and externally aided projects including co-ordination of the annual meeting (2010) of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF); Administration of mints and presses.

Shri Govind Mohan has also handled various assignments in the cadre in the State of Sikkim.

Dr. Ajay Kumar joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1985 and retired as Defence Secretary of India on 31.10.2022.

Dr. Ajay Kumar is B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. He is M.S. Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota, USA and Ph.D. in Business Administration from Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, USA.

Dr. Ajay Kumar held various senior level positions in the State Government of Kerala and the Central Government. From July, 2015 to November, 2017, he held the post of Director General, National Informatics Centre (NIC) and Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Communications and IT. He was appointed as the Secretary, Department of Defence Production in the Ministry of Defence in December, 2017 and later as Union Defence Secretary from August, 2019 to October, 2022.

Dr. Ajay Kumar has spearheaded several initiatives and reforms in his career in the Civil Service. These include corporatization of Ordnance Factories Board, Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDex), AGNIPATH Scheme (Agniveers), promotion of Defence exports in the Ministry of Defence. In the Ministry of Electronics and IT, he was instrumental in revival of electronics system and design industry through a slew of policy initiatives including Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme, Electronic Manufacturing Clusters Scheme,

Preference to Domestically Manufactured Goods Scheme, Scheme for setting up semi-conductor fabs, Electronics Development Fund and Compulsory Registration Order mandating safety standards of electronic goods. As DG, NIC he was instrumental in launching various Digital India initiatives including MyGov, Jeevan Pramaan, biometric attendance system among others. While in Kerala, Dr. Ajay Kumar is credited to have revived Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation (KELTRON) during 2000-2002 period and scaling-up of IT investments in the State during his tenure as Secretary IT of the State.

Dr. Ajay Kumar has, to his credit, several publications in national and international journals including at ICIS, IEEE, IJEC, HICCS etc.

He was awarded the "Silver Elephant" medallion by National Scouts and

Guides by His Excellency the President of India, in 1994. In the same year, he also earned a citation by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India and was adjudged the "Outstanding Young Person" by the Junior Chamber of Kerala.

He earned the Graduate School Fellowship by the University of Minnesota, USA for the years 2004 and 2005. He was adjudged as the "Electronics Leader of the Year" for the year 2012 for promotion of electronics industry in the country. He was awarded the Technovation Sarabhai Award by IESA in 2015 for his outstanding contribution to ESDM Industry and was also awarded the “Champion of Change” Award by CEAMA in 2017.

He was also awarded Distinguished Alumnus Award (DAA)-2019 of IIT Kanpur.

He was conferred Fellowship of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) for his outstanding contributions to engineering and dynamic leadership in engineering domain which have immensely contributed for the faster development of the country with effect from November 1, 2021. Dr. Ajay Kumar has been appointed Chairman, Union Public Service Commission by the Hon’ble President of India on 15th May, 2025.

REAR ADMIRAL SANJAY SACHDEVA is an alumnus of Naval Academy as he joined the (10+2 X' first course) in 1987 and passed out as second in overall order of merit (President Bronze Medal). He got commissioned on 01 Ju I 91.

Admiral has undergone specialization in Navigation and Direction and has tenanted various command and staff tenures. Admiral was also deputed to Russia for acceptance trials of Talwar class ships.

On academic front, Admiral attended 61^st Staff Course at Defeence Services Staff College, Wellington and qualified with DS Grading. He was awarded CNS Gold Medal for the best paper on operational issues during Naval Higher Command Course (2014). In 2018, he attended NDC at National Resilience Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Admiral has also tenanted instructional appointments at prestigious Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and National Defence College, New Delhi. Admiral took over the helm of premier Tri Services agency in Cyber Domain ie Defence Cyber Agency on 01 Jul 24. Admiral has also been conferred upon with Nao Sena Medal for devotion to duty in 2022.

He is an avid reader and loves to travel.

Nathan Hamiel is Senior Director of Research at Kudelski Security, where he leads the fundamental and applied research team, part of the Innovation group working to define the future of the company’s products and services. He focuses on emerging and disruptive technologies and their intersection with information security. This research includes new approaches to difficult security problems and the safety, security, and privacy of artificial intelligence. Nathan is passionate about risks at the intersection of technology and humanity and shares his thoughts on his blog, Perilous.tech. During his 25 years in cybersecurity, he has been a regular public speaker, presenting his research at global security events, including Black Hat, DEF CON, HOPE, ShmooCon, SecTor, ToorCon, and many others. He is also a veteran member of the Black Hat review board, serving as the AI, ML, and Data Science track lead.

