Program Committee

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  Harish Shankar – Conference Chair

  Harish Shankar is a seasoned cybersecurity professional who is currently working as Director – Head of Product Vulnerability Management in Schneider Electric. In this role, he heads Schneider Electric’s PSIRT Team which is represented as SE - Corporate Product Cyber Emergency Response Team (CPCERT) where he is responsible for defining and governing product vulnerability response. Prior to this role, he handled Product Incident Response and has hands-on experience on Incident Response and Digital Forensics. He also held the position of Information Security Officer for the APAC region in Schneider Electric. He is based in Bangalore, India.

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  Archana Nandakumar – Program Chair

  Archana is a seasoned cybersecurity leader with over 19 years of expertise spanning Security Operations Centers (SOC), cyber strategy, incident response, and incident management. For the past 14 years at Cisco, she has fortified global cyber defenses through technical leadership in incident response efforts and handling major incident management, driving customer engagement and partnering with executive leadership to align security priorities with business objectives. As a key member of NASSCOM’s FutureSkills Prime — a national digital skilling platform and a joint initiative with MeitY–NASSCOM — she plays a pivotal role in shaping India’s cybersecurity talent pipeline by defining career pathways and guiding curriculum standards, including work with C-DAC Hyderabad and AICTE’s Cybersecurity Diploma. A strong advocate for diversity, Archana has led the Cisco Women in Cybersecurity (CWiCS) India chapter, and actively mentors through WiCSP (Women in Cybersecurity & Privacy), a nonprofit community dedicated to raising cybersecurity awareness and is an experienced international speaker, having presented at FIRST TC, NASSCOM academia forums, and leading industry conferences.

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Questions for the Program Committee

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On behalf of the Program Committee, we look forward to bringing the community another compelling program and look forward to seeing everyone in Bangalore Technical Colloquium!