Kangkshita Roy Deshmukh

I am a PhD student in Cryptography and Network Security at IIT Kharagpur, working under the guidance of Prof. Sourav Mukhopadhyay and Prof. Ratna Dutta. I completed my Integrated Master’s program in Mathematics with First Class First distinction and was awarded a Gold Medal. I am also a recipient of the ICCR Fellowship awarded by the Government of India.

My research focuses on designing efficient and privacy-preserving cryptographic protocols, with a particular emphasis on zero-knowledge proofs and anonymous credential systems. I am especially interested in constructing practical schemes that balance strong theoretical guarantees with real-world applicability.

Currently, I am exploring advanced cryptographic primitives such as mercurial signatures and their role in building delegatable anonymous credentials. My work also involves developing ZK-friendly representations and formal models suitable for modern proof systems.

Broadly, I am motivated by the challenge of enabling secure and private digital interactions through rigorous and scalable cryptographic design.