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Prof.
(Dr.) Sourav Mukhopadhyay
Professor
Dept. of
Mathematics
Indian
Institute of Technology Kharagpur
India - 721302
Short intro.:
Prof.
(Dr.) Sourav Mukhopadhyay is a Professor of the Department of Mathematics at
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He has completed his B.Sc (Honours
in Mathematics) from Ramkrishna Mission Vidaymandira, University of Calcutta, India. He has done M.Stat (in statistics) and M.Tech (in computer science) with distinction from Indian
Statistical Institute, India. He worked with Cryptology Research Group at
Indian Statistical Institute as a researcher and received his Ph.D. degree in
Computer Science from Indian Statistical Institute. He was a Research Assistant
at the Computer Science Department of School of Computing, National University
of Singapore (NUS). He visited Inria Rocquencourt, project CODES, France and worked as a
post-doctoral research fellow at the School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang
Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He was a post-doctoral research
fellow and Lecturer with the School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University
(DCU), Ireland. He has more than 100 publications and guided 11 PhDs and more
than 200 Masters students. His research interest includes Algebraic
Cryptanalysis on Symmetric Cipher, Cloud Computing, Digital Rights Management,
Key pre-distribution for Wireless Sensor Networks, Time/Memory Trade-off
Cryptanalysis, Functional Encryption, Quantum Cryptography, Blockchain, Bitcoin
and Cryptocurrency.
Upcoming SWAYAM-NPTEL-MOOC
courses:
1) Algorithmic Graph
Theory and Data Structures
2) Cryptography and
Network Security
Research Interests:
1. Algebraic
Cryptanalysis on Symmetric Cipher.
2. Cloud
Computing.
3. Digital Rights
Managements.
4. Key
pre-distribution for Wireless Sensor Networks.
5. Time/Memory
Trade-off Cryptanalysis
6. Functional
Encryption
7. Quantum
Cryptography
8. Blockchain,
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency
Career
Path (Employment and Education Timeline)
Publications
listed at, DBLP, at, Google
Scholar
Teaching:
1. List of courses taught at IIT Kharagpur
2. Design
and Analysis of Algorithms
3. Cryptography and Network Security
4. List of NPTEL
online courses offered:
a) Cryptography and
Network Security: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2025
b) Introduction to
Algorithms and Analysis: 2017, 2020 (2 times), 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025
c) Introduction to Automata,
Languages and Computation: 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024
d) Introduction to
Abstract and Linear Algebra: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
e) Fundamental
Algorithms: Design and Analysis: 2016, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
5. At Dublin City
University, Ireland - EE548: Internetwork Security (7.5 credit full course with
no. of students is 118), FEB - JUN, 2009.
6. At DTH SWAYAM
Prabha TV (during COVID 19 lockdown situation): a) Delivered 15 lectures (15
hours) on Introduction to Algorithms, b) Delivered 27 lectures (27 hours) on
Design and Analysis of Algorithms.
Students
Sponsored Projects (total sanctioned grand Rs. 4.6 Crore)
Last
modified: 05 September 2025