Jimit Gandhi is the Chief Information Security Officer at Akasa Air, with over two decades of experience in security and compliance across aviation, BFSI, and critical infrastructure. He holds an MBA from NMIMS and an executive leadership education from the Indian School of Business. Colleagues describe him as dedicated, client-centric, and possessing strong technical know-how.
He specializes in translating complex regulatory frameworks (like DGCA, RBI, and DPDP) into actionable strategies and scalable technical controls.
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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Chief Information Security Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Personality Overview
How Jimit shows up
ROI Driven
Critic
Objective Thinker
They prefer to analyze logically and value objective facts over emotions. It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms. They like to take decisions independently and do not seek others' support often.
Priorities
Topics Jimit cares about
Aviation Cybersecurity
As the CISO of a major airline, he is deeply involved in addressing the unique security and compliance challenges specific to the aviation industry.
GenAI Security
He focuses on GenAI risk management and acceptable use policies, and actively posts about emerging vulnerabilities in AI assistants.
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Career
Work history
12-2024
Chief Information Security Officer
Akasa Air
2-2022 - 12-2024
National Lead - Cloud & Security | Payments - RBI Compliance |
Bajaj Finserv
5-2019 - 2-2022
Head of Operations l Cloud Security & Solutions l 100+ Resource Mgmt l AWS l Azure l
cloudxchange.io
2-2014 - 5-2019
SOC & IT Operations Team Lead - Virtualization & Cloud Technology
Accenture
10-2011 - 2-2014
Specialist - Onsite Team Leader | Security Solution Architect
HCL Comnet Limited
In the press
Media appearances
Jimit Gandhi Appointed as Chief Information Security Officer at Akasa Air. Featured in CIO Axis
Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.
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