Dec. 2019 – Till date, Asst. Prof. | SRM University AP, Amaravati, AP
Aug. 2018 – Nov. 2019, Professor | Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, Karnataka
Sept. 2017 – July 2018, Assoc. Prof.| Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, Karnataka
2011-2016 - Teaching assistant at Network Design and Simulation Lab 1 and 2, practical | Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
Feb. 2009 – July 2011, Asst. Prof. | Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, Karnataka
Jan. 2008 – Dec. 2008, Sr. Lecturer | Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, Karnataka
July 2006 – Dec. 2007, Lecturer | Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, Karnataka
Sept. 2002 – Sept. 2004, Lecturer | Ballari Institute of Technology and Management, Ballari, Karnataka
Research Interests
Present Research Work: At present, my focus is towards the development of cross-layer design techniques i.e., protocols for internet of bio nano things (IoBNT). Nanonetworks consists of tiny devices of the order of few cubic micrometers encompassing sensing, actuating, processing and transceiver units. They form either star or mesh topology, collect the data from the nanoscale environment at molecular level and transmit the data either to the nano-controller or nano-macro device based on the application scenario. These networks are envisioned in the next few years and find applications in various fields such as medical healthcare, agriculture, environmental monitoring etc. The preliminary work is on channel modeling, particularly, the path loss model for in-vivo communication using nanosensor networks operating at terahertz frequency for human heart monitoring
Past Research (still working on it): Traditionally, content secrecy and privacy of information i.e., the text or images is achieved through the use of cryptographic primitives such as encryption and decryption techniques. However, concealing contextual information, in networks, such as packet flow rate, frequency of the EM signals, timing of the network traffic, location of some important events etc., is not possible through cryptographic primitives. A separate treatment is necessary to secure such contextual information. Our research focuses on concealing all such contextual information so that it is hard to discern by the adversary, an application of Wireless Sensor Networks for monitoring endangered species. The emphasis is on developing novel techniques to obfuscate the network traffic so as to mitigate adversarial traffic analysis attacks
Awards & Fellowships
2020 - Outstanding Large Chapter award presented to WiE Affinity Group, in recognition of the outstanding contribution to the IEEE Bangalore Section in the year 2019. Presented by IEEE Bangalored Section during AGM, 5th January 2020. (Group award).
2020 - Outstanding Medium Student Branch Counselor award for outstanding contribution to the IEEE Bangalore Section during 2019, presented by IEEE Bangalore Section, during AGM, 5th January 2020.
2020 - Best Volunteer – GOLD award for outstanding contribution to IEEE Women in Engineering (WiE) Affinity Group, Bangalore Section during the year 2019, presented by IEEE WiE Affinity Group, Bangalore Section during AGM, 5th January 2020.
2017 - Women's Workshop Travel Grants to present a poster at MobiSys 2017, The Fifteenth International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications and Services, Niagara Falls, New York, USA. June 19th – 23rd, 2017.
2016 – Bagged first place during a 3-minute challenge: "Talk It up" organized by Women in Engineering Affinity group, IEEE Kharagpur Section held during "IEEE Students' Technology Symposium", IIT Kharagpur, 30th September - 2nd October 2016.
2015 - IEEE Student Branch grant to attend IEEE All India Student and Young Professionals Congress, at Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India. held on 7th - 9th August 2015.
2011-2014 – AICTE research fellowship for Doctoral studies at IIT Kharagpur.
2006 - Bagged first prize during state level paper presentation competition: “WITS’06”. B.L.D.E.A's College of Engineering & Technology, Bijapur.
2004–2006 - Arya Vysya Association Education Scholarship for M. Tech program.
1999–2002 - Jindal Education Scholarship for B.E. program.
Memberships
Senior Member, IEEE
IEEE Women in Engineering
IEEE Young Professionals
IEEE Sensors Council
IEEE Big Data Community
IEEE N2Women
IEEE SIGHT
IEEE Internet of Things Community
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Security and Privacy
Fellow and Chartered Engineer, Institute of Engineers (India), on 14 Feb 2022. Fellow (Membership No: F-1287571)
