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Speakers & Panelists
Dhruv Dhody
Dhruv Dhody is a Principal Engineer at Huawei-India, with over 21 years of experience specializing in the research and development of technologies such as Path Computation Element (PCE), Segment Routing (SR), Network Slicing, and SDN. An active IETF contributor since 2010, Dhruv focuses on Path Computation, Traffic Engineering, and SDN within the Routing area. They serve on the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) as a board member and the IAB Outreach Coordinator, and co-chair the IETF working groups SRv6OPS/PCE and EO-DIR. Dhruv is also involved with the Routing and Operations Directorate, and has previously served on the IETF list moderator’s team and as a liaison to the IESG.
In addition to their technical work, Dhruv is dedicated to increasing IETF participation from the Asia/Pacific region and other under-represented groups, aiming to enhance diversity and inclusion in the industry.
Sushanth S. Rao
Sushanth S. Rao is a strong engineering professional with a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) focused in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) and currently a software engineer at Microsoft. I am a passionate systems engineer with a strong interest in computer networks, operating systems, databases, and distributed systems. My experience includes designing robust architectures and optimizing performance across these domains.
Saumya Dikshit
Principal Engineer at Aruba, HPE; with 20+ years of experience in engineering and pre-sales in networking domain, with 20+ patents and contributions to ietf in nvo3 and bess group. Legacy in working with routing, switching and serviceability solutions in MPLS, EVPN, Multicast space for various OEMs like Cisco, Aruba, Motorola.
Bharat Joshi
With a strong focus on building scalable and robust software products, Bharat has consistently delivered innovative solutions. He possesses a rare combination of first-principle thinking and an acute understanding of the end customer's perspective, allowing him to create enterprise-grade products that not only meet business needs but also exceed user expectations. Bharat is passionate about everything Networking and have authored multiple RFCs and Internet Drafts in Multicast and DHCP tracks. His deep understanding of emerging technologies enables him to identify new opportunities and devise strategies that drive organisational growth.
He is an alumnus of Infosys, with over 27 years of experience in software architecture, project management, and product management. He graduated from HBTI, Kanpur, with a degree in Electrical Engineering.
Seshu Kumar Mudiganti
Seshu Kumar Mudiganti is a Principal Technologist at WindRiver, with a little over 2 decades of experience in both providing solutions and leading global teams to successful products and platforms for commercial and Open-Source projects. He is One of the key contributors of the LF, OIF and CNCF communities constantly striving to build an overall solution with the user centric designs. He has held some of the key leadership positions, some of them being the Member of the Technical Steering Committee of projects like Nephio, ONAP, XGVela, EMCO, Board member of LF MAC and currently PTL of ORAN-SMO, ONAP-SO to name a few. He has been a speaker at various global forums like ONES, MWC, Kubecon, Open-infra, TMF, MEC, OIF, LFN, on various topics including Orchestration, 5G, Slicing, NFV/SDN, PaaS, K8s, ETSi, Edge, Cloud native and many more. He is always eager to leverage technology meeting business needs.
Hari Hara Naveen
Hari Hara Naveen is a Undergrad student from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras pursuing his degree in Computer Science, his interests lie in working closely with systems software and writing C++ code which is aware of the underlying system and makes the best use of it.
Hayyan Arshad
Hayyan Arshad is a fourth-year student at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, India, pursuing a B.Tech degree in Computer Science and Engineering. He is interested in various domains in Computer Science especially Image Processing, Machine Learning and Computer Networks.
Vartika T Rao
Vartika T Rao is a fourth-year student at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, India, pursuing a B.Tech degree in Information Technology. She is interested in various domains in Computer Science especially in Machine Learning and Computer Networks.
Amogh Umesh
Amogh Umesh recently graduated from NITK with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and is currently a software engineer at RingCentral India working on Voice Repsonse Unit(VRU). He worked on moving some NITK's main applications to IPv6. He attended IETF 119 in Brisbane last year, where he, along with other NITK students, presented on IPv6 deployment at NITK in a side meeting. He, along with Chinmay also showcased an eBPF implementation of RFC 8250 (PDM) in several working groups and at IEPG. His interests include computer networking and systems programming.
Anupam Agrawal
Anupam Agrawal is Chair of IIFON, a foundation working on programs related to reduction of Internet poverty in India through research and capacity building. Anupam is a Chevening Fellow and works with TATA Consultancy Services wherein he leads
the information technology standardization efforts globally. He is leading the ISO Group on Green Software Standards and is the member of BIS Data panel which has drafted the Indian Standard on Adequacy of Organizational Data Governance and
Management Practices. Earlier he has co-authored one of the Forensic Accounting & Investigation Standards (110) by Institute of Chartered Accountant of India on Understanding the Nature of Engagement and reviewed many other drafts of the series.
His engagements at global and national levels includes Board Member of PTI (Public Technical Identifiers), California based not for profit organization responsible for management of IP Addresses and Domain names globally and India’s representative in the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) – Governance Review & Audit Committee. He is the Policy Group Co-Chair of APNIC, the regional Internet Registry for Asia Pacific , Convenor of Digital standards Coordination Committee in BIS and Program Committee Member of India Internet
Governance Forum.
Ketan Talaulikar
Ketan Talaulikar is a Principal Engineer at Cisco Systems, specializing in IP/MPLS routing protocols and technologies. As a developer in Cisco's Common Routing Protocols team, he is currently focused on the development and delivery of routing solutions and working on their standardization aspects at the IETF.
Ketan has extensive experience in developing IP/MPLS routing systems from enterprise branch routers to large-scale service provider routing platforms, having worked with vendors such as Cisco, Nortel, Avici, and Alcatel. His expertise includes IP/MPLS unicast and multicast routing protocols and technologies such as Segment Routing and Traffic Engineering.
