Mr. Natarajan Suganandh is a career central banker with over 25 years of experience in the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI). He has diverse experience in banking supervision including cyber risk supervision,
IT operations and projects and payment system operations in RBI. He was also on secondment for three years
with the Central Bank of Oman, Muscat, in its Bank Examination Division, where he handled onsite examinations
of banks and assisted in leveraging audit tools for supervisory purposes. He currently serves as the
Chief General Manager of Cyber Security and IT Examination Group of Department of Supervision at RBI.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Master’s Degree in Finance and has also done
Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications (PGDCA) apart from professional qualifications
such as CFA (from CFA Institute, USA), FRM (from GARP, USA). He has also passed CISA and CISM exams
of ISACA USA. He is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB).
Mr. Vasudevan Parameswaran is a career central banker with over three decades of experience in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He was extensively involved in payment system development in India and has led and successfully implemented many large payment system initiatives and projects in the country. He was closely associated in building and developing institutions like the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. (CCIL), Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBiH), etc. He has represented Reserve Bank on various international fora including the Committee for Payments & Market Infrastructures, the SAARC Payments Council, the SEACEN Payments Group, the Legal Entity Identifier Regulatory Oversight Committee, etc. He has also had long stint in matters relating to supervision of banks and non-banking financial companies.
He is currently handling activities relating to FinTechs, including the pilot on Central Bank Digital Currency (e₹), Unified Lending Interface (ULI), etc.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce and is a Fellow of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. He has a Master’s Degree in Finance and Certifications in Information Systems Audit (CISA), Information Security Management (CISM) and FinTech (National University of Singapore). He is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) and an alumnus of the Wharton School.