Arun Nair is Senior Security Consultant with experience of Red Teaming especially in malware development and defense evasion. He holds multiple certifications like OSCP, CRTP, CRTL, CodeMachine Malware Techniques and Hacksys Windows Kernel Exploitation. He has worked with top-tier organizations like Google and Mandiant with a role of red teaming. Beyond his professional endeavors, Arun is actively involved in the cybersecurity community. He has contributed as a volunteer in designing CTF (Capture The Flag) challenges for the Defcon Adversary Village, and has shared his knowledge through talks and workshops at prestigious events like Bsides Transylvania, HackSpaceCon, RingZer0, RedTeamSummit, c0c0n. In addition to his professional achievements and contributions to the cybersecurity community, Arun Nair dedicates his free time to sharing knowledge and insights on his blog at dazzyddos.github.io

Ashfaq Ansari is a vulnerability researcher and specializes in software exploitation. He is the develpper of **HackSys Extreme Vulnerable Driver (HEVD)** which has helped many upcoming professionals get started with Windows Kernel exploitation. He holds numerous CVEs under his belt and is the instructor of the popular "Windows Kernel Exploitation" course. His core interest lies in low-level software exploitation both in user and kernel mode, vulnerability research, reverse engineering, hybrid fuzzing, and program analysis.

Manish Gupta is Director of CyberWarFare Labs having 10 years of expertise in offensive Information Security. Previously he had worked as an red team operator & team lead at MNCs like Microsoft, Grab & Citrix. He specializes in Red Teaming Activities on enterprise Environment including On-premise & Multi-Cloud. His Research interest includes Real World Cyber Attack Simulation and Advanced persistent Threat (APT). Previously he has presented his research at reputed conferences like Blackhat, DEFCON, Nullcon, BSIDES Chapters, X33fcon Poland, NorthSec Canada & other corporate trainings etc.

Parth Agrawal is a Security Researcher at CyberWarFare Labs, specializing in Red and Blue Team operations with expertise in multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP). He has hands-on experience in building deceptive defense mechanisms, cloud-native honeypots, and designing IAM-focused cloud architectures for enterprises and training platforms. His work centers on cloud threat detection, deception-based defenses, and monitoring adversary activity. His research interests include cloud adversary emulation, IAM exploitation, and Red vs. Blue simulation scenarios.

Kumar Ashwin is a Security Researcher at RedHunt Labs with a strong background in offensive and defensive security, Ashwin specializes in OSINT, web, cloud, and software supply chain security, bringing a unique perspective to tackling modern security challenges. Ashwin has delivered presentations and conducted training sessions for security professionals at renowned conferences like x33fcon, BSides, and c0c0n. He has also actively contributed to security communities such as null. The Open Security Community, Winja, and DEFCON Cloud Village, creating CTF challenges and sharing insights through different engagements. Ashwin's expertise encompasses security engineering, offensive and defensive security where his practical experience and innovative approaches have been pivotal in assisting organizations in strengthening their security posture and safeguarding their digital assets.

Shubham Mittal is the CEO of RedHunt Labs, a leading 360-degree Attack Surface Management platform. Shubham co-founded Recon Village, an OSINT-focused mini-conference, and has organized it at DEFCON since 2017. He is a review board member at BlackHat Asia, BlackHat Europe, RootConf, and Pycon India (Information Security Track). He has trained and presented to various government organizations, and security firms, and at notable conferences such as Black Hat, DEFCON, HackMiami, Nullcon, and various government orgs. Shubham has a strong foothold in OSINT, Recon, Cybersecurity, and Product Engineering. His expertise covers Offensive and Defensive security, Open Source Intelligence, and Perimeter Security. Actively involved in the Null-Open Security Community, Shubham prefers working from the command line and using the vi editor.

