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+91-870-2462724
anusha_vangala@nitw.ac.in
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Bio Sketch
Key Notes
- Journal(s): 14
- Conference(s): 13
- Book Chapter(s): 2
- PhD: Current - 1
- Event(s) Organized: Workshop - 3 Symposium - 1 Short Term Course - 1 FDP - 2
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PUBLICATIONS1
DOCTORAL STUDENT4
PROJECTSResearch Areas
Access Control
Applied Cryptography
Authentication
Digital Twin Security
IoT Security
Key Agreement
Network Security
Post-Quantum Cryptography
EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
| Degree | Institute | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Post-Doctoral Fellow | Missouri University of Science and Technology (M S&T), Rolla, MO, USA [Carnegie R1 University, QS 2024 World Rank: 480] | 2025 |
| Doctor of Philosophy | International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H) | 2023 |
COURSES HANDLED
| Course | L-T-P | Credit | Degree Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Networks(CS2305) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Security and Privacy(CS412) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Compiler Design(CS1202) | 3-0-2 | 4 | UG |
| Design Thinking(CS1102) | 0-1-4 | 3 | UG |
| IoT Security(CS464) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
RESEARCH IDs
ORC ID
ISI Researcher ID
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PUBLICATIONS
Journal(s)
MQTT-E: E2E encryption in MQTT via Proxy Re-encryption avoiding Broker Overloading,
By Francesco Buccafurri, Vincenzo De Angelis, Sara Lazarro, Anusha Vangala,
Elsevier,
Ad-Hoc Networks,
vol.172,
pp.103878,
2025
Privacy-Preserving Lightweight Authentication Framework for Location-Aware Edge-Enabled IoT-Based eHealth Systems,
By Patruni Muralidhara Rao, Anusha Vangala, Saraswathi Pedada, Ashok Kumar Das, and Athanasios V. Vasilakos,
IEEE,
Internet of Things Magazine,
vol.7,
pp.76-82,
2024
Designing Secure Location-based Authenticated Key Agreement Mechanism in Maritime Internet of Vessels for Big Data Analytics,
By Saurabh Agrawal, Anusha Vangala, Ashok Kumar Das, Neeraj Kumar, Mohammed J.F. Alenazi, and Sachin Shetty,
IEEE,
Internet of Things Journal,
vol.12,
pp.4641-4656,
2024
Big Data-Enabled Authentication Framework for Offshore Maritime Communication Using Drones,
By Anusha Vangala, Saurabh Agrawal, Ashok Kumar Das, Shantanu Pal, Neeraj Kumar, Pascal Lorenz, and Youngho Park,
IEEE,
Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT),
vol.73,
pp.10196-10210,
2024
Designing Access Control Security Protocol for Industry 4.0 Using Blockchain-as-a-Service,
By Anusha Vangala, Ashok Kumar Das, Neeraj Kumar, Pandi Vijayakumar, Marimuthu Karuppiah and YoungHo Park.,
Wiley,
Security and Privacy,
vol.7,
pp.e362,
2023
Blockchain-Enabled Authenticated Key Agreement Scheme for Mobile Vehicles-Assisted Precision Agricultural IoT Networks,
By Anusha Vangala, Ashok Kumar Das, Ankush Mitra, Sajal Kumar Das, and YoungHo Park,
IEEE,
Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS),
vol.18,
pp.904 - 919,
2023
Private Blockchain-envisioned Drones-assisted Authentication Scheme in IoT-enabled Agricultural Environment,
By Basudeb Bera, Anusha Vangala, Ashok Kumar Das, Pascal Lorenz, and Muhammad Khurram Khan,
Elsevier,
Computer Standards & Interfaces,
vol.80,
pp.103567,
2022
Blockchain-Based Robust Data Security Scheme in IoT-Enabled Smart Home-Envisioned Ubiquitous Computing Environment,
By Anusha Vangala, Ashok Kumar Das, YoungHo Park, and Sajjad Shaukat Jamal,
Tech Science Press,
Computers, Materials Continua,
vol.72(2),
pp.3549–3570,
2022
Security in IoT-enabled Smart Agriculture: Architecture, Security Solutions and Challenges,
By Anusha Vangala, Ashok Kumar Das, Vinay Chamola, Valery Korotaev, Joel J.P.C Rodrigues,
Springer,
Cluster Computing,
vol.26(2),
pp.879-902,
2022
Blockchain-Enabled Certificate-Based Authentication for Vehicle Accident Detection and Notification in Intelligent Transportation Systems,
By Anusha Vangala, Basudeb Bera, Saurav Saha, Ashok Kumar Das, Neeraj Kumar, and YoungHo Park,
IEEE,
Sensors Journal,
vol.21,
pp.15824–15838,
2021
Smart Contract-Based Blockchain-Envisioned Authentication Scheme for Smart Farming,
By Anusha Vangala, Anil Kumar Sutrala, Ashok Kumar Das, and Minho Jo,
IEEE,
Internet of Things Journal,
vol.8,
pp.10792–10806,
2021
Smart Secure Sensing for IoT-Based Agriculture: Blockchain Perspective,
By Anusha Vangala, Ashok Kumar Das, Neeraj Kumar, and Mamoun Alazab.,
IEEE,
Sensors Journal,
vol.21,
pp.17591–17607,
2021
Provably-secure Signature-based Anonymous User Authentication protocol in an IoT-enabled Intelligent Precision Agricultural environment,
By Anusha Vangala, Ashok Kumar Das, and Jong Hyuk Lee,
Wiley,
Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience,,
vol.35,
