Posted by Ian Evans
Balaji Ponmudi was inducted to the Rotary Club of Nunawading on Wednesday 26 August 2026.
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Balaji manages Services Cyber Security Consultant at NTT DATA, based in Melbourne. He leads a 24/7 Security Operations Centre, with responsibilities spanning security operations, detection engineering, threat intelligence, and cyber security consulting. His career began in telco as systems engineering at Spark New Zealand before moving into security operations and MSSP consulting, giving me a strong IT systems and infrastructure foundation. Balaji comes to the Rotary Club of Nunawading from a Rotary family both his parents have been active Rotarians for over two decades through the Salem TexCity2980 club. Balaji originally graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Rathnavel Subramaniam College (India), followed by a Graduate Diploma in Information Science from Massey University, New Zealand. Balaji lived and worked in New Zealand for more than twenty years before relocating to Melbourne, Australia a year ago, where he is now living in Glen Waverly with his wife Karthikeyini and two boys: Thakkshan (16 Yrs) and Nithish (8Yrs). Balaji speaks Tamil, Kannada, and English, which aligns well with Rotary’s international and multicultural service ethos, especially given Rotary’s global presence.
Balaji does meet membership requirements; he has been a regular attender at dinner meetings over recent weeks, is enthusiastic, and has completed service work.
His father a Rotarian from India addressed club several weeks ago while on a visit to Australia.
Welcome Balaji