Presently Union Home Secretary since 23.08.2024.

Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Ministry of Home Affairs w.e.f. 14.08.2024 till 22.08.2024.

Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Government of India w.e.f. 01.10.2021 till 14.08.2024.

Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) w.e.f. 17.09.2018 till 30.09.2021.

Joint Secretary, MHA w.e.f. 14.05.2018 till 17.09.2021.

Before joining MHA, Shri Govind Mohan worked as Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, M/o Finance, Govt. of India with effect from 10.08.2017 to 13.05.2018. He also functioned as Principal Resident Commissioner, Sikkim since 25th August, 2015.

Prior to this assignment Shri Govind Mohan worked as Minister (Economic), Embassy of India, Washington DC, USA from 25th July, 2012 to 24th August, 2015. In this assignment he dealt with Co-ordinating issues of selected Ministries/Departments of Government of India with corresponding entities of the Government of USA; Economic liaison between the Indian Ministry of Finance and US Treasury; Energy partnership between India and US; Facilitation of dialogue between the commerce and industry chambers of India and US.

In previous assignments in Government of India, Shri Govind Mohan has worked as Joint Secretary, in the Cabinet Secretariat, from January 2011 to July 2012 and looked after the Special assignments relating to: Prices and inflation; Development of a natural gas grid; Transparency in allotment of natural resources; Telecom policy; Space Policy; Commonwealth Games; Development of inland waterways; Development of dedicated freight corridor (DFC). Handling matters related to social sector and infrastructure Ministries and Departments of Government of India, in so far as they pertain to the Cabinet Secretariat. Administration of Cabinet Secretariat.

He also worked as Director and thereafter Joint Secretary in the D/o Economic Affairs from February, 2008 to February 2009 and continued as JS upto January 2011 and looked after Infrastructure policy and public private partnerships (PPPs); Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB); Multilateral institutions (Asian Development Bank) and externally aided projects including co-ordination of the annual meeting (2010) of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF); Administration of mints and presses.

Shri Govind Mohan has also handled various assignments in the cadre in the State of Sikkim.

Before helping to establish Childlight, Paul spent over 30 years working as a senior law enforcement officer in the UK and overseas. As Regional Director for the UK’s National Crime Agency in Africa, and later as the Director for the INTERPOL Global Organised Crime programme,

Paul was responsible for developing a cohesive approach with heads of state, governments, agencies and key partners across the world to mitigate serious global criminality. Paul sits on a number of strategic governance boards and has been responsible for establishing bespoke capability to tackle child sexual exploitation and abuse globally.

As Professor of International Child Protection Research, Debi has over 20 years' experience developing data for change. She is passionate about using complex and disparate data sources to understand the magnitude, patterns and determinants of CSEA globally.

Debi leads the data strategy at Childlight driving a vision of creating and curating rigorous and robust data to safeguard children now and preventing violence from ever occurring in the future.

Kelvin has significant experience in UK and international law enforcement. While with the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) in Kenya, Kelvin set up Africa’s first dedicated child exploitation and human trafficking units.

Prior to this he was a Senior Investigating Officer within The Child Exploitation Online Protection Centre specialising in extra territorial prosecutions relating to child exploitation across the Globe.

Professor Paul Griffiths spent 15 years as Child Victim Identification Manager for Queensland Police Service, and was previously a police officer in the United Kingdom for over 18 years. Much of that time was spent investigating online child abuse, with Greater Manchester Police, the National Crime Squad (NCS) and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre. Professor Griffith is a long-standing member of the INTERPOL Specialist Group on Crimes against Children. He was chair of both the Computer Facilitated Crimes against Children and the Child Victim Identification sub-groups, before serving as overall chair for six years

Kathryn C. Seigfried-Spellar, PhD, MA, is a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. She is a renowned expert in the psychosocial and technological factors associated with cybercriminal behavior, specifically on the criminological characteristics and grooming strategies of online child sex offenders. Her research intersects multiple fields, including the behavioral sciences, social sciences, artificial intelligence, biometrics, natural language processing, and digital forensics.

Dr. Seigfried-Spellar works extensively with law enforcement agencies worldwide, conducting research on sensitive operational data and providing trainings related to vicarious trauma and online investigations. She is a Fellow and Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Vicarious Trauma and the former Chair of the Digital and Multimedia Sciences section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. She is a member of the American Psychological Association and the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts.

Finally, she was a co-founder of the Child Sexual Abuse Reduction Research Network (CSARRN), a yearly workshop that brings leading researchers and thought leaders together to share their work, foster new collaborations, and develop unified solutions to better address child sexual abuse.

Current Research
• Grooming strategies of online child sexual exploitation and abuse offenders
• Knuckle and fingernail bed biometrics
• Behavioral analysis of digital forensic evidence
• Mental health & well-being of forensic science professionals

Areas of Expertise
• Cybercriminal behavior
• Online child sexual exploitation and abuse
• Behavioral analysis of digital evidence
• Vicarious trauma and psychological well-being

Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen is a leading authority in child protection, trauma recovery, and the wellbeing of frontline responders. With 30 years in the health sector and two decades dedicated to preventing sexual violence against children, particularly online, Nina has pioneered innovative approaches to safeguarding children and supporting professionals in this challenging field.

Doug has significant experience in UK Law Enforcement. He has been in charge as Senior Investigating Officer of a number of high-profile child abuse operations and held the public protection portfolio.

Doug sat on the National Executive Board for Family Liaison. He was formerly the Deputy National Co-ordinator at Operation Hydrant the UK response to non-recent child abuse

As Technical Advisory Program Manager, Lydia supports both the research and operational elements of Childlight.

With a 20-year career in UK law enforcement, in varied policing areas including Director of Intelligence, criminal investigations, and child safeguarding, also leading offender management and criminal justice departments.

Prior to Childlight, Lydia worked in academia in the UAE, lecturing on child protection, ethics and investigative programs and publishing in academic journals on child protection.

Lydia was seconded to the UK Home Office and the National Crime Agency working on international development programs. With the NCA, she was operations lead for child protection projects across the British Overseas Territories and involved in the development of a Child Protection Unit in Kenya. Lydia was a Senior Policing Advisor for the Home Office International Directorate.

Lydia has investigative and leadership certifications, underpinning commitment to public safety, education, and sustainable international capacity-building in child protection.

Samrawit brings more than 10 years of strategic communications experience across human rights, global health and international development. As Head of Communications at Minority Rights Group International, she collaborated with a network of minority and Indigenous partners across over 60 countries to amplify community voices and drive policy change. During her tenure, Samrawit co-founded Land Body Ecologies (LBE), a research collective examining climate change impacts on community mental health. LBE were recipients of the Wellcome Trust’s £1 million Hub Award (2021-2024).