Mr. Sushil S. Kulkarni is the founder and CEO of SKC W.L.L. Mostly known as The Peering Pandit in the internet community. He specializes in Interconnection Peering and has extensive experience in the construction of global networks. He has worked on projects involving telecommunications, data centers, submarine cable systems, IP transits, and Edge site development and low latency network for real-time applications/networks over the last several decades
He also has extensive experience in product and service development, project management, pricing and bid management, vendor management, contract development, and so on. He is well-known for cultivating long-term business relationships for B2B companies.
Throughout his career, he has worked with international companies in a variety of regions, including Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and the United States of America.
He is currently working on revotionalizing network development in challenging markets such as Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia by leading projects in network development, data centers, data management, interconnection strategy and planning and telecommunications.
He is a well known Motorcycle Rider in India. In 2016, using his passion to serve a social cause, he founded the Ride 4 Cause association in India, which is a social group of voluntary work aimed at enabling education in rural areas in India.
INNOG
In addition, he is an Organizing Member of the INNOG (Indian Network for Origination Group) Committee, which organizes yearly regional forums in India to discuss issues and innovative technologies of interest to ISPs, Network Engineers, Educators, Trainers, Technology Decision Makers, and Data operators.
SANOG
He used to be a Committee Member of the program SANOG( South East Asia Network Origination Group). This program provides a regional forum for data operators in the South Asian region to discuss operational issues and technologies of interest. The main goal is educational, but it also allows vendors to talk to engineers about newer technology and products on the sidelines. Engineers can share their experiences with one another, which benefits the entire community. This noncommercial networking is consistent with long-standing practices such as NANOG in North America, RIPE Meetings in Europe, and APRICOT in Asia.
MENOG
Associate with RIPE to host MENOG22 in Bahrain, The Middle East Network Operators Group and Peering Forum (MENOG) offers a great opportunity for network engineers and other technical staff to share their experiences and knowledge, presenting and discussing latest networking innovations, discover new business models and applications and identify areas for regional cooperation. It is a highly selective meeting attended by experts and interested people from industry, academia and government. https://www.menog.org