Manish Pandey is an accomplished cybersecurity professional with extensive experience in various leadership roles across financial and technology sectors. Currently serving as the Chief Information Security Officer at Airtel Payments Bank, previous positions include Assistant General Manager of Cyber and Information Security at Paytm Payments Bank, where Manish also held roles as Senior Manager and Manager in Information and Cyber Security. Early career experience features positions at HCL Technologies as an Associate Consultant, and at Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd. as Deputy Manager of Information Security. Manish started in cybersecurity as a Junior Consultant at the National Institute of Electronics and IT for CERT-In. Educational qualifications include a Master of Science in Cyber Law and Information Security from the Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from Skyline Institute of Engineering and Technology.