Pankaj is the Chief Operating Officer at SAFE. He leads Cyber risk research and AI research efforts at SAFE, while driving the end to end success for SAFE’s customers. He is also leading the Cyberinsurance practice to overhaul cyber risk underwriting for the industry. Pankaj is the Director of Research at the FAIR Institute – where he is leading the groundbreaking research on Cyber Risk Quantification. Pankaj is a Computer Science Engineer from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur; and holds an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore. He is a best selling author with his book ‘Before you Start up’ selling more than half a million copies.