Cyber law, investigation & security...

In 1999, I co-founded Asian School of Cyber Laws and moved into the super exciting field of cyber law and cyber crime investigation. I have had the privilege of assisting the Government of India in framing draft rules and regulations under the Information Technology Act.

My work has taken me to 18 countries and I have investigated cyber crimes & data breaches for hundreds of organisations across many sectors - aerospace, banking, defence, law & tax enforcement, IT, manufacturing, media, medical, pharmaceuticals, shipping, trading, transportation.

Tech products...

I led the team that developed Collaborative Online Investigation Network (COIN).

I led the team that developed the ASCL Volatile Evidence Retrieval Tool (Vertool) for quick evidence retrieval from Windows computers.

I led the team that developed Primechain, a blockchain ecosystem that builds itself in 6 minutes (or less) with a functional web application, mobile Progressive Web App, and a Blockchain REST API service.

Patent related...

I have filed for a provisional US patent titled "Transparent self-managing Know Your Customer (KYC) program using blockchain and smart contracts".

My document on Man-in-the-middle attacks has been cited in patent US 8677466 B1 titled Verification of digital certificates used for encrypted computer communications (filed 2010).

Crypto & blockchain...

I developed an interest in virtual currencies in 2011 while investigating a case of organized criminals using bitcoin. From 2015 to 2020, I worked extensively in the blockchain / distributed ledger technology domain.

In 2016, I co-founded Primechain Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a blockchain startup with the mission of "building blockchains for a better world".

I co-founded BankChain - a community of 37 banks for exploring, building, and implementing blockchain solutions.

Future Money

I am the author of the Future Money Playbook. I have designed the R.O.H.A.S. Cryptocurrency Valuator and maintain the Crypto Index, the Bitcoin - Precious Metal Index and Blockchain Wars - a research project to identify the best public blockchains.