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Key Notes
- Journal(s): 18
- Conference(s): 16
- Book Chapter(s): 2
- PhD: Current - 5 Awarded - 1
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PUBLICATIONS6
DOCTORAL STUDENTS2
PROJECTSResearch Areas
Biometrics
Cryptosystems
Decentralized authentication
Image Processing
Pattern Matching
Security and Privacy
EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
| Degree | Institute | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor of Philosophy | University of Hyderabad | 2017 |
| Master of Technology | Andhra University | 2009 |
| Bachelor of Technology | JNTU Hyderabad | 2005 |
COURSES HANDLED
| Course | L-T-P | Credit | Degree Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Principles of Database Management Systems(CS37005) | 3-0-0 | 3 | PG |
| Biometrics(CS414) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science(CD1106) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Discrete Mathematics(CS151) | 3-0-2 | 4 | UG |
| Software Engineering(CS1204) | 3-0-2 | 4 | UG |
| Mathematical Foundations of CS(CS1110) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Advanced Data Structures(CS313) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Advanced Data Structures(CS5301) | 2-0-0 | 2 | PG |
| Programming and Data Structures(CS1101) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Problem Solving and Computer Programming(CS181) | 3-0-2 | 4 | UG |
| Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems(CS5283) | 3-0-0 | 3 | PG |
| Biometric Security(CS5217) | 3-0-0 | 3 | PG |
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PUBLICATIONS
Journal(s)
Privacy-enhanced multimodal biometric authentication via deep binarization and feature-hashed projection,
By Pritam Kumar Raul , Mulagala Sandhya , Bala Prakasa Rao Killi ,
and Dilip Kumar Vallabhadas,
SPIE and IS&T,
Journal of Electronic Imaging,
vol.35(2),
pp.023024-1-20,
2026
Pseudonymous Biometric Authentication Using ECC Framework and Distributed Ledgers,
By I HHNTV Prasad, Mulagala Sandhya,
Inderscience Publishers (IEL),
International Journal of Biometrics,
vol.,
pp.,
2026
An alignment-free secure fingerprint authentication integrated with elliptic curve signcryption scheme,
By Jignesh Kukadiya, Mulagala Sandhya, Dilip Kumar Vallabhadas, I HHNTV Prasad, Rithvik Mooda,
Elsevier,
Journal of Information Security and Applications,
vol.90,
pp.104049,
2025
Enhancing fingerprint template security using elliptic curve cryptography and fuzzy vault encoding,
By Praphul Kumar Maurya, Mulagala Sandhya, I HHNTV Prasad, Nallaparaju V SuryanarayanaRaju,
Elsevier,
Journal of Information Security and Applications,
vol.94,
pp.104243,
2025
Biometric template protection based on a cancelable convolutional neural network over iris and fingerprint,
By Dilip Kumar Vallabhadas, Mulagala Sandhya, Sudireddy Dinesh Reddy, Davala Satwika, Gatram Lakshmi Prashanth,
Elsevier,
Biomedical Signal Processing and Control,
vol.91,
pp.106006,
2024
Revocable iris templates using partial sort and randomised look-up table mapping,
By Mulagala Sandhya, Dilip Kumar Vallabhadas, Shubham Rathod,
Inderscience Publishers (IEL),
International Journal of Biometrics,
vol.15(1),
pp.21-39,
2023
Multi-instance cancelable iris authentication system using triplet loss for deep learning models,
By Mulagala Sandhya, Mahesh Kumar Morampudi, Indragante Pruthweraaj, Pranay Sai Garepally ,
Springer,
Visual Computer,
vol.Volume 39,
pp.pages 1571–1581,
2023
Privacy-preserving bimodal authentication system using Fan-Vercauteren scheme,
By Mahesh Kumar Morampudi , Mulagala Sandhya, Mulagala Dileep ,
Elsevier,
Optik,
vol.274,
pp.170515,
2023
Cancelable bimodal shell using fingerprint and iris,
By Dilip Kumar Vallabhadas, Mulagala Sandhya,
SPIE and IS&T,
Journal of Electronic Imaging,
vol.32(6),
pp.063027-17,
2023
Cancelable scheme for bimodal biometric authentication,
By Dilip Kumar Vallabhadas, Mahesh Kumar Morampudi ,
Mulagala Sandhya , Priyansh Maheshwari, and Mohit Kadyan,
SPIE and IS&T,
Journal of Electronic Imaging,
vol.32(1),
pp.013027-1-19,
2023
Securing multimodal biometric template using local random projection and homomorphic encryption,
