Presenter

Dr. S.D. Sudarsan is the executive director of the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Bangalore, since August 2020. He has more than three decades of R&D experience as a researcher and manager in various domains of ICT. He has previously served as R&D manager at ABB, visiting scientist at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, group head at the Central Research Laboratory of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), and scientist at funded R&D institutions.

Dr. Sudarsan received his master's degree from BITS Pilani and his PhD from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He is actively involved with professional bodies including IEEE, ACM, and IETE. He has contributed to various standards-related activities at IEC, ISO, and BIS and has served on various committees and task forces.

His areas of specialization include wireless communications, next-generation networks, quantum computing, cyber-physical systems, cyber security, industrial IoT, R&D management, and IPR.