Dr. Satheesh Kumar S, Associate Director at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Thiruvananthapuram, has more than two decades of experience in spearheading research projects in cyber security and digital forensics. His area of expertise includes vulnerability analysis, exploit development and forensic analysis of smart devices. He is a GIAC Mobile Device Security Analyst (GMOB) and has several research publications in his credit. He has vast experience in delivering training sessions and workshops for various Law Enforcement Agencies in India. He is also certified in Direct Trainer Skills (DTS) & Design of Training (DoT).

Jiffy Joseph is a vulnerability researcher with a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering. With extensive experience in Android reverse engineering, kernel exploitation, and low-level binary analysis, Jiffy has been contributing to the field of Cyber forensics through R&D projects at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) Thiruvananthapuram, India. Her core interests include Android vulnerability analysis & exploitation, ARM64 assembly, and kernel debugging, complemented by a strong publication record in peer-reviewed journals and expert lectures on generative AI and Android security.

Saurabh Rai is an Android security researcher specialised in userland fuzzing and exploitation of native libraries. His area of interest includes reverse engineering, vulnerability analysis, kernel debugging and exploit development. He is a Certified Android Exploit Developer. He is currently working as research engineer at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) in Thiruvananthapuram, India and has many contributions in his credit in the field of Android security through various R & D projects at the centre.

Ibrahim Badhsha is a vulnerability researcher specializing in Android kernel exploitation and low-level software security. With a deep focus on identifying vulnerabilities and developing reliable exploits for Android devices, his work has contributed significantly to the field of Cyber forensics through R&D projects at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) Thiruvananthapuram, India. He has extensive experience in reverse engineering, vulnerability research, and exploit development across various Android platforms. His core interests include Android kernel and user-mode exploitation, reverse engineering and binary assessment.

Kartheek Lade is a passionate security researcher with a strong focus on enhancing the security landscape of the Internet of Vehicles (IoV). He actively contributes to the Seasides community and serves as a technical committee member of the ASRG Vulnerability Management team, focusing on fortifying vehicles and embedded security.

Kartheek is also a regular speaker / trainer at renowned international security conferences, including Seasides, C0c0n, DEFCON Car Hacking Village, BlackHat Arsenal, Secure Our Streets (SOS) and NullCon. Whether it's breaking down security barriers or sparking insightful discussions, he's always up for the challenge.

• Security Architect
• Over six years of experience in Information Security, design and development of Application Software.
• Audited 50+ business Web-Applications in the areas of Banking, Finance, Insurance, Trading and eCommerce.
• Conducted security audit of Payment Gateway.
• Expertise in handling various Application security Assessments, Penetration Tests and Vulnerability Assessment
• Good work exposure on implementation of SOC (Security Operation Centre) and Data Loss Prevention
• Proficient in understanding application level vulnerabilities like XSS, SQL injection, response splitting attacks, session hijacking, authorization bypass, weak cryptography, authentication flaws & design level vulnerabilities along with the defence mechanisms.
• Expert in web security testing tools like Proxy Editors, Network Sniffing tools, Web Vulnerability scanners, flash de-compilers.
• Well versed with OWASP Top 10
• Proficiency in creating Threat profile for different types of applications
• Knowledge of different phases, methodologies, concepts and procedures involved in the PT/VA.
• Good understanding of vulnerability scanners like Nessus, QualysGuard, Rapid7 and Symantec CCSVM.
• Expertise in implementation and configuration disk encryption and email encryption (PGP)
• Sound knowledge on remediation process for the vulnerabilities identified during the assessment
• Proficient in Information security reporting for executive management
• Trained in secure code review of .NET applications.
• Trained in web services testing methodology.
• Sound knowledge of T-SQL, Crystal Reports, VBA, C# (Winforms), Visual Basic.NET
• Expertise in database programming
• Experienced with exposure and experience in understanding, reversing and fuzzing wireless protocols in the RF-Layer of systems.
• Experienced in reversing hardware protocols and implementing hardware attacks and threat-modelling of Wireless and Signals Systems. Have previous exposure and experience in Signal Design and Offensive Signal Tactics. Presently working on application of EW and SIGINT techniques in the Aerospace and Defence domain. Personal projects include machine learning and deep learning methods of recognition and deepfaking signals that can cause signal cant impact on the physical domain/layer of systems and OpenWRT for mesh networking.
• Signal Detection meta information extraction of signals using Commercially available SDR platforms.
• Protocol decomposition of signal of interest.
• Baseline formulation of minimum jamming requirements for RADAR and datalink.
• Utilization of SDR for SIGINT and ELINT in drones.
• Proof of Concept development of DRFM systems using commercially available SDR.
• Telecom signal (LTE) reconnaissance using commercially available SDR
• Radio Direction Finding (RDF) and aggregation using commercially avaialble SDR.
• Establishment of CEMA guidelines for EW and Cross layer protocol research.
• Bechmarking of default DSP algorithms in GP-CPU's using python (adopted from BDTI guidelines)
• Network metrics computation of IQ data transfer metrics on mesh networks for SIGINT and ELINT operations.
• Wideband FHSS interception techniques using aliasing and FFT shot detection.
• Development of PoC of Automatic Modulation Recognition techniques using function models in python.
• 3D cyclostationary analysis of signals for operator visulalization.
• IQ signal generator and interference generator using SDR for RDF testing.
• Information security baseline for CEMA and ELINT operations

