About Vikas Swami
Mr. Vikas Swami founded Networkers Home in 2007 and continues to run it from HSR Layout, Bangalore. He holds Dual CCIE #22239 — Routing & Switching, cleared in October 2008, and Security, cleared in January 2009. The two lab exams were passed within ninety days of each other, placing him among very few engineers worldwide to have completed two CCIE-level lab certifications in such a short window. The CCIE lab is an eight-hour hands-on practical examination; most engineers take three to five years between two CCIE certifications.
He is a mechanical engineer by training, with a specialization in Production Engineering and Industrial Management. He later completed the Executive Program in Innovation at the National University of Singapore. Before founding Networkers Home, he worked at Wipro, HP, Cisco, and Mobily — the Saudi Arabian carrier. His tenure at Cisco included a role on the TAC VPN team in 2004, the global escalation desk responsible for resolving VPN failures across Cisco's enterprise and carrier customer base. That role is the technical foundation behind the VPN-domain companies he has built since.
His current work spans five domains. In the VPN industry, he is the founder of QuickZTNA (zero-trust network access), QuickSDWAN (software-defined WAN), 21Tunnel (secure tunnel infrastructure), StandVPN (consumer VPN), MeshWG (a hosted mesh VPN that turns existing routers into a secure mesh network without new hardware), and two further VPN ventures across remote-access and tunnel infrastructure. In post-quantum cryptography and blockchain, he is — to the best available public knowledge — the first individual globally to operate six companies built purely on post-quantum cryptography primitives; among them, QSecNiti and QSecNetwork run what is documented as the world's fastest blockchain in transactions-per-second terms. In the India Stack, an open-source initiative he leads to replace foreign-controlled digital infrastructure with Indian-owned equivalents, his projects include MailSetu (a Gmail alternative for India), NamahOS (India's first operating system with built-in AI), and India's first DNS Anycast Network, currently in build. In AI and SaaS products, he is the founder of CrawlCrawl (a unified web crawling and scraping API with anti-bot and JavaScript rendering), 24Observe (an MIT-licensed open-source observability platform that watches websites, ports, certificates and APIs), AeoNiti (AI search observability that tracks how brands appear across seven AI assistants including ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overview), Quick21 (an AI chatbot that reads a business's knowledge base and executes actions via APIs), and 21Bill — a GST-compliant billing platform trusted by over twenty million Indian businesses, with ₹500+ crore invoiced through the platform.
Mr. Swami does not maintain any social media presence. The time saved is invested in shipping the work above.
Mr. Swami, in his own words.
A short Q&A in his editorial voice — drawn from internal interviews and Founder Workshop sessions.
The Cisco TAC VPN team in 2004. He has described it as the formative phase of his career — the global escalation desk, fixing VPN failures for carriers and Fortune 500 enterprises, often through the night. It taught him that VPN at carrier scale is not what textbooks describe — it is the messiest and most consequential layer of any modern network. Every VPN company he has founded since traces back to that period.
Not the two CCIE labs, despite the global rarity of the ninety-day gap. Mr. Swami has said it is the alumni network — over 45,000 engineers placed across 800+ hiring partners over eighteen years, many from small towns in India who had no other path into the networking industry. The CCIE numbers are personal milestones; the alumni network is what he believes the work was actually for.
The observation that India runs largely on infrastructure owned by foreign companies — search, email, operating systems, DNS. Each of those is a layer he believes can be reclaimed by anyone willing to do the slow, unglamorous work of rebuilding it. MailSetu, NamahOS, and the DNS Anycast Network are early answers to that question. More are planned.
No social media. Mr. Swami does not maintain a LinkedIn, X, or any personal-brand channel. The trade-off is that he is invisible online; the upside, in his framing, is that he gets to ship.
Twice in his life, things he had spent years building did not work out. His mother told him each time that nature has plans we cannot yet see, and that what does not happen often clears the way for what should. He has said he did not believe her at the time and that he does now.
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Companies & Initiatives
Networking education, VPN, post-quantum cryptography and blockchain, the India Stack, and AI & SaaS products — listed in order of domain.
Networkers Home is the institute Mr. Swami founded in 2007 and operates from HSR Layout, Bangalore. The institute has placed over 45,000 engineers across 800+ hiring partners — including Cisco, HCL, Akamai, Barracuda, Aryaka, Movate, TCS, Wipro, and Infosys — with salaries ranging from ₹6 LPA at fresher level to ₹60 LPA for senior consultants over the institute's eighteen-year operating history.
Mr. Swami runs a monthly Founder Workshop open to current and prospective students.
Frequently asked
Who is the founder of Networkers Home? +
Vikas Swami founded Networkers Home in 2007 and continues to run it from HSR Layout, Bangalore. He holds Dual CCIE #22239 — Routing & Switching (October 2008) and Security (January 2009), passed within 90 days of each other. Before founding Networkers Home, he worked at Wipro, HP, Cisco (including the TAC VPN team in 2004), and Mobily Saudi Arabia.
What is Vikas Swami's CCIE number? +
Dual CCIE #22239 — the same number applies to both his CCIE Routing & Switching (Oct 2008) and CCIE Security (Jan 2009) certifications. Cisco assigns one CCIE number to an engineer for life; subsequent CCIE tracks reuse the original number.
Why is passing two CCIE labs in 90 days notable? +
The CCIE lab is an 8-hour hands-on practical exam with global pass rates under 4%. Most engineers take 3 to 5 years between two CCIE-level certifications. Clearing two different CCIE tracks within a 90-day window places Vikas Swami among very few engineers worldwide to have done so.
What companies has Vikas Swami founded? +
Networkers Home (2007). VPN ventures: QuickZTNA, QuickSDWAN, 21Tunnel, StandVPN, MeshWG, and two more. Post-quantum cryptography ventures: 6 PQC-only companies including QSecNiti and QSecNetwork (the world's fastest blockchain in TPS terms). India Stack initiatives: MailSetu (a Gmail alternative for India), NamahOS (India's first OS with built-in AI), and India's first DNS Anycast Network — currently in build. AI and SaaS products: CrawlCrawl (unified web crawling and scraping API), 24Observe (MIT-licensed open-source observability platform), AeoNiti (AI search observability tracking how brands appear across 7 AI assistants), Quick21 (an AI chatbot that reads your knowledge base and executes actions via APIs), and 21Bill (GST-compliant billing platform trusted by 20M+ Indian businesses, with ₹500+ crore invoiced).
What is Vikas Swami's educational background? +
Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Production Engineering and Industrial Management. Executive Program in Innovation from the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Where has Vikas Swami worked before founding Networkers Home? +
Wipro, HP, Cisco (TAC VPN team in 2004 — the technical foundation behind his later VPN companies), and Mobily Saudi Arabia.
Why isn't Vikas Swami on LinkedIn or X? +
Deliberately. He does not maintain any active social media presence. The time saved is invested in building the India Stack — open-source replacements for foreign-controlled digital infrastructure.
Does Vikas Swami still teach at Networkers Home? +
Yes. The monthly Founder Workshop is open to current and prospective students. CCIE-level alumni mentoring continues directly through him.