Sandoche Balakrichenan

Head of Research & Development Partnerships, Afnic

Portrait of Sandoche Balakrichenan

I head the Research & Development Partnerships at Afnic (The French Network Information Center). My research is in networked computer systems, with current interests in identity management, security and privacy. I have also been working on alternative uses of the DNS. I have been an invited IoT expert at the European Commission representing the European ccTLD community, IoT expert reviewer at Cap Digital, RIPE IoT Working Group Co-Chair (2019 - 2023) and LoRa Alliance Academic Working Group Chair (2020 - 2026). I actively participate/contribute to standardisation and associated organisations such as ITU-T, GS1, LoRa Alliance, IETF, RIPE and AIOTI.

I received my PhD in ‘Computer Science and Networks’ from the Pierre and Marie Curie University and is an advisor for PhD students. My other degrees include - an MSc in ‘Innovation and Entrepreneurship’ from HEC, MSc in ‘Computer and Communication networks’ from Institut Nationale des Télécommunications, a Bachelors Engineering degree in ‘Computer Science’ from the Madras University and a Diploma in ‘Computer Science’ from the Directorate of Technical Education, India.

Please find my awards, publications, contribution to standardisation and talks.

Mine and my Students’ PhD Thesis, and the MSc Thesis I supervised.

My short CV.