Gaurab Raj Upadhaya
SANOG/APRICOT/PCH

Gaurab Raj Upadhaya, is currently employed as Internet Economics Analyst / Staff Engineer, at Packet Clearing House, a research non-profit based in Berkeley, California. Gaurab's primary work is in Internet backbone operations, analysing peering relationships between operators and roles of Internet Exchange Points in different parts of Asia. His team also runs an extended DNS anycast network serving DNS queries for about 30 TLDs. Much of the work involves training ISPs in developing countries about best practices on network operations. He also runs the PCH INOC-DBA hotline phone system for service providers.

Gaurab is the Chair of Program Committee for APRICOT (www.apricot.net) and is the founder of SANOG. He chairs the APNIC SIG IX. He initiated the Nepal Internet Exchange (npIX) and currently serves as its voluntary CEO.