For Prospective Students

  • PhD Aspirant: Aspiring applicant may write to me with a copy of your updated CV. However, the applicant has to clear the departmental PhD recruitment process. Minimum requirements to work in my group:
    • Strong programming skill using C/C++ and Matlab.
    • Strong foundation on Data Structure and Algorithms.
    • Basic knowledge of Computer Networks. Suggested to read the following book:
      • Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach; by James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross; 6th Edition, 2017.
    • Basic knowledge of IoT. Suggested to read the Chapters 1-8 in the following book:
      • IoT Fundamentals: Networking Technologies, Protocols, and Use Cases for the Internet of Things; by David Hanes et al.; 1st Edition, 2017.
    • Good writing and communication skill in English.
    • Having basic knowledge on Probability, Stochastic Process, Matrix, and Optimization will be preferable.
    • Having knowledge on Network Simulator (NS3 / Mininet / Cooja / 6TiSCH, etc.) will be preferable.
  • Syllabus: PhD Entrance Test & Interview in CSE, IIT Guwahati

  • PhD or Postdoc positions in my research group:

  • Research Profile: If you join in my group, you will be working in any of these research domains:
    • Machine Learning / Deep Learning based scheme for IoT applications and security (e.g. Edge Intelligence)
    • Performance analysis and improvement of IoT Protocols (e.g. IEEE 802.15.4, 6TiSCH-MC, MSF, CoJP, 6P, 6LoWPAN, RPL, CoAP, MQTT)
    • Different applications of IoT in Agriculture, Healthcare, Transportation, Smart Grid, and Manufacturing Industry
    • IoT Security -- Authentication, Access Control, Intrusion Detection and Mitigation, Secured Communication, etc.
    • Different access technologies in IoT: 6TiSCH, ZigBee, 5G, WiFi6, LoRaWAN

  • Internship: Bright students may contact with CV for possible internship positions. Also, you have to apply here.

PostDoc Research Scholar

Sl. No. Name of the Research Scholar Project Title Duration of Work Position / Designation after This
Dr. Habila Basumatary Cyber Security in Smart Micro-Grid –- Attack Detection and User Authentication Dec' 2022 - Aug'2024 Assistant Professor, IIIT Pune

PhD Students

Sl. No. Name of Student Thesis Title Graduation Year Co-guide and/or Remarks
Sreeparna Das Lightweight and Decoupled Distributed Authentication for Multi-Hop IoT Networks Jul' 2022 - Till date -
Saurabh Kumar Srivastava Intelligent Data Routing Scheme for IoT-enabled WSNs Jan' 2022 - Till date
(Registered in IIT (BHU))
Dr. Prasenjit Chanak, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
(Under JDP with IIT(BHU) Scheme)
Surja Sanyal A Lightweight and Scalable IDS for Host Oriented Mimicry Attack Detection in Industrial IoT Networks Jul' 2021 - Till date Dr. Pratik Chattopadhyay, IIT (BHU) Varanasi.
(Under JDP with IIT(BHU) Scheme)
Soumya Nandan Mishra Adaptive Routing in Low Power and Lossy Networks for Mission-Critical IoT Applications Jul' 2020 - Till date -
Karnish Nasrin Ahmed Tapadar Adaptive and Secure Link Scheduling in 6TiSCH Network for Resource Efficient Data Communication Jan' 2019 - Till date
(PhD Synopsis Done)
Dr. T. Venkatesh
Alakesh Kalita Adaptive Resource Allocation for Faster Formation of 6TiSCH IoT Network Jan' 2018 - May' 2022 (Graduated) Publications from PhD: 2 IEEE Transactions, 2 ACM Transactions, 3 IEEE Journal, 2 International Conference
Status after PhD: PostDoc in NUS, Singapore

