A journey of a THOUSAND miles begins with a SINGLE step. - LaoTzu
2025
[Sep 2025] Our poster for ARTblock manuscript is out for FSCR Exhibition-2025(RIT Fireside Lounge, NY, USA on 30Sep 2025, Tue).[Sep 2025] Publication alert for our book (Fusion of ... Digital Media) by IGI Global (Book #4, Published: 18Sep 2025) ![Sep 2025] Acceptance of our 3 papers, 27, 35, 64 in 26th ACM SIGCITE 2025(Sacramento, California, USA, 6-8Nov 2025) ![Sep 2025] Publication alert for our D3S3real manuscript in Digital journal (Q2, Published: 10 Sep 2025) ![Sep 2025] Certificate of Participation from IEEE AIBThings 2025 for paper ID: 208 (Conf. date: 6-7Sep 2025) ![Sep 2025] Appointed TPC member for IEEE 9th ICICT 2026(Conf. date: 11-13Mar 2026, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA) ![Sep 2025] Publication alert for our healthMLsec in IEEE Xplore (Conf. date: 25-27Feb 2025, Added to IEEE Xplore: 4Sep 2025) ![Aug 2025] Publication alert for our paper, nodeWSNsec in IJACSA journal, Open Access, CiteScore: 2.7, Q3 (30 Aug 2025) ![Aug 2025] Our CampusVision paper is accepted for presentation and publication in IEEE 7th ICIDCA-2025 (28 Aug 2025).[Aug 2025] Acceptance of our manuscript, D3S3real in MDPI Digital journal, Open Access, CiteScore: 4.8, Q2 (24 Aug 2025) ![Aug 2025] Our book chapter TrustChain, Chapter 5 was published in Book, Securing AI ... Technologies (IGI, 12 Aug 2025).[Aug 2025] Our book chapter blockAuth, Chapter 4 was published in Book, Securing AI ... Technologies (IGI, 12Aug 2025).[Aug 2025] Publication alert for our book (Securing AI ... Technologies) by IGI Global(Book #3, Published: 12 Aug 2025) ![Jul 2025] Publication alert for our SmSeLib in IEEE Xplore (Conf. date: 14-16Mar 2025, Added to IEEE Xplore: 3July 2025) ![Jun 2025] My EB-1A (First Preference, extraordinary ability) was approvedby USCIS (Case Status Online, 30 June 2025).[Jun 2025] Our book chapter secureMetaEnd, Chapter 16 was published in Book, Defending the Metaverse ... Internet (CRC Press, 6June 2025).[Jun 2025] Publication alert for our FSCsec, dataLDA, detectGNN, AssessCICA in IEEE Xplore (Conf. date: 24-25 Apr 2025, Added to IEEE Xplore: 2 Jun 2025) ![May 2025] Participated at the annual RIT 2025 Summer Institute + AI Symposium(14 - 16 May 2025) ![May 2025] Publication alert for our SugarChain in IEEE Xplore (Conf. date: 18-20 Dec 2024, Added to IEEE Xplore: 9May 2025) ![May 2025] Letter from President of IEEE in recognition to recent elevation to Senior Member of IEEE (7 May 2025) ![May 2025] Publication alert for our book (DL and BCT for ... Cities) by CRC Press(1st Edition, B2, Published: 22May 2025) ![May 2025] Our book chapter smartVAST, Chapter 12 was published in Book, DL and BCT ... Cities (CRC Press, 21May 2025).[May 2025] I will be teaching CSEC 140 for Summer 2025 semester at RIT (12-weeks, Term ID: 2248, 14 May - 6 Aug 2025).[May 2025] Elevation to Senior Member of IEEE by Dr. Kshetri is In The News (RIT College of Computing News, 1 May 2025).[Apr 2025] Publication alert for our emoAIsec in IEEE Xplore (Conf. date: 10-12 Mar 2025, Added to IEEE Xplore: 25Apr 2025) ![Apr 2025] Our students presented four papers (paper id: 5, 6, 39, 209) at 13th IEEE ISDFS 2025 (24 - 25 Apr 2025).[Apr 2025] Elevated to the grade of IEEE Senior Member, thanks to IEEE Admission & Advancement Committee (21 Apr 2025) ! [Apr 2025] Our book proposal on Next Generation VAPT[CforBC] is approved by Elsevier(3 Apr 2025).[Mar 2025] Our book on Blockchain & Cybersecurity is In The News (RIT College of Computing News, 31Mar 2025).[Feb 2025] Appointed reviewer for Transactions on ETT (Publisher: Wiley, Journal: Q1, 20 Feb 2025).[Feb 2025] Publication alert for our blockHealthSecure in the journal, Information 2025, 16(2), 133 (Published: 11 Feb 2025).[Feb 2025] Our Cyber AI Trends book chapter was published in Book (IGI Global, Feb 2025, pp. 279-298).[Jan 2025] Our book chapter webCyberBlock, Chapter 8 was published in Book (CRC Press, 29 Jan 2025, pp. 123-138).[Jan 2025] Publication alert for our book by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group (1st Edition, 2025, Published: 29 Jan 2025) !
