Leading global consulting firm, Board Advisor, Strategist, Investor, Enterprise Risk and Data Governance

The Hierank Business School, one of the leading education institutes in India, has been at the forefront of research and innovation in new and emerging technologies for the past two decades. The Center of Excellence (CoE) dedicated to Digital Forensics and Data Intelligence is one such initiative that has been created on the basis of demand from practitioners. This center is focused on:Research – in the domain of data sciences, forensics and technology, global best practices and… Show more The Hierank Business School, one of the leading education institutes in India, has been at the forefront of research and innovation in new and emerging technologies for the past two decades. The Center of Excellence (CoE) dedicated to Digital Forensics and Data Intelligence is one such initiative that has been created on the basis of demand from practitioners. This center is focused on:Research – in the domain of data sciences, forensics and technology, global best practices and industry use-cases, and the specific domain of crime prevention and resolution. Also, researching global practices (ISO/ NIST) for benchmarking Cyber Forensic labs.Capacity Building – research, design and creating frameworks for real world implementation, methodologies and best practices, training modules and certifications for practitioners.Consulting – on global best practices, project management, globally acknowledged certifications and quality benchmarks.for details: rajesh@hierank.org Show less

ARMeD (Adaptive Risk Management for Effective Defence)A product of a synergistic association between progressive innovation companies and the government academic centers of excellence - ARMeD is a solution based on indepth research-backed frameworks to real world business case problems.Signal Processing, Deep Learning and AI concepts combined with comprehensive data pools to deliver intelligence - with enhanced accuracy and reliability. By integrating ARMeD AI modules directly… Show more ARMeD (Adaptive Risk Management for Effective Defence)A product of a synergistic association between progressive innovation companies and the government academic centers of excellence - ARMeD is a solution based on indepth research-backed frameworks to real world business case problems.Signal Processing, Deep Learning and AI concepts combined with comprehensive data pools to deliver intelligence - with enhanced accuracy and reliability. By integrating ARMeD AI modules directly within the organization’s data stack, businesses can better start to leverage the benefits it offers.Available as a consulting solution, SaaS module and on-premise enterprise-wide base deployment, ARMeD empowers the management to better serve the expectations and aspirations of their stakeholders by being suitably better informed and thus better armed to take critical decisions - to derive maximised ROI for the business. Reputation Risk is one of the crucial aspects inter-linked to the larger risks associated with business continuity, stakeholder expectations and ROI. ARMeD successfully delivers a snapshot of the risks impacting the organisations reputation index and hence perception at the macro level.Data Intelligence/Digital Forensics under the Fraud Management Index is also available as a stand-alone solution - researched and tested in the practitioners domain for the past two decades. Show less

Ziksan Consulting is the confluence of intellectuals, thought leaders, innovators and global leaders, with the common perspective of creating value for clients through innovation.CxO profiling by managing key strategic roles in consulting engagement format. Key roles include Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Data Privacy Officer (DPO), Head BCP, Head Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) for large corporates, Fraud Risk practice leader, Board Advisory for IT Strategic… Show more Ziksan Consulting is the confluence of intellectuals, thought leaders, innovators and global leaders, with the common perspective of creating value for clients through innovation.CxO profiling by managing key strategic roles in consulting engagement format. Key roles include Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Data Privacy Officer (DPO), Head BCP, Head Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) for large corporates, Fraud Risk practice leader, Board Advisory for IT Strategic projects.Sectors of expertise include IT, Manufacturing, Retail, Media, besides National Critical Infrastructure and regulatory authorities and agencies.Technology domains include business risk management, cyber security, threat intelligence, IoT.Innovated new (proprietary) frameworks which can support the era of Global Data Governance in the time to come and prepare the foundation for sustained growth and risk management.CSR includes launching innovative training and certification courses for universities, faculty training, mentoring start ups and other social upliftment and nation building initiatives (defenceindia.com) Show less

Officiated as the CISO (CPO, Head BCP) for their global operations. Role included defining aggregated risk management (ERM, asset risk, data privacy, fraud risk, threat intelligence, BIA) and ensure multiple global client compliances are centrally and duly managed.

A JV with the Credence Group, Ziksan Capital Ventures is a management consulting initiative involved with independent technical valuation of companies planning to raise funds, capitalization strategies and building IPR valuation through innovation. Other key division is Ziksan New Markets - this division facilitates 'country' entry strategies across India/Malaysia/Mauritius/African COMESA/US/Indonesia/Singapore.

Credence Research & Analytics (CRA) is an advisory firm specialising in strategy and policy influencing research and big data analytics.Advising the Board member of the UK based technology Group on developing their application systems which are in line with requirements of national critical infrastructure and law enforcement agencies.The client has re-organized their portfolio under Grey Shadows, a perception management outfit

Converted IT Advisory practice from cost center to full blown profit center. Expanded pan India operations by launching new service lines, client acquisition/ mining and co-launching services with other practices of the firm. Transitioned select GT US audit work to India.

Part of successful growth story of Risk Advisory Services of KPMG which evolved into IT Advisory practice.KRAs included new client acquisition, delivery of projects, review of deliverables and team capacity building.

Leading India expansion strategy for the global security consulting company. Value added into ITeS, telecom, BFSI and manufacturing sectors. Part of national critical advisory projects like CERT-India and Root CA.

Business Development for e-security services and solutions for the start up offering wide range of solutions from traffic management to PKI (Entrust)

Client acquisition and execution of industrial automation projects. Worked on various industry sectors/ domains including aero space research, oil and gas, steel industry, cement, chemical and pharmaceutical for solutions build on hybrid technologies of Avtron, Hitachi, Navis.