By Dilip Kumar Vallabhadas, Mulagala Sandhya,
Elsevier,
Journal of Information Security and Applications,
vol.70,
pp.103339,
2022
Detection of diabetic retinopathy (DR) severity from fundus photographs: an ensemble approach using weighted average,
By Mulagala Sandhya, Mahesh Kumar Morampudi, Rushali Grandhe, Richa Kumari, Chandanreddy Banda, Nagamani Gonthina,
Springer,
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering,
vol.47,
pp.pages 9899–9906,
2022
Mulagala Sandhya, Munaga VNK Prasad,
By Mulagala Sandhya, Munaga V.N.K Prasad,
Springer,
Pattern Analysis and Applications,
vol.21,
pp.pages 397–412,
2018
Cancelable fingerprint cryptosystem using multiple spiral curves and fuzzy commitment scheme,
By Mulagala Sandhya, Munaga V.N. K Prasad,
World Scientific Publishing Company,
International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence,
vol.31 (04),
pp.1756004,
2017
Cancelable fingerprint cryptosystem using multiple spiral curves and fuzzy commitment scheme,
By Mulagala Sandhya, Munaga V. N. K Prasad,
31(4),
International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence,
vol.31(4),
pp.1756004,
2017
Securing fingerprint templates using fused structures,
By Mulagala Sandhya, Munaga V.N.K Prasad,
IET,
IET Biometrics,
vol.6(3),
pp.173-182,
2017
Generating cancellable fingerprint templates based on Delaunay triangle feature set construction,
By Mulagala Sandhya, Munaga V. N. K Prasad,
IET,
IET Biometrics,
vol.5(2),
pp.132-139,
2016
A hybrid technique to secure fingerprint templates using Delaunay neighbour structures,
By Mulagala Sandhya, Munaga VNK Prasad,
Inderscience Publishers (IEL),
International Journal of Trust Management in Computing and Communications,
vol.3(4),
pp.319-335,
2016
Conference(s)
Audio Deepfake Detection Using CNN–BiLSTM Hybrid Architecture for Enhanced Temporal Modeling
By Parsha Sumanya, Mulagala Sandhya, Balaprakasa Rao Killi, Pritam Kumar Raul,
International Conference on Frontiers in Advanced Computing and Emerging Intelligent Technologies (FACEIT),
2026
Lightweight Multimodal Biometric Authentication using Deep Iris & Voice
By I HHNTV Prasad, Mulagala Sandhya, Devashish Vishwajeet Dubal, Shaik Jamnal Vali,
International Conference on Frontiers in Advanced Computing and Emerging Intelligent Technologies (FACEIT),
2026
A Hybrid Voice Authentication Framework for Spoof-Resilient Speaker Verification
By Pritam Kumar Raul, Dipesh Mongrora, Mulagala Sandhya, Bala PrakasaRao Killi,
6th International Conference on Data Science and Applications (ICDSA),
2025
A Hybrid Voice Authentication Framework for Spoof-Resilient Speaker Verification
By Pritam Kumar Raul, Dipesh Mongrora, Mulagala Sandhya, Bala PrakasaRao Killi,
6th International Conference on Data Science and Applications (ICDSA 2025),
2025
Deep Learning Framework for Secure and Revocable Face Template Protection
By Pritam Kumar Raul, Mulagala Sandhya, Bala Prakasa Rao Killi,
2nd International Conference 2025 on Pioneering Developments in Computer Science & Digital Technologies,
2025
Multi-algorithmic Fingerprint Authentication Using Minutiae-Based Average SIFT Descriptor
By I HHNTV Prasad, Mulagala Sandhya, Rithvik Mooda, Dilip Kumar Vallabhadas,
Machine Learning, Image Processing, Network Security and Data Sciences MIND 2024,
2024
Bio-inspired Approach for Prediction of Liver Cancer in CT Images Using PSO
By I HHNTV Prasad, Mulagala Sandhya,
Machine Learning, Image Processing, Network Security and Data Sciences MIND 2024,
2024
Driver safety and Drowsiness Detection in Internet of Vehicles with Federated Learning
By Satadal Banerjee, Mulagala Sandhya, Y. Sreenivasa Rao,
International Conference on Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, (ICDLAIR) 2023,
2023
Privacy Preserving Fingerprint Classification using Federated Learning
By Ashok Soni, Mulagala Sandhya, Y. Sreenivasa Rao,
International Conference on Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, (ICDLAIR) 2023,
2023
A Score-Level Fusion Method for Protecting Fingerprint and Palmprint Templates
By Mulagala Sandhya, Y. Sreenivasa Rao, Sahoo Biswajeet,
ICSP 2021,
2021