pp.e6187,
2021
Intelligent Authentication Model in a Hierarchical Wireless Sensor Network With Multiple Sinks,
By Anusha Vangala, Dr. Sachi Pandey, Dr. Pritee Parwekar, Dr. Ikechi Augustine Ukaegbu,
IGI Global,
International Journal of Natural Computing Research (IJNCR),
vol.9(3),
pp.30-53,
2020
Conference(s)
Secure Data Relay in Federated Digital Twins of IoT-enabled Smart Interconnected Factories
By Anusha Vangala, Jack Wyeth, Ashok Kumar Das, and Sajal K. Das,
23rd IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2025): Eighth International Workshop on Security, Privacy and Trust in the Internet of Things (SPT-IoT),
2025
SMEVCA: Stable Matching-based EV Charging Assignment in Subscription-Based Models
By Arindam Khanda, Anurag Satpathy, Anusha Vangala, and Sajal K. Das,
26th ACM International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN '25),
2025
Secure Location-based Authenticated Key Establishment Scheme for Maritime Communication
By Saurabh Agrawal, Anusha Vangala, Ashok Kumar Das, Neeraj Kumar, Sachin Shetty, and Sajal K. Das,
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2024),
2024
Undeniable Authentication of Digital Twin-managed Smart Microfactory
By Anusha Vangala, Ashok Kumar Das, and Sajal K. Das,
22nd IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2024): Seventh International Workshop on Security, Privacy and Trust in the Internet of Things (SPT-IoT),
2024
Security, Privacy and Trust in the Metaverse of Things
By Shantanu Pal, Anusha Vangala, Zahra Jadidi, Zhe Hou, and Ashok Kumar Das,
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing, Networking and Applications (Metacom2023),,
2023
Cloud-Assisted Security Framework for Drone-Enabled Offshore Communications
By Anusha Vangala, Raj Maheshwari, Ashok Kumar Das and Shantanu Pal,
IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (IEEE INFOCOM 2023): 6th International Workshop on Drone-Assisted Wireless Communications for 5G and Beyond (DroneCom),
2023
Privacy-Preserving Blockchain-Based Authentication in Smart Energy Systems
By Anusha Vangala and Ashok Kumar Das,
The 20th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys ’22): Fourth ACM International Workshop on Blockchain-enabled Networked Sensor Systems (BlockSys ’22),
2022
Blockchain-based Lightweight Authentication Protocol for IoT-based Smart Agriculture
By Anusha Vangala, Sandip Roy and Ashok Kumar Das,
Proc. 2022 International Conference on Cyber-physical Social Intelligence (ICCSI) 2022),
2022
Improved Confidentiality for Data Transfer in Wireless Sensor Networks
By Anusha Vangala and Pritee Parwekar,
Springer Smart Innovations, Systems and Technologies(SIST), presented in 3rd International Conference on Soft Computing and Informatics(SCI 2018),
2018
Redundancy Removal of Shifted Keys Using Pseudo Random Bit Generators in Wireless Sensor Network
By Anusha Vangala, S. C. Satapathy,
2nd World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems, Security & Sustainability (WS4),,
2018
Localization of Sensors in Wireless Sensor Networks
By Pritee Parwekar and Anusha Vangala,
52nd Annual Convention of Computer Society of India(CSI),
2018
Enhanced encryption model for sensor data in wireless sensor network
By Anusha Vangala and Pritee Parwekar,
20th IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC – 2017),
2017
Encryption Model for Sensor Data in Wireless Sensor Networks
By Anusha Vangala and Pritee Parwekar,
4th International Conference on Information System Design and Intelligent Applications (INDIA – 2017),
2017
Book Chapter(s)
Security and Privacy in Cyber-Physical Systems
By Anusha Vangala, Ashok Kumar Das, Volkan Dedeoglu, Raja Jurdak in
Cyber-Physical Systems for Industrial Transformation: Fundamentals, Standards, and Protocols,
CRC Press – Taylor & Francis Group,
Academic Thematic Book,
2023
Blockchain-based Fog Computing
By Anusha Vangala and Ashok Kumar Das in
Security Issues in Fog Computing from 5G to 6G - Architectures, Applications and Solutions,
Springer,
Academic Thematic Book,
2022
PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
Secure Zero-Knowledge Digital Twin Interaction in Smart Factory
Role:
Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: ANRF PM-ECRG 2025
Project Cost (INR): 7038400
Date of Commencement: 11-04-2026
Duration: 37 Months
Status: Ongoing
Type: Research
Sponsor: ANRF PM-ECRG 2025
Project Cost (INR): 7038400
Date of Commencement: 11-04-2026
Duration: 37 Months
Status: Ongoing
Secure Agro-Healthcare Federated Learning Solutions for Malnutrition Mitigation
Role:
Co-Principal Investigator
Type: SPARC Project
Sponsor: MHRD, GoI and MoE,GoI coordinated by IIT Kharagpur
Project Cost (INR): 9029000
Date of Commencement: 01-06-2026
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Ongoing
Type: SPARC Project
Sponsor: MHRD, GoI and MoE,GoI coordinated by IIT Kharagpur
