# Sanjay Deshpande

> Sanjay Deshpande is a cybersecurity entrepreneur and computer scientist who co-founded Uniken in 2003 and served as its CEO and Chief Innovation Officer. He later co-founded Fortytwo Labs, where he is Chief Scientific Officer. His career connects research at C-DAC and Tata, commercial responsibilities at Infosys, and the development of Indian security intellectual property for banking and defence.

- **Role:** Chief Scientific Officer and Co-founder at Fortytwo Labs
- **Organizations:** Fortytwo Labs, Uniken, Infosys, Tata Research Development and Design Centre, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, iSPIRT Foundation
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai, Master’s degree in Computer Science, University of New Brunswick, Canada
- **Known for:** Co-founded Uniken and co-invented REL-ID technology., Helped commercialise security technology adopted by Indian banking and defence organisations., Co-founded Fortytwo Labs and leads its scientific work.

## Career timeline

- **1993** — Completed computer-science undergraduate studies at VJTI, Mumbai; subsequently worked as a research associate at C-DAC.
- **1997** — Returned to India after postgraduate study in Canada and worked in imaging and pattern recognition at Tata Research Center.
- **1999** — Joined Infosys; led mobile computing for Europe and later business development in the US.
- **2003** — Co-founded Uniken, initially a broader technology innovation and R&D business.
- **2010** — Discussed TruBank and REL-ID adoption at State Bank of India and Bank of India.
- **2014** — Promoted Indo-Israel cybersecurity collaboration at the Uniken Security Innovation Summit.
- **2015** — Uniken raised ₹12 crore from Exfinity; by July Bimal Gandhi was global CEO and Deshpande was continuing as Chief Scientist leading Pune research.
- **2016** — Co-founded Fortytwo Labs; an October announcement described his secure-networking research and Pune R&D centre.
- **2025** — Discussed Fortytwo Labs’ π-Control platform in a November CIOTechOutlook feature alongside Nilesh Dhande.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Uniken and co-invented REL-ID technology.
- Helped commercialise security technology adopted by Indian banking and defence organisations.
- Co-founded Fortytwo Labs and leads its scientific work.
- Has scientific publications and US patents in pattern recognition and cybersecurity, as documented in professional biographies.
- Listed as Fortytwo Labs’ principal representative on a 2018 BIS blockchain and distributed-ledger committee document.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Fortytwo Labs announced DSCI C-SAFE recognition of a quantum-safe cryptographic algorithm; this is a company milestone, not a personal award.
- **2025-11** — Featured with Nilesh Dhande in a CIOTechOutlook discussion of Fortytwo Labs’ π-Control platform and developer-access plans.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjay-deshpande-b760842/

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Last updated: 2026-10-27