diff --git a/src/controllers/beneficiary.controller.js b/src/controllers/beneficiary.controller.js
index fdad3e8..ccac3bf 100644
--- a/src/controllers/beneficiary.controller.js
+++ b/src/controllers/beneficiary.controller.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const { logger } = require('../util/logger');
 const beneficiaryService = require('../services/beneficiary.service');
 const db = require('../config/db');
+const randomName = require('../util/name.generator');
 
 async function validateWithinBank(req, res) {
   const { accountNumber } = req.query;
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ async function validateOutsideBank(req, res) {
       return res.status(401).json({ error: 'invalid account number' });
     //**IN PRODUCTION** poll the redis server continuously giving the refNo since the response from NPCI will be stored there
     await delay(3000);
-    return res.json({ name: 'John Doe' });
+    const name = randomName();
+    return res.json({ name });
   } catch (err) {
     logger.error(err, 'beneficiary validation within bank failed');
     res.status(500).json({ error: 'invalid account number' });
diff --git a/src/util/name.generator.js b/src/util/name.generator.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a90373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/name.generator.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+const indianFirstNames = [
+  'Aarav',
+  'Vivaan',
+  'Aditya',
+  'Vihaan',
+  'Krishna',
+  'Ishaan',
+  'Rohan',
+  'Ananya',
+  'Diya',
+  'Aisha',
+  'Priya',
+  'Sneha',
+];
+const indianLastNames = [
+  'Sharma',
+  'Verma',
+  'Iyer',
+  'Reddy',
+  'Patel',
+  'Mehta',
+  'Choudhary',
+  'Kumar',
+  'Das',
+  'Rao',
+];
+
+function getRandomIndianName() {
+  const firstName =
+    indianFirstNames[Math.floor(Math.random() * indianFirstNames.length)];
+  const lastName =
+    indianLastNames[Math.floor(Math.random() * indianLastNames.length)];
+  return `${firstName} ${lastName}`;
+}
+
+module.exports = getRandomIndianName;