Ketan has contributed to the IETF for over a decade in various working groups in the routing area, authoring and contributing to several specifications. Ketan has also served as a routing directorate reviewer, a Nomcom member, and co-chair of the LSVR working group.
Originally from India, Ketan spent several years working in the US and EU before returning to plant his roots in Pune, India.
Shraddha Hegde
Shraddha Hegde is a Principle Engineer in Juniper Networks' Routing Protocols Group. She has authored or co-authored eleven IETF RFC documents and several internet drafts. She has more than 20 years of experience in Networking Domain in the area of IGP, FRR, Segment Routing, MPLS and IP Security. She has vast experience in building and deploying highly scalable data-communications platforms. Prior to joining Juniper, Shraddha has served as a Systems Architect for a major telecom equipment vendor
Swamynathan Balasundaram
Swamynathan Balasundaram (Swamy) is a Director of Product Line Management in Nokia with over 28 years of experience. His is responsible for network automation solutions with a focus on Transport Slicing and IP-optical integration. He has extensive experience as system engineer and product manager in many networking technologies and protocols related to Optical/DWDM management systems, Wireless networks. He has recently started to participate in the IETF working groups.
Swamynathan began his career as a software developer in Wipro. He has a Bachelor’s of Technology degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) BHU. Swamynathan is MEF carrier Ethernet certified professional (CECP).
Dr. Madhan
Dr. Madhan is a Software Architect at Samsung R&D India and Wireless Communication Researcher with over a decade of experience in advanced network protocols like TCP/IP, Multipath TCP, QUIC, and AI-driven networking. With 130+ patent filings and 30+ publications, he has driven innovations enhancing mobile connectivity. A Senior Member of IEEE, he earned his Ph.D. from IIT Madras and has contributed to wireless communication through research and leadership. He is the youngest recipient of the IEEE Technologist of the Year Award.
Priyanka Sinha
​Priyanka Sinha is the AI Architect at Docyt. She worked at Redback Networks on the SmartEdge 800, Itaas on interactive TV, and TCS Research on social IoT. She earned a CSE BTech from IIT Guwahati in 2004, an MS in Computer Engineering from Auburn University in 2007, and a CSE PhD from IIT Kharagpur in 2022. At Auburn she was a Vodafone fellow focussing on autoconfiguration in multi hop mobile adhoc networks. Her academic publications and granted patents are listed on Google Scholar. As part of IIESoc and INTC, she has participated at IETF, particularly around IPv6, understanding consensus building, and AI-control.
Bharadwaja Meherrushi Chittapragada
Bharadwaja Meherrushi Chittapragada is a fourth-year student at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, India, pursuing a B.Tech degree in Computer Science and Engineering. He is interested in exploring various domains within computer science, with a focus on Systems, Networking, Machine Learning, and eBPF.
Siddharth Bhat
Siddharth Bhat is a fourth year student at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, India, pursuing a B.Tech degree in Electrical and Electronics engineering. He is interested in various domains in computer science and electronics, especially in Sperating Systems, Networking, Embedded Systems, Linux and eBPF.
Chinmay Sharma
Chinmaya Sharma holds a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication from NITK and now works as a software engineer at Capital One India. Last year, he attended IETF 119 in Brisbane, collaborating with Amogh Umesh to present an eBPF implementation of RFC 8250 (PDM) to multiple working groups and at IEPG. His passions include computer networking and systems programming.
T. Santhosh
Working as Senior Scientist in Ministry of Electronics & IT, Government of India, New Delhi with responsibilities for the policy formulation, implementation and matters pertaining to Internet Governance and IT for Masses. He has over 29 years of experience in the areas of policy planning, conceptualization of IT projects and also its implementation.
He looks of after various projects related to Internet Technologies in India (Policy and Technology side ) and also IT for Masses (benefiting the disadvantaged people in India) . He is also the additional Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Representative from India in ICANN.
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Mohit P. Tahiliani
Mohit P. Tahiliani is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at NITK, Surathkal, India, and a Member of the Board of India Internet Engineering Society. He obtained Ph.D. in Congestion Control Mechanisms for the Next Generation Internet from the NITK Surathkal, India in 2013. His areas of interest include Network Congestion Control, Queue Disciplines, Network Function Virtualization, IPv6 deployments, Named Data Networks and Blockchain. He has executed projects in these areas that have been funded by several industries. Mohit received the EMC Young Achiever of 2015 Award from EMC Corporation, Bangalore, the Outstanding Young Professional Volunteer Award of 2021 by IEEE Bangalore Section and IEEE Bangalore Section Chair's Recognition in 2024.
Mohit has contributed to open-source projects for more than a decade. A packet scheduler developed by his team to fight the Bufferbloat problem got merged into the mainline of Linux (v5.6). He is a Member of the Steering Committee of the ns-3 consortium, and a co-maintainer of traffic-control and TCP modules in ns-3. He served as a Member of the PC for Workshop on ns-3 for the past eleven editions. Besides, he served as a Mentor for Google Summer of Code from 2017 - 2023 for the ns-3 and has been one of the Organization Administrators since 2021. He also served as an Organization Administrator for ns-3’s participation in Google Code-In during 2018-2019.
He is a Reviewer for IEEE Internet of Things, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, Networking, Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Computer Communications, Inderscience journals, IEEE Communication Letters, and held several other roles in IEEE and Springer conferences. He served as a Guest editor for Annals of Telecommunications, Springer. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a member of ACM and TiE. He served as the Chair of IEEE Mangalore Subsection in 2023.
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