Arulananda Selvakumar

Background

About Arulananda Selvakumar

Over 21 years of experience in Digital Payments, UPI, BBPS, EMV, Card Payments and Fintech industry. Strong expertise in delivering Digital Payment Solutions, Bill Payment Systems, Application performance Optimisation, Infrastructure Scaling, Data Security Standards, Information Security and Security Framework. Technical Leadership in Digital Payment Application Design, Testing, DevOps, Cloud and Agile methodology and Application Scaling Methods. Recent Accomplishments • Nationwide Ecosystem rollout for Bill Payments (BBPS) at NPCI • Implemented TPS Architecture • Implemented UPI Solution covering Payer/Payee PSP and Beneficiary/Remitter Bank Flows • 50 million Real-Time Digital payments processing per day • UPI 123 implementation • UPI International • UPI Lite rollout • Stronger Cipher Suite for secured processing • EFT Switching System Design & Architecture, Implementation • Data Center Migration with IT Infrastructure • Dynamic/Static QR based Digital Payments Responsibilities • Managed High volume OLTP systems with 50M transaction/day • Implementation, Delivery of Technical Features, Compliance • Collaborating with Regulator, OEMs and System Integrators • Products/services alignment with business goals • Developing strategies for product, Engineering teams • IT Infrastructural, Secured Ecosystem management • Disaster Recovery Strategy and Planning • Enterprise level larger change initiatives • Optimising Application Performance and Scalability • Strong vendor management and System Evaluation • Strategic planning, Budgeting and Process improvements • Agile methodology, DevOps and Cloud Platform Competencies • Digital Payments (UPI, Billpay etc,) • Delivery Excellence & Innovation • ePayment processing • Visa, Mastercard, ISO 8583 • EMV enabled card payments • Technical Guidance • Strategic Thinking • Innovation and Strategy • Leadership and Management • Conflict Resolution • Vendor and Partner Management Skills • Online Transaction Processing • Security Framework • Data Security, PA/PCI DSS • EMV Technology • Vendor System Evaluation • DevOps, Agile Methodology • Data Archival and Backup Strategy • Cyber Security • HSM, Cryptographic Management • Compliance and Risk Management