2024
[Dec 2024] Publication alert for our DefTesPY in IEEE Xplore (Conf. date: 23-25Jul 2024, Added to IEEE Xplore: 4Dec 2024) ![Dec 2024] Publication alert for our Deepfake Disasters in IEEE Xplore (Conf. date: 23-25 Jul 2024, Added to IEEE Xplore: 4 Dec 2024) ![Dec 2024] Call for Book Chapters, IGI Global,Fusion of Multimodal Gen. AI ... (Submission Deadline: 19Jan 2025).[Dec 2024] Our algoTRIC paper was published in IJACSA (Vol. 15, No. 12, Dec 2024, pp. 1-14).[Dec 2024] Our riskAIchain paper was published in Risks journal (Risks 2024, 12 (12), 206, Published: 19 Dec 2024).[Oct 2024] Our manuscript AssessITSis published in Journal of Information Security (Vol 15, No. 4,Oct 2024).[Jun 2024] Publication alert for our cryptoRAN in IEEE Xplore (Conf. date: 2-3May 2024, Added to IEEE Xplore: 11June 2024) ![May 2024] Publication alert for our algoXSSF, HNMblock in IEEE Xplore (Conf. date: 29-30 Apr 2024, Added to IEEE Xplore: 15 May 2024) ![May 2024] My EB2 NIW (Second Preference, National Interest Waivers) was approved by USCIS (Case Status Online, 3 May 2024).[Apr 2024] Publication alert for our healthAIChain paper in IEEE Xplore (Conf date: 21-23Dec 2023, Added to IEEE Xplore: 18Apr 2024)[Mar 2024] Awarded grant for FRCC GA (Graduate Assistant) for two full semesters by Research & Grants Center, Emporia State Univ ![Mar 2024] Appointed reviewer for Int. Conf. on Emerging Trends in Networks & Computer Comm., 4th IEEE ETNCC-2024 (23-25 Jul) ![Mar 2024] Our algoXSSF manuscript is accepted in 12th Int. Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (IEEE ISDFS-2024).[Mar 2024] Certificate of Participation at 5 days FDP "Recent Trends & Applications in Data Science" by Sister Nivedita University ![Feb 2024] Appointed TPC member for IEEE International Conference on Comp., Comm, & Int. Systems, ICCCIS-2024 (18-19 Oct).[Feb 2024] Invited speaker (Topic for FDP: Malware & Endpoint Security), 5 days FDP by Graphic Era Hill University (GEHU).[Feb 2024] Appointed TPC member for 17th EAI International Conference on Wireless Internet, 15-16 Nov 2024, Perth, AUS (WiCON 2024).[Feb 2024] Volunteer as a Judge for 21st Annual Capitol Graduate Research Summit (CGRS-2024) in Topeka, KS, USA.[Feb 2024] Our HNMblock manuscript is accepted in 12th Int. Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (IEEE ISDFS-2024) ![Feb 2024] Publication alert for our knowCC paper in IEEE Xplore (Conference date: 3-4 Nov 2023, Date added to IEEE Xplore: 15 Feb 2024) ![Feb 2024]Reviewer certificate from Springer International Conference on Deep Learning and Visual AI (ICLDAI-2024).[Jan 2024] Appointed as international TPC member for Springer Int. Conf. ReDCySec-2024 (30-31 May 2024) by Sharda University.[Jan 2024] Our poster for cryptoRAN manuscript is out for CGRS-2024 (Topeka, Kansas, USA on 21 Mar 2024, Thu).[Jan 2024] AD Scientific Index Rankings for Scientist, World University Rankings 2024, #18 of 30 in LU, #274,412 in USA, 20Jan 2024.[Jan 2024] Appointed reviewer for The 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), 9-13 Aug 2024. [Jan 2024] Completed 5 days FDP on "Future of Generative AI in Academic Research" by IEM (2-6Jan 2024).