Project Cost (INR): 9029000
Date of Commencement: 01-06-2026
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Ongoing
Privacy-Preserved Security of IoT-enabled Digital Twins in Smart Additive Manufacturing
Role:
Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: Research Seed Grant 2025-26, SRIC, NIT Warangal
Project Cost (INR): 500000
Date of Commencement: 12-12-2025
Duration: 25 Months
Status: Ongoing
Type: Research
Sponsor: Research Seed Grant 2025-26, SRIC, NIT Warangal
Project Cost (INR): 500000
Date of Commencement: 12-12-2025
Duration: 25 Months
Status: Ongoing
Design and Implementation of Authentication and Searchable Encryption for Blockchain-based Fintech applications
Role:
Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR)
Type: Research
Sponsor: NMICPS for IBITF, IIT Bhilai
Project Cost (INR): 1750000
Date of Commencement: 15-03-2022 Date of Completion: 04-03-2025
Duration: 36 Months
Status: Completed
Type: Research
Sponsor: NMICPS for IBITF, IIT Bhilai
Project Cost (INR): 1750000
Date of Commencement: 15-03-2022 Date of Completion: 04-03-2025
Duration: 36 Months
Status: Completed
RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
Current PhD Students
Navya Soleti
Area of Research:
IoT Security
CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME / GIAN
Two-Day Awareness Workshop on "AI in FinTech Security"
06-Feb-2026
→
07-Feb-2026
Event Type:
Workshop
Role: Coordinator
Funding Agency: Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA), an Initiative by Ministry of Electronic and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt of India.
Role: Coordinator
Funding Agency: Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA), an Initiative by Ministry of Electronic and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt of India.
Five-Day Bootcamp on "Building Zero-Trust Web Applications for BFSI with Runtime Threat Detection"
08-Dec-2025
→
12-Dec-2025
Event Type:
Short Term Course
Role: Expert Resource Person
Funding Agency: Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Project Phase-III, sponsored by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India.
Role: Expert Resource Person
Funding Agency: Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Project Phase-III, sponsored by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India.
Five-Day National Workshop & Bootcamp on Emerging Trends in Post-Quantum Security (NWPQSec 2026)
06-Mar-2026
→
10-Mar-2026
Event Type:
Workshop
Role: Expert Resource Person
Funding Agency: Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Project Phase-III, sponsored by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India.
Role: Expert Resource Person
Funding Agency: Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Project Phase-III, sponsored by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India.
Faculty Updation Programme (FUP) on AI-enhanced Financial Security: From Fraud Detection to Cyber-Resilience
09-Mar-2026
→
13-Mar-2026
Event Type:
Faculty Development Programme
Role: Expert Resource Person
Funding Agency: Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Project Phase-III, sponsored by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India.
Role: Expert Resource Person
Funding Agency: Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Project Phase-III, sponsored by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India.
SecureHer - AI Threat Awareness and Digital Safety for Women and Girls on the occasion of International Women's Day
12-Mar-2026
→
12-Mar-2026
Event Type:
Workshop
Role: Expert Resource Person
Funding Agency: Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Project Phase-III, sponsored by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India.
Role: Expert Resource Person
Funding Agency: Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Project Phase-III, sponsored by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India.
Expert Lecture Series
13-Mar-2026
→
13-Mar-2026
Event Type:
Symposium
Role: Expert Resource Person
Funding Agency: Self‑sponsored
Role: Expert Resource Person
Funding Agency: Self‑sponsored
ANRF Funded 5-Day Faculty Development Program on Quantum-Resistant Security for Critical Infrastructure: Building Post-Quantum Readiness in Teaching, Research, and Secure System Design
01-Jun-2026
→
05-Jun-2026
Event Type:
Faculty Development Programme
Role: Expert Resource Person
Funding Agency: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) Financial Assistance to Seminar/Symposia scheme.
Role: Expert Resource Person
Funding Agency: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) Financial Assistance to Seminar/Symposia scheme.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Faculty Advisor (Continuing from July, 2026)
- Lab-In-Charge (Continuing from March, 2026)
Last updated on July 9, 2026