Pukhraj Singh

Bio:

Pukhraj Singh is a cyber threat intelligence analyst with 14 years of experience.

He played an instrumental role in the setting up of the cyber defence operations centre of the Indian government.

Pukhraj was laterally inducted into the government from the private sector after the 26/11 terror attacks. It was a multi-disciplinary tenure ranging from geopolitical doctrine formulation – eventually approved by the prime minister – to the very brass-tacks of cyber operations.

Later, he spent some time at Aadhaar, India's flagship biometric ID project as its first cybersecurity manager.

Pukhraj also had very brief stints in the private sector, working with Symantec's DeepSight – industry's first threat intelligence team – and innovative American, Canadian, and Israeli firms. He has spoken at a variety of national security fora and hacking conferences.

Pukhraj's opinion pieces have appeared in leading Indian journals and newspapers.

Cyber geo-strategy does not exist as a formal discipline in India. Pukhraj is taking a shot at it by finishing the first book that gives cyber doctrine an Indian context (Oxford University Press).