I am a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore. I earned my PhD from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. Prior to joining IIT Indore, I have worked with Hewlet-Packard, Infosys Lab and Samsung R&D on various projects.
Me and my research team mainly work on problems releated to Network Security, System Security, Information Centric Networking and Fault Detection in Networks.

Our Recent Works are in these Research Themes

I am looking for motivated students to work in our group. Please send me your CV if you are interested to do a PhD in the areas of my research interests.

Awards and Recognitions
2019: Visiting Professor NTNU Norway
2020: DUO-India Fellowship
2022: Associate Fellow C3i-Hub
2024: Visiting Professor Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Administrative Responsibilities
2016-Present: Head of Computer and Information Technology Center
2017-2020: GATE Chairman
2017-2020: JAM Chairman
2016-2019: Chief Information Security Officer
2020-2023: DPGC Convener
2014-2017: DUGC Convener

NPTEL Courses: I offer courses on NPTEL platform regularly. More than 25K students have registered and benifitted (really ?) from my courses so far. Prospective students joining our group are encouraged to go through my NPTEL course offerings.

Recent NPTEL Courses

Advanced Computer Networks Jan-Apr 2024

Systems and Usable Security Jan-Feb 2024
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