Leukocyte Subtyping Using Convolutional Neural Networks for Enhanced Disease Prediction
By Mulagala Sandhya, Tanmay Dhopavkar, Dilip Kumar Vallabhadas,
Advanced Machine Intelligence and Signal Processing 2021,
2021
Deep Neural Networks with Multi-class SVM for Recognition of Cross-Spectral Iris Images
By Mulagala Sandhya, Ujas Rudani, Dilip Kumar Vallabhadas,,
Machine Learning and Metaheuristics Algorithms, and Applications,
2020
Fingerprint Cryptosystem Using Variable Selection ofMinutiae Points
By Mulagala Sandhya, A Narayana Murthy,
3rd International Conference on Data Engineering and Communication Technology,
2019
A Bio-cryptosystem for Fingerprints Using Delaunay Neighbor Structures (DNS) and Fuzzy Commitment Scheme
By Mulagala Sandhya, Munaga VNK Prasad,
Second International Symposium on Signal Processing and Intelligent Recognition Systems,
2015
k-Nearest Neighborhood Structure (k-NNS) based Alignment-free Method for Fingerprint Template Protection
By Mulagala Sandhya, Munaga VNK Prasad,
International Conference on Biometrics,
2015
Cancelable fingerprint cryptosystem based on convolution coding
By Mulagala Sandhya, Munaga VNK Prasad,
Second International Symposium on Signal Processing and Intelligent Recognition Systems,
2015
Book Chapter(s)
ECC-Driven Lightweight Iris Recognition for Blockchain and IoT Ecosystems
By I HHNTV Prasad, Mulagala Sandhya in
Security and Privacy-preservation forFinTech,Healthcare, and Societal Applications,
CRC Press Taylor & Francis group,
CRC Press Taylor & Francis group,
2025
Biometric template protection: A systematic literature review of approaches and modalities
By Mulagala Sandhya, Munaga V.N. K Prasad in
Biometric Security and Privacy: Opportunities & Challenges in The Big Data Era,
Springer,
Signal Processing for Security Technologies ,
2017
PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
Deep Learning Enabled Multimodal Biometric Payment Solution with Template Protection for Differently Abled People.
Role:
Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: IIT BHILAI INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION (IBITF)
Project Cost (INR): 3161440
Date of Commencement: 24-02-2024
Duration: 28 Months
Status: Ongoing
Type: Research
Sponsor: IIT BHILAI INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION (IBITF)
Project Cost (INR): 3161440
Date of Commencement: 24-02-2024
Duration: 28 Months
Status: Ongoing
Fusion techniques for multi-biometric template security
Role:
Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: MHRD/RSM-NITW
Project Cost (INR): 500000
Date of Commencement: 10-07-2018 Date of Completion: 09-07-2020
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Completed
Type: Research
Sponsor: MHRD/RSM-NITW
Project Cost (INR): 500000
Date of Commencement: 10-07-2018 Date of Completion: 09-07-2020
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Completed
RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
Current PhD Students
Imadabattuni H H N T V Prasad
Area of Research:
Multimodal Biometric Authentication for Decentralized Identity Management
Mohammad Riyaz (Part time)
Area of Research:
Anamoly Detection
Parsha Sumanya
Area of Research:
Audio Deepfake detection
Pritam Kumar Raul
Area of Research:
Deep Learning methods for Multimodal biometric authentication
Rekha R (part time)
Area of Research:
Natural Language Processing
Previous PhD Students
Dr. Dilip Kumar Vallabhadas
(2024)
Area of Research:
Multimodal Template Protection Schemes for Iris and Fingerprint Biometrics
CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME / GIAN
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Member Alumni Affairs (Continuing from August, 2024)
- Member Institute Oversight Committee (Continuing from August, 2024)
- Warden, Priyadarshini Hall of Residence (August, 2022 - June, 2024)
- Faculty Advisor - Developers Student Club (June, 2021 - June, 2022)
- Library Advisory Committee Member (Continuing from December, 2020)
- Faculty Advisor- Forum for International Student Affairs (FISA) -Student club (June, 2020 - June, 2021)
- Faculty Advisor- Forum for International Student Affairs (FISA) Student club (June, 2019 - June, 2020)
Last updated on May 29, 2026