Mandar Kulkarni has been elevated to National Security Officer &

Mandar Kulkarni has been elevated to National Security Officer & Head of Solution Engineering – Public Sector at Microsoft India, taking on an expanded leadership mandate while continuing his responsibilities in national security and Sovereign Cloud. In this role, he will lead technical architecture teams across Cloud, Data, AI, and Security, strengthen public-sector technology capabilities, and work with national cybersecurity agencies to advance cyber resilience, and secure digital transformation across India and South Asia.

Before this elevation, Mandar served as National Security Officer, Customer Success Lead, and Director – Azure Infrastructure at Microsoft. His earlier leadership experience includes serving as Chief Product and Solutions Officer – Cloud at Jio Platforms Limited (JPL). He also held several senior positions at Microsoft across partner technology, Azure, cloud infrastructure, and datacenter programmes. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President – Solutions Engineering and Private Cloud Practice and Vice President – Operations at Netmagic Solutions (An NTT Communications Company), and Senior Manager at Tata Communications (VSNL).

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