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Prof. Bimal Kumar Roy
Honorary Research Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
http://www.isical.ac.in/~bimal
Summary
Prof. Bimal Kumar Roy is a former Director of the Indian Statistical Institute. (ISI) and a cryptologist from the Cryptology Research Group of the Applied Statistics Unit of ISI, Kolkata. He has taught at the Indian Statistical Institute for over 30 years from 1984.
Biography
Prof. Bimal Kumar Roy is a former Director of the Indian Statistical Institute. (ISI) and a cryptologist from the Cryptology Research Group of the Applied Statistics Unit of ISI, Kolkata. He has taught at the Indian Statistical Institute for over 30 years from 1984. He received a Ph.D. in Combinatorics and Optimization in 1982 from the University of Waterloo. He has published around forty papers in refereed Journals; around twenty book chapters, including proceedings for International Conferences; with over twenty papers in Cryptology and Information Security in reputed International Conferences and Journals. In 2015, Prof. Roy was awarded Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian honour, recognizing his accomplishments and contribution to education. Further, Dr. Roy was also appointed as the chairperson of the National Statistical Commission, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, in 2019.
Research Area
Combinatorics, and application of Statistics in Cryptology and Design of Experiments
Personal information
Education
| Degree/Diploma | Institute/ Organization | Year | Branch/Specialization | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ph. D. Doctor of Philosophy | University of Waterloo, Canada | 1982 | Combinatorics |
| 2 | M. Stat. Master of Statistics | Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata | 1979 | Statistics |
| 3 | B. Stat. Bachelor of Statistics | Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata | 1978 | Statistics |
Projects
| Name of Project | Total Cost of Project | Funding Agency | Duration From | Duration To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centre of Excellence in Cryptology | 0 | Defence Research and Development Organization | 2011 | 2016 |
| 2 | Research and development of Cryptographic Primitives | 0 | Department of Information Technology | 2006 | 2011 |
| 3 | Development of pairing based cryptographic protocols | 0 | Department of Information Technology | 2003 | 2006 |
Experience
| Name of Organization | Post/Designation | Duration From | Duration To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata | Head, R C Bose Centre for Cryptology and Security | 2015 | 2021 |
| 2 | Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata | Director | 2010 | 2015 |
| 3 | Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata | Professor, Applied Statistics Unit | 1997 | Current |
Publications
| 1 | Somnath Panja & Bimal Roy, A Secure End to End Verifiable E-Voting System using Blockchain and Cloud Server, Journal of Information Security & Applications, June 2021 |
| 2 | Vignesh T. Subramaniam, Anup Dewanji & Bimal K. Roy, Analysis of Sequential Quality Improvement Plans to Obtain Confidence Bounds, Journal of Statistical Theory & Practice, May 2021 |
| 3 | Somnath Panja, Samiran Bag, Feng Hao, and Bimal Roy, A Smart Contract System for Decentralized Borda Count Voting, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, May 2020 |