Professional Organisational Activities

  1. Membership in Professional Bodies:
    (a) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Student Member [2002 – 2005], Member [2015 – to date].
    (b) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Member [2009 – to date], Senior Member [since July 2015].
    (c) International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR). Member [2008 – 2009, 2011 – 2012, 2014 – 2015, 2016 – 2017].
    (d) Indian Statistical Institute Society. Member [2006 – to date], Life Member [since 2011].
    (e) Cryptology Research Society of India (CRSI). Life Member [since 2006].
    (f) American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Student Member [2002 – 2005].
    (g) Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Student Member [2002 – 2005].
  2. Head, Cryptology and Security Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India, May 2021 – to date.
  3. Program Coordinator, Online Certification Course on Cryptology for 20 Executives of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bangalore, India, August 2021 – January 2022.
  4. Member, Ethics Committee, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India, 2020 – to date.
  5. Chairman, Canteen Committee, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India, 2019.
  6. Program Coordinator, Workshop on Application of Probability and Statistics in Cryptology and Security, on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis, February 14-15, 2018, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.
  7. Regional Coordinator of the Mathematical Olympiad for West Bengal Region, National Board of Higher Mathematics (NBHM), Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India, April 2024 – to date.
  8. Joint Regional Coordinator of the Mathematical Olympiad for West Bengal Region, National Board of Higher Mathematics (NBHM), Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India, December 2017 – April 2024.
  9. Organizing Committee Member, Regional Mathematical Olympiad (RMO), Eastern Region, 2016 — to date.
  10. Co-ordinator, Quantum Technology Research Activity, Jagadish Chandra Bose Centre for Advanced Technology (JCBCAT), a multi-institutional DRDO facility in Kolkata, India, April 2017 – to date.
  11. Advisory Committee Member, International Conference on Computer, Electrical and Communication Engineering (ICCECE), December 16-17, 2016, Kolkata, India.
  12. Organizing Committee Member, 17th International Conference on Cryptology in India (INDOCRYPT), December 11-14, 2016, Kolkata, India.
  13. Session Chair, 29th International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSID, January 4-8, 2016), Track T1-B: Embedded Security, January 7, 2016, Kolkata, India.
  14. Organizing Committee Member, 29th International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSID), January 4-8, 2016, Kolkata, India.
  15. Organizing Co-Chair, 9th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunication Systems (ANTS), Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society, December 15-18, 2015, Kolkata, India.
  16. Program Coordinator, Summer Internship in Cryptology, May 18 – July 17, 2015, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.
  17. Organizing Committee Member, Winter School on Interplay Between Statistics and Cryptology, December 1-5, 2014, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata,  organized by Applied Statistics Unit, ISI Kolkata, in collaboration with EPSRC-DST Indo-UK Initiative in Applied Mathematics.
  18. Convener, Workshop on Quantum Paradigms and Security, September 27-28, 2014, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, jointly organized by the Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, the Centre of Excellence in Cryptology (CoEC), Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, and Centre for Distributed Computing (CDC), Jadavpur University (JU).
  19. Session Chair, 13th IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI, July 9-11, 2014), Session 19: Security and Error Tolerance in System Architecture, July 11, 2014, Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.
  20. Session Chair, 9th International Conference on Information Systems Security (ICISS, Dec 16-20, 2013), Session: Cryptography-1, December 19, 2013, Kolkata, India.
  21. Session Chair, 14th International Conference on Cryptology in India (INDOCRYPT, Dec 7-10, 2013), Invited Talk II, December 9, Mumbai, India.
  22. Session Chair, 6th International Conference on Cryptology in Africa (AFRICACRYPT, June 22-24, 2013), Session: Efficient Implementations for ECC, June 22, 2013, Cairo, Egypt.
  23. Program Coordinator, Software Freedom with Google Summer of Code, a one-day awareness programme for the students of all disciplines of all colleges and Universities in Kolkata, May 22, 2012, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
  24. Program Coordinator, Workshop on Information and Security in Quantum World, organized by the Centre of Excellence in Cryptology, Indian Statistical Institute, March 28-30, 2012, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.
  25. Played key role in preparing the draft proposal of the UGC XIIth Plan requirements of the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Jadavpur University,Kolkata, India, 2012.
  26. Convener & Program Coordinator, Tutorial Workshop on Many Facets of Cryptology, jointly organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Jadavpur University and the Centre of Excellence in Cryptology, Indian Statistical Institute, October 14-15, 2011, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
  27. Session Chair, Indo-Japan Joint Workshop on Cryptography, December 12, 2009, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi.
  28. Tutorial Chair, 2nd National Conference on Recent Trends in Information Systems (ReTIS), February 7-9, 2008, Kolkata, India.
  29. Publicity Chair, 9th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN), January 5-8, 2008, Kolkata, India.
  30. Local Organizer, 7th International Conference on Cryptology in India (INDOCRYPT), December 11-13, 2006, Kolkata, India.
  31. Senator at the University Senate (one of the three student members nominated by the Graduate Student Organization), SUNY Albany, U.S.A., 2004 – 2005.
  32. Council Member, Resource Analysis and Planning Committee, University Planning and Policy Council (the only student member nominated by the Graduate Student Organization), SUNY Albany, U.S.A., 2004 – 2005.
  33. Department Representative / Mobilizer, Graduate Student Employees Union, SUNY Albany, U.S.A, 2004 – 2005.