Project Title: Quantum Cryptanalysis and Resource Estimation using Grover Search for Symmetric Key Ciphers
Funding Agency: SAG Laboratory, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), New Delhi, India
Principal Investigator: Dr. SK Hafizul Islam
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Debasis Giri (Associate Professor, MAKAUT, West Bengal)
Budget:37.09 Lakhs Period: 02 Years (26/10/2025 - 25/10/2027). Status: Ongoing
Project Title: VLSI Implementation of Crypto-Hardware targeting Classical and Post- Quantum Cryptography
Funding Agency: Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Chips to Startup (C2S) Programme
Principal Investigator: Prof. Santanu Chattopadhyay (Professor & Director, IIIT Kalyani)
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Rinky Sha, Dr. SK Hafizul Islam, Dr. Dalia Nandi, Dr. Pratik Chakraborty
Budget: 83.00 Lakhs Period: 05 Years. Status: Ongoing
Project Title: Design and Implementation of 2PAKA Protocol for IoT Devices using Post-Quantum Cryptography
Funding Agency: National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) & Data Security Council of India (DSCI)
Principal Investigator: SK Hafizul Islam (PI)
Budget: 4.90 Lakhs Period: 11 months Status: Completed (01/11/2020 -- 30/09/2021)
Project Title: Outstanding Potential for Excellence in Research and Academics (OPERA) Research Grant
Funding Agency: BITS Pilani
Principal Investigator: SK Hafizul Islam (PI)
Budget: 15 Lakhs (Rs. 3 Lakhs/Yr) Period: 05 Yrs (01/01/2015 -- 30/12/2019)
Status: Completed