NIST's Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization & Quantum Readiness with Dr. Kunal Abhishek 🔐

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Dr. Kunal Abhishek is a Scientist ‘E’ at the Centre for Development of
Advanced Computing (C-DAC), where he leads the Cyber Security &
Forensics Group, driving advanced cyber security solutions for government
organizations. Before joining C-DAC, he served as Group Head of Network Security Research Group at SETS Chennai and spent seven years at
Weapons & Electronic Systems Engineering Establishment (WESEE),
Indian Navy, developing indigenous cryptographic and information
security solutions. He has spearheaded key Government of India PKI
initiatives, including Lakshman (a Strategic PKI), e-Abhedya (an ECC-
based PKI), and a proprietary elliptic curve-based PKI for defense
applications, while designing cryptographic tools like GANGA (a formal
and secure RNG for operating systems), GHOST (trusted elliptic curves
generation and verification tool), and ADRISHYA (an indigenous mobile
VPN).

Dr. Kunal is also the Chief Investigator of a project for recovery of
ransomware keys being funded from MeitY, Govt. of India. He has also
played a pivotal role in national policy development, contributing to India’s
Cryptography Roadmap and IT Act, 2000 amendments introducing ECC-
based Digital Signature Rules, 2015. He has authored the forthcoming book
titled “Deciphering Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures of Ransomware(s)
1989 to 2023”. He is also co-leading a government project on HPC-based
quantum accelerators for supercomputers. With 19 years of experience in
R&D and deployment, Dr. Kunal’s expertise spans Cryptography, Quantum
Technology, Secure Kernel Development and Statistics. He holds an M.S. in
Software Systems from BITS Pilani and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from
Bharathidasan University, specializing in Applied Cryptography, with
research published in leading journals and conferences.