About Me

Welcome to my webpage! I am an Applied Cryptography Researcher and Assistant Professor at the School of Data Science, IISER Thiruvananthapuram. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science with a specialization in Searchable Encryption. My research focuses on secure and efficient solutions for secure cloud computing, data privacy, and encrypted graph analytics, combining theory with real-world prototype implementations. I enjoy teaching. My current research focus includes blockchain foundations, particularly Ethereum and its Layer-2 technologies, as well as post-quantum cryptography.


Assistant Professor
IISER Thiruvananthapuram


Vacancy: PhD position in Security; Cloud Security & Applied Cryptography, Blockchain. Candidate with CSIR/UGC NET, INSPIRE, etc. can visit my official webpage for details.

Latest News

  1. Paper titled "Efficient and Post-Quantum Conjunctive Dynamic SSE with Strong Privacy Guarantees" accepted at PKC 2026.
  2. Delivered an invited talk on "Mitigating Randao Manipulation: Is VDF the Missing Link?" at Crypto Winter School (CWS) 2025, IIT Bhilai.
  3. Served as Co-organizer of AI for Science; AI Impact Pre-Summit Event, under IndiaAI Mission, IISER.
  4. Member of Organizing Committee, 3rd Frontiers Symposium in Data Science, IISER.
  5. Delivered a talk on "From Classical to Quantum Cryptography: The Next Leap in Secure Communication" at Tathva's 25 Annual Techno-Management Fest, NIT Calicut,

Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.

Alan Turing