Aditya Arun Kumar is a Communication Engineer based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, with a focus on security and signal processing. He is currently employed at Nokia, where he holds the position of Product Security Specialist, having recently transitioned from an R&D Specialist role after nearly three years. His expertise includes Software Defined Radio-based signal processing, with experience in areas such as 5G, C++, and security testing.

Aditya has a Master of Technology (MTech) degree in Communication Engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), where he specialized in topics like wireless communication systems, signal processing, and embedded protocols. Prior to his current role, he gained experience at various esteemed organizations working in areas like electronic warfare, security research, and signal intelligence.

He is a part of South Indian SDR User Group a non-profit that teaches people about SDR hardware and software.

Yash Bharadwaj, Co-Founder & CTO at CyberWarFare Labs with over 8.5 Years of Experience as Technologist. Highly attentive towards finding, learning and discovering new TTP's used during offensive engagements. His area of interest includes building Red / Blue team infrastructure, Security Controls Internals, Pwning On-Premise & Multi cloud infrastructure. Previously he has delivered hands-on red / blue / purple team trainings / talks / workshops at Blackhat, Defcon, Nullcon, X33fCon, NorthSec, BSIDES Chapters (US & Asia Pacific), OWASP Chapters, CISO Platform, YASCON & other private trainings.

Dhruv Shah is an information security professional with over 13+ years of expertise in application, mobile, network and cloud security. He has co-authored the books "Kali Linux Intrusion and Exploitation" and "Hands-on Pentesting. with BurpSuite" by Packtpub. Dhruv has delivered Advanced web hacking, Hacking and securing Cloud Infrastructure and Tactical OSINT for Pentesters trainings and trained at major cybersecurity conferences such as Black Hat USA, Europe, and Asia, as well as other notable events like Hack in Paris, BSides Lisbon, Texas Cyber Summit, etc. He has provided security training to clients across the UK, EU, and USA. He is a core member of Recon Village at Defcon

Manoj Kumar has more than 10 years of experience in the field of Application Security with a master's in cybersecurity and is a co-founder of h1hakz. He has developed many Secure Application Projects using different languages and has code-reviewed a wide range of applications, from embedded systems to web applications including Retail Banking and E-commerce Applications. Also given training on c0c0n XIII, c0c0n XI, Bslides Delaware, WOPR, HackMiami etc.

Ranjith Menon who has more than 14 years of experience. He is an active player on Bug bounty programs and specialises in Web applications, Mobile, Cloud and a contributor to the Security Community and co-founder of h1hakz, an open platform for knowledge sharing through webcast series. Also, he has found many vulnerabilities for many organizations. Also given training on c0c0n XIII,c0c0n XII, c0c0n XI, Bslides Delaware, WOPR, HackMiami etc.Apart from hacking, he gets time for fitness from his work schedule.

Anant Shrivastava is an information security professional with 16+ yrs of corporate experience in Network, Mobile, Application and Linux Security. Anant is an avid opensource supporter and runs multiple opensource projects prominent of them being TamerPlatform and CodeVigilant.