2023
[Dec 2023] Our cryptoRAN paper is accepted for presentation and publication in IEEE InCACCT-2024 (2-3May 2024).[Nov 2023] Call for Book Chapters, CRC PressDL & BCT for Smart & Sustainable Cities (Chapter Submission Deadline: 20 Feb 2024).[Oct 2023] Our healthAIChain paper is accepted for presentation and publication in IEEE ICIMIA-2023 (21-23Dec 2023).[Oct 2023] Completed 5 days FDP on "Recent Trends in AI & ML for Smart Computing" by Institute of Engineering & Management (9-13 Oct 2023) ![Oct 2023] Presented a "Professional Development Presentation on Cybersecurity" on 11 Oct 2023 for Faculty Qualifications & Dev. Committee, ESU ![Oct 2023] Appointed TPC member for IEEE International Conference InCACCT-2024 (2-3 May 2024) ![Oct 2023] Delivered an invited talk on "Cybersecurity Education & Career Ahead" on 5 Oct 2023 for Tech Club, School of Business & Technology, ESU ![Sep 2023] Our knowCC paper is accepted for presentation and publication in IEEE ICCCIS-2023 conference(3 - 4 Nov 2023).[Aug 2023] Online guest lectureon Cybersecurity Threat Landscape, Cyber Defense, & CountermeasuresatSRM University, 16Sep 2023 ![Jul 2023] Participated in One Day International Seminar on "Unlocking Success" organized by VIT-AP University, 29 Jul 2023 ![Jul 2023] Appointed TPC member for IEEE International Conference ICAIIHI-2023 (29-30Dec 2023) ![Jul 2023] Completed 5 days FDP on "Unleashing Emerging Research Trends" organized by SCOPE, VIT-AP University, 24-28 Jul 2023 ![Jul 2023] Our research paper,FinChain - Adaptation of BCTis now published and available online (iJEDIE, Volume 1, Issue 1, Article 4).[Jul 2023] I will joinEmporia State University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor (Computer Science) from Fall 2023 semester.[Jun 2023] Our book chapter (Chapter 3) is published in the book, Confronting Security and Privacy Challenges in Digital Marketing by IGI Global ![Jun 2023] Certificate of Appreciationfor Springer International Conference on ReDCySec-2023(Recent Developments in Cybersecurity) ![Jun 2023] Completed 5 days Faculty Development Programorganized by IEM & CSI from 19-23 Jun 2023 ![May 2023] Appointed Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for IEEE International Conference ICCCIS-2023 (3-4Nov 2023) ![May 2023] Paper presented in ICICCT-2023 (Uncovering Deception: A study on Machine Learning techniques for Fake news detection) ![May 2023] Our book chapter (Exploring intersection of Digital Marketing & Retail) was accepted for publication by IGI Globalin upcoming book ![Apr 2023] Presented at Emerging Technologies and Future of Education on FinChain(21 Apr 2023).[Apr 2023] Our book proposal (BCT for Cyber Defense, Cybersecurity, & Countermeasures) was accepted fromCRC Press ![Mar 2023] Appointed TPC member for Springer International Conference ReDCySec-2023 (16-17 Jun 2023) ![Feb 2023] Our "Architecting the Metaverse" paper was published and available online in JILSA as Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 1-23(7 Feb 2023).[Jan 2023] Our SugarChain paper was published and available online in arXiv as preprint (arXiv: 2301.08405 [cs.CY]).
