About the Authors

Rajesh Dhuddu is an alumnus of Columbia Business School & Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning with a Gold Medal in MBA Finance. Driven by his life motto “Help Ever, Hurt Never”, Rajesh has mentored several Entrepreneurs, Corporate Executives and MBA Students.

Rajesh has been recognized as one of the Global Blockchain Thought Leaders by Forbes, Lattice80, Thinkers360 and also by several industry bodies like World Economic Forum (WEF), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) & Governments like State Government of Telangana. He spearheaded implementation of several Blockchain Platforms & Solutions globally for Multi National and Trans National Companies including Worlds’ Largest Multi Cloud Blockchain implementation to block spam calls and text in partnership with 3 leading Telecommunication companies in India and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

He leads Blockchain & Cybersecurity practice for USD 5.2 billion IT giant, Tech Mahindra. He also guides a team of 1000+ highly accomplished Cybersecurity professionals empowering Global customers in USA, EMEA, APJ & India to strengthen their enterprise wide Cybersecurity posture and build a highly resilient security organization. He works closely with Global CISOs, advising them to leverage best practices both in technology and operations covering Cloud Security, Network Security, Advance Threat Management, Zero Trust, Offensive Security, Cyber-risk Quantification & SASE.

Linkedin ID: Rajesh Dhuddu

Twitter ID: https://twitter.com/rajeshdhuddu

Srinivas Mahankali is an alumnus from IIT Madras and IIM Bangalore, Srinivas has over 30 years industry experience of which 12 years is in leading IT Solutions in Indian Private & BSE listed organisations. He has taken an active role in promoting Blockchain across Government of India as the one of the first employees to lead Blockchain at NISG an organization promoted by NASSCOM and Government of India.

As the Program Director of the first University certified Post Graduate course in Blockchain in India Srinivas mentored over 500 students across the globe. He has authored over 10 books on Blockchain and emerging technologies including the World’s first book to be translated into a Chinese language from English, by Artificial Intelligence bots, Blockchain- The Untold Story. He has also authored books, Blockchain for Non-IT Professionals, Blockchain & Smart cities.

LinkedIn ID: Srinivas Mahankali