He contributes to multiple Open communities like null and Garage4Hackers. He has also helped establishing local chapter in his hometown null Bhopal

He has been a speaker and a trainer at a multitude of conferences such as Black Hat -USA/ASIA/EU, Defcon, Nullcon, c0c0n, Rootconf and many more).

He also participates in various communities as a cfp reviewer. Notable of them being Blackhat EU, nullcon, Rootconf by Hasgeek, recon village @ Defcon , cloud village @ defcon, Adversary Village @ defcon

His code contributions can be found on Github. He is active on Twitter and Fediverse and his talks and presentations can be found here. He writes about his experiments at his blog.

After 17 years in ITsec and 24 in IT Abraham is now the CEO of 7ASecurity (7asecurity.com), a company specializing in penetration testing of web/mobile apps, infrastructure, code reviews and training. Security Trainer at Blackhat USA, HITB, OWASP Global AppSec and many other events. OWASP OWTF project leader, an OWASP flagship project (owtf.org), Major degree and Diploma in Computer Science, some certs: CISSP, OSCP, GWEB, OSWP, CPTS, CEH, MCSE:Security, MCSA:Security, Security+. As a shell scripting fan trained by unix dinosaurs, Abraham wears a proud manly beard. He writes on Twitter as @7asecurity @7a_ @owtfp or https://7asecurity.com/blog. Multiple presentations, pentest reports and recordings can be found at https://7asecurity.com/publication

Abhishek is a trainer at 7ASecurity, where he has conducted training at notable conferences like OWASP AppSec New Zealand 2021, 44Con 2020 & 2022, ThreatCon 2021, c0c0n 2019 & 2022 and Shu-ha-ri Labs 2020. Abhishek is also a Lead Security Engineer at CRED with primary research focus in mobile security. With years of experience in security, he leads two projects - Adhrit and EVABS and has presented his work at prominent conferences like BlackHat Asia 2023, BlackHat US 2022, BlackHat Europe 2021, OWASP Seasides 2019, ThreatCon 2019 and BlackHat Asia 2020 where his tool - Adhrit was covered by The Daily Swig by PortSwigger. He has also delivered talks at community meetups like Cysinfo & bi0s Meetup and was an assisting trainer at the International Summer School for Information Security and Protection, 2016

Amrudesh Balakrishnan is a Senior Mobile Security Engineer at CRED, where he leads efforts to embed security into the product lifecycle and advance security automation. Starting his career as an Android developer, he carries a developer-first mindset into security, focusing on making the secure path the easiest path for engineers. He is the creator of MORF (Mobile Reconnaissance Framework), an open-source project recognized at Black Hat Arsenal Asia and US. Amrudesh has delivered talks and workshops at Nullcon, THREAT CON, and other global conferences, and is currently exploring the critical intersection of AI and product security.

Product Security Engineer @ Security Centre of Excellence – Philips Innovation Campus. He is M.Tech. in CS with Specialization in Information & Network Security. He conducts frequent talks and workshops on Info Sec topics @ several places including c0c0n, NullCon, Defcon BHV, Bsides Delhi & Bangalore Chapter, OWASP, Null A'bad & Bangalore Chapter, DroidCon-IN. Kartik loves to write technical Blogs in his leisure time.

Aravind is a security consultant at Optiv, specializing in offensive security. With multiple certifications, including CRTP, CRTE, CRTO, and CRTL, Aravind has extensive experience conducting numerous engagements. This experience has provided valuable insights into the tactics employed by real-world adversaries. His expertise enables him to simulate attacks effectively and identify vulnerabilities in systems and networks, showcasing his problem-solving skills and practical knowledge. He has delivered talks and workshops at prestigious events like Defcon Red Team Village, c0c0n.

Soumyadeep Basu is a cybersecurity professional with over five years of experience in both offensive and defensive security. He began his career in red teaming and has worked with organizations like Mandiant, Payatu, and Zscaler, contributing to adversary emulation, malware development, and cloud deception. He holds certifications including OSCP, OSEP, eCPTX, and AZ-500. Currently, Soumyadeep is a Senior Security Engineer at GoDaddy, where he leads threat detection initiatives. He has delivered training and talks at conferences such as HackSpaceCon, RingZer0, and c0c0n, covering topics like red team automation, cloud attack simulation, and advanced evasion techniques.