2022
[Dec 2022] Our BCT-CS paper was published in IJACSA(Vol. 13, No. 11, Nov 2022, pp. 264-370).[Nov 2022] Participated inSTLCyberCon 2022 organized by UMSL ![Nov 2022] Our BCT-CS paper was accepted for publication inIJACSA(Vol-13, No-11).[Oct 2022] Editorial team member for Journal of Digital Security & Forensics(published byGranthaalayah Publications and Printers).[Sep 2022] Reviewer appointed for ICCCIS-2022 IEEE International Conference (organized by Sharda University, Greater Noida, India).[Aug 2022] Attended "Patent Searching" livestream webinar, by IEEE-USA/US Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) on 17 Aug 2022, Wednesday.[Aug 2022] Faculty Friday - CSTH, Lindenwood University,New Faculty Spotlight (5 Aug 2022, Friday).[Jul 2022] Doctoral dissertation published online by ProQuestas open access (Document ID: 2688 0907 81) ![Jun 2022] Reviewer for AICTC-2022International Conference (hosted by Govt. Engineering College, Bikaner, RJ, India).[May 2022] Attended the online seminar "Cybersecurity in Education" on 16 May 2022Monday (sponsored by Australia-Japan Foundation).[May 2022] UMSL Spring Commencement 2022 (14 May, Saturday) and hooded Doctorate degree by Prof. Miller ![May 2022] Participated in Second Annual Cybersecurity Summit St. Louis 2022 (13 May 2022, Friday, 7:30am - 6:00pm).[Apr 2022] Excited to join Lindenwood Universityfrom Fall 2022 as an Assistant Professor (Cybersecurity) ![Mar 2022] Successfully defended the PhD Oral Defense(UMSL, Dept. of Computer Science, 23 Mar 2022) ![Mar 2022] Completed CITI program course on 21 Mar 2022 (Social & Behavioral Research, 1. Basic Course).[Mar 2022] Awarded Teaching Excellence & Innovation Grant (Lindenwood University as PI) !
2021
[Dec 2021] Our Online Crime paper published in Journal of ECA (IF-6.1, Vol-11, Iss-12, ISSN:1934-7197, pp. 13-33). [Nov 2021] Virtually participated in STLCyberCon2021 Cybersecurity Conference (12 Nov 2021, Friday)! [Nov 2021]Successfully passed the PhD Proposal Defense (8 Nov 2021, Monday) ![Aug 2021] Excited to be the part of LINDENWOOD University (as an Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science) ![Jul 2021] Participated in High school leadership IT summit (19-21 Jul 2021, Organized by UMSL & Daugherty Business Solutions) ![May 2021] Our BCT-AA paperwas published in SSRN electronic journal (ID = 3834004).[Apr 2021] My conference paper is published as a book chapter (by SpringerLink, Advances in Information & Communication) ![Apr 2021] Presented my paper at FICC Conference, Canada (29 Apr 2021, Session 11: Security and Privacy) ![Feb 2021] My Survey paper on Computer Ethics published online in IJITEE (Vol-10, Iss-4, ISSN: 2278-3075, pp. 207-210) ![Jan 2021] Successfully presented the survey paper to the research committee (Department of CS, UMSL)!
2020
[Nov 2020] Talk at SIET, India on Cyber defense, cyber ethics and government initiatives ![Sep 2020] Paper accepted at Proceedings of the 2021 FICC. [Mar 2020] Qualified the PhD qualifying exam (Dept. of CS, UMSL) ![Feb 2020] Volunteer as a IRS certified VITA Officer (Non-Resident Tax Filing 2020) !
2019
[Nov 2019] Attended Cybersecurity Conference (15 November) at JCPenny Conference Center, UMSL ![Aug 2019] Excited to be a part of Prof. Keith Miller's research group at UMSL ![June 2019] Volunteering started at SLSC (as a Student Assistant, first Friday every month) ![May 2019] Was offered Student Assistant - Technical post (TLC Lab, UMSL) !
2018
[Nov 2018] Successfully completed DL Workshop by ML&PSP Labat UMSL (04 November).[Jul 2018] Was offered GTA (Dept. of CS, UMSL) for the PhD program ![Mar 2018] Qualified the Graduate Records Examination (GRE, Score: 304) !
2017
[Dec 2017] Recipient of the Dean List Award (MS Cybersecurity) ![Jan 2017] Awarded Sequential Graduate Fellowship for MS program (Webster University, USA) !
2016
[Aug 2016] Qualified the IELTS exam (Score: 7.5) by British Council ![Jan 2016] FDP Training at UPTEC Lucknow (11 - 13 January).
2015 and before
[May 2015] Joined UPTEC College, Allahabad as a Lecturer / System Officer ![May 2014] Best Project Award at University of Allahabad (MCA Final sem).[Mar 2011] Received admission offer for MCA program (University of Allahabad, India). [Nov 2010] Recipient of University Merit Scholarship (BCA 8th sem, Board Fourth) ![Aug 2010] Recipient of University Merit Scholarship (BCA 7th sem, Board Fourth) ![Sep 2009] Recipient of University Merit Scholarship (BCA 6th sem, Board Third) !