Senior IT Leader
Gaurav Kansal
Technical Lead, Sarvagya - Bharat Public DNS (1.10.10.10)
- Wi-Fi
- TLS (SSL)
- DNS
- Cyber Security
- IPv6
About Me
I'm a Senior IT professional at the National Informatics Centre, Government of India, specialising in DNS, IPv6, and wireless networks. Over 15+ years at NIC, I've led critical national infrastructure — from design and deployment of nation wide unified wireless services for Government and deploying IPv6 across NICNET, to serving as the Technical Lead for Bharat's Public DNS resolver (1.10.10.10).
My Skills
- Wi-Fi
- TLS (SSL)
- DNS
- Cyber Security
- IPv6
Experience
Experience
2023 - Present
Joint Director (IT) / Scientist-D
National Informatics Centre
Jan 2023 – Dec 2024
NRO NC Member & NIR SIG Co-Chair
APNIC — Elected in 2022 to represent India's internet community in Asia-Pacific number resource governance. Served a two-year term on the Number Resource Organisation Number Council (NRO NC) and as NIR SIG Co-Chair.
2017-2023
Scientist-C
National Informatics Centre
2014-2017
Scientist-B
National Informatics Centre
2010-2014
Scientific Officer
National Informatics Centre
Certifications
- CWNA
- CWSP
- CWISA
- CWDP
- RIPE NCC - BGP Security Associate
- RIPE NCC - IPv6 Fundamentals - Analyst
- HE IPv6 Sage
Co-authored Publication
1. TUNE INTO WLC (ISBN No - 978-93-5419-656-0 and Copyright No L-97828/2020)
2. AN INTRODUCTION TO CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE (ISBN No - 978-93-5419-269-2 and Copyright No
L-98405/2021)
Portfolio
TLS Labs — Everything Related to Cryptography, All in One Place
TLS · SSL · PKI
Comprehensive reference and tooling for SSL/TLS configuration, certificate management, and cipher suite analysis. Used as an internal resource at NIC.
Sarvagya - Bharat Public DNS (1.10.10.10 & 2409::1)
DNS · National Infrastructure
India's own public DNS resolver — built from the ground up. Available at 1.10.10.10 (IPv4) and 2409::1 (IPv6), Sarvagya handles over 5 billion queries a day and keeps all that traffic — and the data it generates — within India. I led the project from architecture to production deployment, including the Cyber Kavach threat-blocking pipeline that filters malicious domains before they ever reach an end user. A genuinely national-scale piece of infrastructure.
Wi-Fi Across NICNET
Wi-Fi · Enterprise Wireless · NICNET
Designing and deploying enterprise wireless across government sites is a different challenge from the corporate world. I led end-to-end Wi-Fi rollout across NICNET — RF planning, 802.1X authentication, roaming, and the operational model to keep it running.
Trijya — Open Source AAA for Government Networks
Open Source · Authentication · Network Security
An open source AAA solution for government networks — handling authentication, authorisation, and accounting without proprietary lock-in. Named after the Sanskrit word for "radius", Trijya integrates with our wireless infrastructure and is available for any government organisation to adopt and extend.
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