Abhay Bhushan

Abhay Bhushan
Born (1944-11-23) 23 November 1944 (age 79)
Allahabad, United Provinces, British India
Alma materIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT Sloan School of Management
Known forFile Transfer Protocol

Abhay Bhushan (Hindi pronunciation: [əbʰəj bʰuːʂəɳː]; born 23 November 1944)[1] is an Indian computer scientist. Bhushan has been a major contributor to the development of the Internet TCP/IP architecture, and is the author of the File Transfer Protocol (which he started working on while he was a student at MIT) and the early versions of email standards. He is currently chairman of Asquare Inc., Secretary of Indians for Collective Action[2] and the former President of the IIT-Kanpur Foundation.[3][4] In 2023, he was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame.[5][1]

  1. ^ a b "2023 Inductee - Abhay Bhushan". Internet Hall of Fame. Internet Society. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Leadership Team - Indians for Collection Action (ICA)". ICA. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  3. ^ Mr. Abhay K. Bhushan Archived 20 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Foundation". Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Champions of Internet Security, Accessibility, and Global Connectivity: 2023 Internet Hall of Fame Inductees Announced" (Press release). Internet Society. PR Newswire. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.