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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

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

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)

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