Abhishek is a Co-founder at Whrrl and was a Product Owner for Policybazaar.com's (an Indian unicorn insurance aggregator) service product. A 3x Entrepreneur and a 2x Author, he has been in Blockchain for about 3 years, commercially, and academically prior to that. At Whrrl, he’s building India’s first Agri-Lending blockchain that can save 25-40% of farmers’ income, and protect banks from millions in frauds. He has been an Advisor to several startups such as eSports.com (who raised 5.8 Million EUR in their ICO), Vayla, Blockchain Advisory Council, NafCoin et. al. His second book (Secure Chains: Cybersecurity and Blockchain-powered Automation) has been published by BPB Publications - Asia's Largest Publisher of IT Books.

He is a regular speaker in blockchain and has given 2-day workshops in universities, in an attempt to show students the importance of choosing blockchain as a career path. Apart from that, he has taken lectures in blockchain for faculties worldwide. He’s an Educator with ODEM. He has also advised the Certified Blockchain Professional (CBP) Course by IIB-Council that's present across 145 countries.

Lastly, he was nominated for the "Top 50 Tech Leaders" award by InterCon Dubai. He had been invited as a Speaker at one of Europe's biggest Blockchain conferences - Decentralized 2019 in Athens, Greece; as a Speaker at The Blockchain World Forum in Shenzhen, China; and as a Panelist/Speaker with a nomination for Best Crypto Educator in GURUS Awards by Next Block Asia 2.0 in Bangkok, Thailand last year; as a panellist/judge at Govt. of India’s program for startups at IIM Kashipur; and, as a Speaker at Zeal2020 and the European Digital Week.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhib3012
Book on Blockchain: https://amzn.to/38w2YDw
Public speaker profile: https://blockchainconferences.io/speakers/abhishek-bhattacharya