Avishek Adhikari

Professor and Head of the Department

Professor Dr. Avishek Adhikari, an M.Sc. Gold Medalist, is  a recipient of the President of India Medal, ISCA Young Scientist Award, and the International Mathematical Union (IMU) NANUM fund. He earned his Ph.D. from the Indian Statistical Institute under the supervision of Professor Bimal Roy, former Director of the Indian Statistical Institute and Padma Shree Awardee.

He was a faculty member in the Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Calcutta (July 7, 2006, to January 16, 2019). Professor Adhikari is the founder secretary of IMBIC, India, which has branches in Sweden and Japan. He served as the former Treasurer (2008-2024) of the Cryptology Research Society of India (CRSI) and was the Former Eastern Zonal Coordinator for NBHM MSc and Ph.D. Scholarship Examination.

His extensive international experience includes a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at INRIA-Rocquencourt, Paris, France, and visiting scientist positions at Linkoping University, Sweden, and the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. He has visited Japan (7 times, funded by JSPS and JST), Sweden (3 times), France (2 times), England (3 times), Switzerland (2 times), South Korea, Russia, Malaysia (2 times), Thailand, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Bangladesh, and Singapore.

Professor Adhikari has authored six basic textbooks on mathematics, including "Basic Modern Algebra with Applications" (Springer, 2014), "Basic Topology, Volume 1" (Springer, 2022), and "Basic Topology, Volume 2" (Springer, 2022). He has also edited two research monographs, notably a "Springer Monograph (2017) on Mathematical and Statistical Applications in Life Sciences and Engineering."

He was one of the Program Co-Chairs of Indocrypt 2021. His prolific research output includes more than 80 articles published in reputed international journals, conference proceedings, and contributed volumes. He also serves on the editorial board of several journals. He has been an investigator on twelve sponsored research projects, funded by agencies like DRDO, WESEE (Ministry of Defense), DST, DST-SERB (MATRICS), DST-FIST, DIT, and NBHM. This includes two International Collaborative Projects supported by DST-JSPS (Indo-Japan Project) and DST-JST (Indo-Japan) in collaboration with the Indian Statistical Institute.

A dedicated mentor, ten of his Ph.D. students have already obtained their Ph.D. Degrees, and four Ph.D. scholars are currently conducting research under his supervision. His diverse research interests include Algebra, Graph Theory, Cryptography, Cryptanalysis of Stream and Block Ciphers, Secret Sharing, DNA Cryptography, Visual Cryptography, Image Encryption, Wireless Sensor Networks, and Quantum Cryptography.

His Published Text Books: 

  1. (jointly with M R Adhikari), Basic Topology 1: Metric Spaces and General Topology, published by Springer in 2022. For more details, please visit the website https://www.springerprofessional.de/en/basic-topology-1/23234990.
  2. (jointly with M R Adhikari), Basic Topology 2: Topological Groups, Topology of Manifolds and Lie Groups, published by Springer in 2022. For more details, please visit the website https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-6577-6.
  3. (jointly with M R Adhikari), Basic Modern Algebra with Applications, published by Springer. For more details, please visit the website http://www.springer.com/mathematics/algebra/book/978-81-322-1598-1.
  4. (jointly with M R Adhikari), Introduction to Linear Algebra with Application to Basic Cryptography, Asian Books Private Limited, 2007.
  5. (jointly with M R Adhikari), Text Book of Linear Algebra : An Introduction to Modern Algebra, Allied Publishers, 2004.
  6. (jointly with M R Adhikari), Groups, Rings and Modules with Applications, Universities Press, 2003.

Edited Books 

  1. (jointly with Ralf Küsters and Bart Preneel), Progress in Cryptology – INDOCRYPT 2021, Published by Springer, 2021. For more details, please visit the website: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-92518-5 
  2. (jointly with M R Adhikari and Y. P. Chaubey), Mathematical and Statistical Applications in Life Sciences and Engineering, published by Springer in 2017, For more details, please visit the website: http://www.springer.com/in/book/9789811053696.
  3. (jointly with M R Adhikari and Y P Chaubey), Contemporary Topics in Mathematics and Statistics with Applications, Asian Books Private Limited, 2012.

The online classes offered by him during the LockDown period are uploaded systematically to the YouTube Channel. To view the classes, please click here. 

 

Address

Presidency University,
86/1 College Street, Kolkata - 700073,
West Bengal, India

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Email: avishek.maths at presiuniv.ac.in
alternate E-mail: avishek.adh at gmail.com

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