Shinam is a computer engineer and has headed teams that developed the dx64 Cyber Attack Early Warning System platform, ITA-64 platform for compliance with India’s data privacy laws and IndiaCoin - an experimental cryptocurrency to train police and other enforcement agencies.
She has appeared as a cyber expert on the popular television program MTV Webbed. For the Action against Cyber Theft campaign run by DBS Bank, she was a cyber expert.
Shinam developed an interest in blockchain in 2011 while investigating a case of organized criminals using bitcoin.