Served as a mentor in QIntern2023 for the project titled “Design of quantum-secured authentication protocols with privacy protection,” hosted by QResearch Department and organized by QWorld (Association). Name of Interns: (1) Meghashrita Das, Dual Degree B.Tech-M.Tech Student at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. Domain of Internship: Quantum Security. (2) Sairaaj Surve, Final year B.Tech Student at Dwarkadas J Sanghvi College of Engineering, Parle, Mumbai, India. Domain of Internship: Quantum Security. The project earned the third position in the best project category during the QIntern workshop.
Served as a mentor in QIntern 2024 for another edition of the project titled “Design of quantum-secured authentication protocols with privacy protection,” hosted by QResearch Department and organized by QWorld (Association). Name of Interns: (1) Pradeep Ramesh, Dual Degree BS-MS Student at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India. (2) Juweria Sayed, BS Student at University of Mumbai, India. (3) Haemanth Velmurugan, MS CS Student at UC San Diego, USA. Domain of Internship: Quantum Security.
Serving as a mentor in QIntern 2025 for the project titled “Design of Quantum-Anamorphic Encryption Against Coercive Surveillance” hosted by QResearch Department and organized by QWorld (Association). Name of Interns: (1) Tarun Hariharan, BTech CS Student at Indian Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad, India. (2) Juweria Sayed, BS Student at University of Mumbai, India. (3) Jessica Anabor, Management Applications Alumni of Atlantic Technological University, Ireland. (4) SK Saif Arko, BTech CS Student at BRAC University, Bangladesh. (5) Hitanshu Gedam, BTech CS Student at Government College of Engineering Nagpur, India. Domain of Internship: Quantum Security.
Sponsored Projects
Title: "Secure and Privacy Preserving Student Feedback Management System for IIIT-Allahabad", Grant No.: IIITA/RO/2021/048, Start Date: 20-January 2021, Role: Principle Investigator, Duration: 2 Years, Budget: 8.89 Lacs, Funded by: IIIT-Allahabad, Status: Completed Successfully.
Title: "Reliable and Privacy Preserving Data Auditing for FOG assisted Cyber Physical Systems (FOG-CPS)", Grant No.: IHUB-NTIHAC/2021/01/3, Start Date: 20th December 2021, Role: Principle Investigator, Duration: 3 Years, Budget: 22.4 Lacs, Funded by: IHUB NTIHAC Foundation, IIT Kanpur, Status: Ongoing.
Title: "Development of Security Audit Framework for Secure IoT Network", Start Date: 31-March 2021, Role: Co-Investigator, Duration: 5 Years, Budget: 274.25 Lacs, Funded by: C3iHub@IIT-Kanpur, Status: Ongoing.