Featured on HDFC Bank’s official cybersecurity series, CONversation with Vigil Aunty, alongside actor Abhinav Shukla — unpacking how PAN card fraud actually works:
B.Tech from IIT Kanpur, alumnus of IIM Bangalore, and a hands-on CTO/CIO/CISO with three decades in technology, including a decade in CXO roles — most recently as CTO of Mahindra Holidays & Resorts (Club Mahindra). Global experience across the Bay Area, Seattle, Bangalore, and Mumbai, with stints in consulting (Infosys), product (Oracle), startups, and listed Indian companies.
That CTO run at Mahindra Holidays & Resorts included a CIO100 Special Award as a Customer Experience Maestro (2021) — see the recognition →
Today I run Eidoran Advisory — technology due diligence and governance for VCs, PE funds, family offices, and boards — drawing on time spent on the other side of the table. I’m also the author of BE CYBER SMART (Westland Books, English and Hindi) and built BeCyberSmart.in, a free scam-awareness resource for Indian families.
This blog, The Honest Lens, is where I write the longer, more personal version of what those two things have taught me.