M.Tech. Students

Sl. No. Name of Student Project Title Specialization Graduation Year Co-guide and/or Remarks
Vikas Kumar Khurendra Detecting Communication Delay Attack in CoAP-based IoT Networks CSE Pursuing --
Prahil Bhowmik Detecting Energy Depletion Attack in RPL for 6TiSCH Networks CSE Pursuing --
Nihalbhai Umarbhai Shaikh Lightweight and Adaptive Mutual Authentication for IoT Applications CSE Pursuing --
Pradoom Sanjay Varma PUF-based Lightweight User Authentication and Key Agreement for IoT Applications CSE Pursuing --
Singarapu Pavan Kumar Study of DiffServ Model in Link Scheduling for 6TiSCH Networks CSE 2024 --
Pratik Manoj Rana PUF-based Light-weight Mutual Authentication and Key Sharing Scheme for IoT-based Smart Grids CSE 2024 Work got accepted in IEEE ANTS'24
Aditya Kumar Sakre Vulnerability in Cell Scheduling Function and its Countermeasure for 6TiSCH Networks CSE 2023 Work is published in IEEE INDICON'23
Sanket Sonowal Implementation and Verification of PUF based User Authentication in IoT using FPGA CSE 2023 --
Vikash Raghuwanshi Man-In-The-Middle Attack Prevention in OCPP Protocol CSE 2022 --
Naladala Jeshwanth Supporting DiffServ in Distributed Link Scheduling for 6TiSCH Networks CSE 2022 --
Aditya Tandon Low-Latency Cell Relocation in Distributed Link Scheduling for 6TiSCH Networks CSE 2022 --
Priya Undirwade CNN-BiLSTM and Encoder Model for Network Intrusion Detection Data Science 2021 Dr. Shabari Nath, EEE Dept.
Arunav Saikia Designing Machine Learning based Intrusion Detection System for IoT Network Data Science 2021 Dr. Shabari Nath, EEE Dept.
Priyanshu P. R. Singh Designing a Distributed Scheduling Function for Adapting Traffic in 6TiSCH Network CSE 2021 Work is published in ICSET'23 Conference
Shiva Verma Adaptive and Distributed Cell Scheduling Function for 6TiSCH Networks CSE 2020 --
Sushant Yadav Collision Detection and Mitigation in Distributed Scheduling of 6TiSCH Networks CSE 2020 --

B.Tech. Students

Sl. No. Name of Student Project Title Graduation Year Remarks
Kota Satya Kiran Secured Messaging in CoAP to Mitigate Communication Delay Attack Pursuing --
M. D. N. Sai Srinivas Selective Reply to Control Messages in RPL to Mitigate Energy Depletion Attack Pursuing --
Ajay Durgesam PUF-based Lightweight User Authentication Scheme for IoT Pursuing --
Pradeep Kumar Charging Load Manipulation Attack Detection on EV Charging Stations 2024 --
Pauras Manoj Tarle Charging Rate Alteration Attack Detection Mechanism 2024 --
Aviral Gupta Flow-based botnet detection using machine learning 2021 --
Sunny Kumar A comparative Analysis of ECC and RSA 2021 --
Shubham Kumar Machine Learning and Deep Learning approach for Intrusion Detection Systems 2021 --
Mayank Chandra Exploring Decentralized Group Communication 2021 --
Baddu Hari Security in IoT based on Smart Contracts 2020 --
Durgesh Yadav Lightweight and Distributed Access Control for IoT Devices 2020 --
Sachin Chouhan Smart Lighting 2020 --
Tamilselvan S Intelligent System for Efficient Power Management in an Organization 2019 --
B Sree Siddharth, G Sravan Development of System based Firewall and Monitoring the system through web Application 2018 in IIT Jodhpur
Vivek Dwivedi, Sarvesh kumar Development of eRikshaw Charging Mobile App 2018 in IIT Jodhpur
M. Jagadeesh Network Anomaly Detection using Online Laplacian Component Analysis 2017 in IIT Jodhpur