Hello World! Also visit dhimans.in to know more about me.

I am an Assistant Professor at Department of EECS, IIT Bhilai. I love computer science and crypto. I mostly work in symmetric crypto particularly cryptanlaysis. Currently I am exploring the area of Lightweight Cryptography and Quantum Cryptanalysis. My research group focuses on various aspects of computer security and cryptography. The group can be reached at de.ci.phe.red.

Additional Affiliations

• Adjunct Faculty - Bharti School Of Telecom Technology And Management - IIT Delhi.

Awards/Recognition

• Young Scientist in Cryptography 2019 (Venus International Research Awards)
• Best PhD Thesis Award (Runners Up) 2018 (CICT PhD Symposium)
• Gold Medalist - CSE 2006 (NIT Agartala)

Areas of Interest

• Symmetric-Key Crypto
• Quantum Cryptanalysis (Recent)
• Lightweight Cryptography
• Cryptanalysis of Hash functions, Authenticated / Block Ciphers
• Fault Analysis Attacks

Qualification/Experience

• BE (CSE - Gold Medalist) - NIT Agartala
• MS (CSE) - IIT Kharagpur
• PhD (CSE) - IIT Kharagpur
• Post-Doc - Visiting Scientist - ISI Kolkata

Publications

• DBLP link
• Google Scholar: link
• Research Gate: link

Students

• PhD: Sahiba Suryawanshi (TCS Research Scholar) - Cryptanalysis of Symmetric-Key Primitives
• MTech: Souvik Pan - PDF Security Analysis
• Other Students Working With Me: Shashwat Jaiswal, Ambar Mutha
• Past Students:
• Banashri Karmakar - PhD (CRIS Lab, CSA, IISC Bangalore)
• Aikata - PhD (TU Graz, Austria)
• Ahaan Dabholkar - MS (Purdue University, USA)
• Satyam Sachan - MS (Purdue University, USA)