Data Protection

Dr. S. D. Sudarsan is the Executive Director at C-DAC Bangalore since August 2020. He has more than three decades of R&D experience as Researcher and Manager in various domains of ICT. Prior to the current assignment, he served as R&D Manager at ABB, Visiting Scientist at US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), USA, Group Head at the Central Research Laboratory (CRL) of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Scientist at funded R&D institutions. He is an alumnus of BITS, Pilani and University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA for Masters and PhD respectively. He is actively involved with professional bodies including IEEE, ACM, and IETE. He has contributed to various standard related activities at IEC/ISO/BIS and has served in various committees as well as task forces. He has multiple patents, and research publications in peer-reviewed International Journals and Conferences. His areas of specialization include Wireless Communications, Next Generation Networks, Quantum Computing, Cyber Physical Systems, Cyber Security, Industrial IoT, R&D Management, IPR. He leads the domains including Safety and Mission Critical Systems; Quantum Computing, Cyber Security, IoE, HPC etc. Dr. Sudarsan is an outstanding professional, great mentor, industrious and an altruist.

Prof. K. K. Aggarwal is an Engineer by training and has been an accomplished academician and administrator. He received his PhD in Reliability Evaluation and Optimization from Kurukshetra University, Haryana. He pursued his Master's Degree from the same university securing first position. He obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Panjab University, Chandigarh as the topper.

Prof. Aggarwal has served the National Board of Accreditation, India, as its former Chairman. He was the Founding Vice Chancellor of Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, where he served for ten years from 1998 to 2008, leading from the front. Before this, he was the Pro Vice-Chancellor of Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar, for three years. He is also the former Chairman of the Board of Governors, MNIT, Jaipur.

He had a distinguished career of 27 years as an academic at the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, where he was engaged in teaching and research activities in Computer Engineering and Information Technology. Prof. Aggarwal has authored various books including Reliability Engineering and Software Engineering, many of which have undergone numerous rounds of reprints. He has published over 400 research papers in the domain of Electronics and Computer Engineering in academic journals of repute, about half of which are international journals.

He was associated with the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) serving as its President from 2002-2004. During this period, this Institution witnessed unprecedented growth and made a remarkable impact on society in general & IT professionals in particular. Prof. Aggarwal was also the President of the Computer Society of India (CSI) from 2007-2009, the President of the South East Asia Regional Computer Confederation (SEARCC) from 2008-2010 and the Sectional President (IT & CS) of the Indian Science Congress Association. He was also the Academy Professor of the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR).

Prof. Aggarwal has been invited to deliver lectures at several Universities in India and abroad, including the University of Berkley, USA; University of Cincinnati, USA; Florida State University, USA; University of Birmingham, UK and Technical University of Germany, to name a few.

Apart from his contributions in the academic field, Prof. Aggarwal has made a very strong impact in the industrial world. The industry has widely consulted him, most notable being his contribution towards the Reliability Analysis for PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) of the Indian Space Mission. He has also delivered lectures and conducted programmes in several leading industrial organisations in India and overseas.

Prof. Aggarwal was honoured by the Reliability Society of IEEE, USA for his services as the Guest Editor for the special issue on “State of Reliability Effort of the Indian Sub-Continent”. He was declared as the Man of the Decade, Man of the Century and Man of the Millennium by American Bibliographical Institute, USA. He was also awarded the Delhi Ratan by the All India Conference of Intellectuals. International Biographical Centre, England published his biography in “The First Five Hundred - at the New Millennium” in July 2000. The Broadcast Engineering Society of India (BESI) honoured him by conferring an Honorary Fellowship on him in February 2001 and the Computer Society of India (CSI) conferred the Fellowship to him in 2003. Prof. Aggarwal was conferred a Distinguished Fellowship in 2010 and the very First Life Time Achievement Award in 2011 by the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), India. Computer Society of India (CSI) also conferred the Life Time Achievement Award on Prof. Aggarwal in 2016.

Holds a Master of Science in Cyber Laws & Information Security from IIIT Allahabad, along with an MBA. Before joining government service, he worked as an Information Security Auditor at leading IT companies. At MeitY, he serves as Staff Officer to the Secretary and Scientist 'D', and has played a key role in the formulation of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and its associated rules.