Pranav Viswanathan
Co-Founder and CEO

Pranav Viswanathan is the co-founder of NetSim (2005) and its chief architect. Pranav serves as the CEO and oversees R&D, Product, and Support. His expertise lies in the simulation of 5G/6G Networks, Wi-Fi, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs), Military Radios, and Internet of Things (IoT). His current focus areas for simulation in NetSim are: AI/ML in RAN, Non terrestrial Networking, Network Slicing, and MANET Military Radio Networks.
Pranav has a penchant for interacting with customers, appreciating their requirements, and answering needs with software. He has 20 years of experience in the modeling & simulation of wireless networks, and has traveled worldwide to orchestrate solutions using NetSim.
Pranav received his B-Tech from IIT Madras in 2003.

Shashikant Suman
Co-Founder and Technical Lead

Shashikant is part of the founding team of NetSim and is the current development lead. Over the years he developed most of NetSim's internal infrastructure including the virtual (TCP/IP) network stack, the emulator module for external connectivity, NetSim APIs and the custom code development framework. Additionally, he has also written a number of protocol libraries including 802.11, 802.15.4, MANET, VANET, and 5G NR.
His present efforts centre on deepening the 5G/6G library to meet cellular service provider needs and adding advanced visualizations to the GUI.
Shashikant received his Integrated MSc from IIT Kharagpur.