Dr. Debasis Das
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Jodhpur
Dr. Debasis Das received his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna, India. He joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at IIT Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India in 2019. Before joining IIT Jodhpur, he was working as an Assistant Professor at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, India and NIIT University, Rajasthan, India.
His research interests include communication and networking, Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs), smart cities, Internet of Vehicles (IoV), smart healthcare, smart agriculture, blockchain, and network security. He has published 70 research papers in international journals and conferences. He has published six book chapters and also presented several research papers at national and international conferences. Earlier, he was involved in research funded projects of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India, where he had actively participated in developing the centralised and distributed algorithm for vehicular sensors and mesh network-based platforms for future ITS. His current research interests include distributed and centralised algorithms for smart cities.
He has been awarded the Early Career Research (ECR) Award by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India for a sponsored research project titled "Secure Vehicular Communication and Routing in Future Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)". He also has expertise in software and hardware implementation of VANETs using QualNet, NS-2/NS-3 (simulators) and Raspberry Pi (hardware).
Aditi Srivastava
Associate Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
Aditi Srivastava holds a Master of Technology degree in Computer Science. Currently, she is working as a Product Manager with TCS iON. Earlier, she has worked as a subject-matter expert (SME) in Computer Science and has provided content related services to TCS iON. Prior to that, she started her career in education, serving the education industry for more than 6 years.
Aditi has published more than 12 national and international papers in the areas of Information Security, Cloud Computing, and eLearning. While pursuing her master’s degree, she got the opportunity to work with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology; Security Audit Project. She has explored cultures of various countries and collaborated with the purpose to understand the educational systems in terms of curriculum approach, teaching/learning processes, educational management and assessment strategies. She has interacted with the faculty and students of institutions like Heidelberg University, Dresden University of Technology and Düsseldorf University. Such interactions have provided her in-depth exposure to the international educational space.
Abhijit Lahiri
Product Manager
Tata Consultancy Services
Abhijit Lahiri is an IT professional with 15 years of experience in the Education and Training domain. Abhijit holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science. He has been a trainer for several corporates, including TCS (ILP program). His subjects of interest include Advanced Computer Networking, OOP, DBMS and Computer Organization. He was a faculty at Burdwan University, West Bengal teaching students of M.Sc. Computer Technology.