In this space, you can find a list of some of the top cryptography researchers in India, with a focus on those working in academia and industry. We are constantly updating this list, so please let us know if we have missed any notable cryptographers.
Let’s meet some of the leading minds in the field of cryptography in India:
Ajith Suresh
Senior MPC Researcher
Technology Innovation Institute (TII), UAE
Webpage
Secure Multiparty Computation, Privacy-preserving Machine Learning
Arpita Patra
Associate Professor
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc)
Webpage
Secure Multiparty Computation
Ashish Choudhury
Associate Professor
Indian Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB)
Webpage
Secure Multiparty Computation
Bhavana Kanukurthi
Associate Professor
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc)
Webpage
Non-malleable Codes, Information Theory
Chaya Ganesh
Assistant Professor
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc)
Webpage
Cryptography, Zero-knowledge Proofs
Debdeep Mukhopadhyay
Institute Chair Professor
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Webpage
Cryptography, Hardware Security
Divya Gupta
Principal Researcher
Micrososft Research India
Webpage
Applied Cryptography, Secure Multi-party Computation, Blockchain
Divya Ravi
Assistant Professor
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Webpage
Secure Multi-party Computation, Distributed Computing
Manoj M. Prabhakaran
Professor
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
Webpage
Theoretical and Applied Cryptography
Mridul Nandi
Professor
Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata
Webpage
Symmetric Cryptography
Nishanth Chandran
Principal Researcher
Micrososft Research India
Webpage
Applied Cryptography, Confidential Computing, Secure Computation
Nishat Koti
Cryptography Researcher
Aztec Labs, UK
Webpage
Secure Multi-party Computation, Privacy-preserving Machine Learning
Nitin Singh
Researcher
IBM Research India
Webpage
Applied Cryptography, Blockchain
Pankaj Dayama
Senior Technical Staff Member
IBM Research India
Webpage
Applied Cryptography, Blockchain
Pradeep Mishra
Senior FHE Researcher
Technology Innovation Institute (TII), UAE
Webpage
Homomorphic Encryption
Pratik Sarkar
Research Scientist
Supra Research
Webpage
Secure Multi-party Computation, Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Blockchain
Pratyay Mukherjee
Senior Director of Research
Supra Research
Webpage
Cryptography in Payment and Blockchain
Rahul Rachuri
Staff Research Scientist
Visa Research
Webpage
Secure Multiparty Computation, Privacy-preserving Machine Learning
Sameer Wagh
Senior Research Engineer
OpenMined
Webpage
Secure Multiparty Computation, Homomorphic Encryption, Federated Learning
Shweta Agrawal
Professor
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
Webpage
Theoretical Cryptography, Post-quantum cryptography
Sikhar Patranabis
Research Scientist
IBM Research India
Webpage
Theoretical and Applied Cryptography
Somitra Sanadhya
Professor
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
Webpage
Cryptology and Security, Blockchain
Sruthi Sekhar
Assistant Professor
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
Webpage
Cryptography
Suvradip Chakraborty
Research Scientist
Visa Research
Webpage
Public-Key Cryptography
Yashvanth Kondi
Principal Scientist
Silence Laboratories
Webpage
Secure Multiparty Computation, Zero-knowledge proofs