Abhay Bhushan

Abhay Bhushan
Born	(1944-11-23) 23 November 1944 (age 80) Allahabad, United Provinces, British India
Alma mater	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Sloan School of Management
Known for	File 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]

Early life and career

Abhay Bhushan was born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.^[1][6] Bhushan is a graduate of the first batch (1960–65) from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,^[7] receiving a B.Tech. in electrical engineering. Subsequently, he studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received a Masters in electrical engineering together with a degree in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management. At MIT, he drafted the now famous RFC 114 and worked on developing FTP and E-mail protocols for the ARPANet and subsequent Internet. In 1978 he was a Director at the Institute of Engineering and Rural Technology in Allahabad and was also a senior manager in Engineering and Development of Xerox where he was a founder and manager of the Xerox Environmental Leadership. He also was a co-founder of both the YieldUP International which in 1995 went public on NASDAQ and Portola Communications, which was bought by Netscape in 1997.^[8]

References

1. "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.
6. Computer History Notes - Herong's Tutorial Notes. HerongYang.com. 20 December 2020.
7. "Abhay K. Bhushan- Distinguished Alumni From Kanpur IIT". IIT Global Current Affairs Archives. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
8. Eighth Leadership Conclave Archived 26 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine IITG. Retrieved 20 November 2018.