Summary
Pankaj Sachdeva is a seasoned cyber security scientist with 12 years of experience, currently serving as Deputy Director/Scientist C at CERT-In, India. He brings deep hands-on expertise in threat hunting, log and network flow analysis, SOC operations, incident response and malware analysis, grounded in a Computer Science engineering background. His career spans both public and private sectors, including prior roles at State Bank of India and Sopra Steria where he combined development and systems experience—an asset when bridging detection and remediation. Trained at Carnegie Mellon University, he pairs advanced academic exposure with practical operational leadership to harden national and enterprise defenses. Colleagues value his pragmatic synthesis of research-driven techniques and real-world incident handling to rapidly contain and learn from cyber incidents.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Senior School, Senior School at Kulachi Hansraj Model School, Ashok Vihar
Engineer's Degree Computer Science and Engineering, Engineer's Degree Computer Science and Engineering at Maharaja Agrasen Institute Of Technology, Delhi
English, Hindi, Punjabi