People at NPerseus

Faculty, Ph.D. scholars, M.Tech researchers and undergraduate students working on neural network security and privacy, digital forensics, secure communication and copyright protection, together with alumni who helped establish the lab’s foundations.

Faculty

Members & alumni

15 active researchers · 6 Ph.D. scholars · 5 alumni

Counts include faculty. Only approved public profiles appear below.

Current members 12

Ajit Kumar Yadav

Full-time Ph.D. Candidate

Full-time Ph.D. candidate @ DTU · Reversible data hiding & AI security

3 publicationsView profile
Research & links

Ajit Kumar Yadav is a full-time Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science and Engineering at Delhi Technological University. DTU records his 2024–2026 M.Tech (Research) thesis as “Development of High-Capacity Reversible Data Hiding Methods for Encrypted Images.” His 2026 research output includes two IEEE ICSCCC papers on reversible data hiding in encrypted images and the IEEE ISDFS paper ShortcutProbe on backdoor-sample detection. He is also a co-inventor on two granted Indian patents covering secure electric-vehicle charging and prioritized data delivery.

Focus: Reversible Data Hiding in Encrypted Images, Image Security, Backdoor Detection in Neural Networks

  • Reversible Data Hiding
  • Encrypted-Image Security
  • Image Processing
  • Backdoor Detection
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Ganesh Immanni

Ph.D. Scholar

Ph.D. Scholar @ DTU · Neural Network Security

1 publicationView profile
Research & links

Ph.D. scholar in Computer Science and Engineering at DTU, where he studies deep-neural-network security against model theft and backdoor attacks. He completed a B.Tech in Information Technology at Swarnandhra College of Engineering & Technology, affiliated with Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (2018–2022). His work includes neural-network watermarking, computer vision and web application development.

Focus: Neural Network Watermarking, Model Theft and Backdoor Defense

  • Neural Network Security
  • Neural Network Watermarking
  • Model Theft
  • Backdoor Defense
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Meenakshi Diwan

Full-time Ph.D. Candidate

Ph.D. candidate @ DTU · Social-media image forensics

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Full-time Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science and Engineering at Delhi Technological University. Her doctoral research examines robust models for social-media image forensics under Rajeev Kumar, with Anurag Goel as co-supervisor. She is a co-inventor on granted Indian Patent IN 584506 for an adaptive audio output system.

Focus: Robust Models for Social Media Image Forensics

  • Social-Media Image Forensics
  • Image Forensics
  • Robust Machine Learning Models

Mohammad Aakil

Ph.D. Scholar

Ph.D. Research Scholar @ DTU (advised by Dr. Rajeev Kumar) — AI Security, Steganography, LLMs

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Research & links

Ph.D. Research Scholar and Teaching Assistant in CSE at DTU under Dr. Rajeev Kumar, focusing on AI & security, steganography, machine and deep learning, and LLMs (RAG). MCA graduate from NIET Greater Noida, with a Java / Spring Boot backend development background.

Focus: AI Security, Steganography and Large Language Models

  • AI Security
  • Steganography
  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
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Nikhil Gupta

Full-time Ph.D. Candidate

Ph.D. candidate @ DTU · Trustworthy AI & adversarial robustness

1 publicationView profile
Research & links

Full-time Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science and Engineering at Delhi Technological University researching the design and development of enabling technologies for trustworthy artificial intelligence, supervised by Rajeev Kumar with Ankur of NIT Delhi as co-supervisor. His public work includes a survey on reversible adversarial perturbations and a granted Indian patent for detecting VPN usage in communication networks.

Focus: Enabling Technologies for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence, Adversarial Machine Learning, AI Security and Robustness

  • Adversarial Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning Security
  • Explainable AI
  • AI Robustness
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Shray Gupta

Ph.D. Scholar

Ph.D. Scholar @ DTU · Hyperspectral Imaging and Trustworthy AI

2 publicationsView profile
Research & links

Ph.D. scholar in Computer Science and Engineering at DTU. His M.Tech by Research work at DTU focused on hyperspectral image denoising. His research spans hyperspectral-image restoration and classification, explainable AI, and defenses against data-poisoning attacks. He also has prior software and frontend development experience.

Focus: Hyperspectral Image Restoration and AI Security

  • Hyperspectral Imaging
  • Deep Learning
  • Explainable AI
  • AI Security
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Aaditya Shrivastava

M.Tech (Cyber Security) Student, DTU

M.Tech (Cyber Security), DTU (2025–2027 expected) · Federated learning

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Research & links

M.Tech (Cyber Security) student (2025–2027 expected) in Delhi Technological University's Department of Computer Science and Engineering, with verified coursework spanning network and application security, digital forensics, cloud and IoT security, AI and machine learning, and security audit. He previously studied B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering at HMR Institute of Technology & Management (GGSIPU). His research focus on federated learning is member-submitted.

Focus: Federated Learning

  • Federated Learning
  • Cyber Security
  • Machine Learning
  • Digital Forensics

Ishan Panwar

M.Tech Student

M.Tech Cybersecurity @ DTU · AI backdoor defense

1 publicationView profile
Research & links

M.Tech student in Cybersecurity at Delhi Technological University, researching defenses against backdoored AI models. He previously completed a B.E. in Electronics and Computer Engineering at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology and has worked on security and cloud scanning at iTRUSTXForce and as a trainee at Bharat Electronics. He coauthored a 2026 ICSCCC conference paper on detecting backdoored models through gradient-entropy analysis and is a co-inventor on a published Indian patent application concerning adaptive routing for underwater software-defined networks.

Focus: AI Backdoor Defense

  • AI Security
  • Backdoor Defense
  • Adversarial Machine Learning
  • PyTorch
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Mahaveer Prasad

M.Tech Student

M.Tech Student at DTU · Adversarial ML, backdoor defense and network security

4 publicationsView profile
Research & links

M.Tech student in Computer Science and Engineering at Delhi Technological University working across adversarial machine learning, backdoor and data-poisoning defense, robust network-intrusion detection and Android malware analysis. His public record includes four IEEE conference papers and a published Indian patent application for identifying and correcting poisoned training samples in deep neural networks.

Focus: Adversarial Machine Learning, Backdoor and Data-Poisoning Defense, Network Intrusion Detection, Android Malware Analysis

  • Data Poisoning Defense
  • Adversarial Machine Learning
  • Backdoor Detection
  • Network Intrusion Detection
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Shaili Bansal

M.Tech (Artificial Intelligence) Student

M.Tech (Artificial Intelligence), DTU (2025–2027 expected) · GATE qualified

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M.Tech student in Artificial Intelligence at DTU (2025–2027 expected) with a B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Jaipur (2021–2025). Her projects explore retrieval-augmented generation, language-model evaluation and code-repair agents, alongside machine learning and operational decision-support prototypes.

Focus: Machine Learning and Deep Learning

  • Deep Learning
  • Machine Learning
  • Python
  • Java
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Ayush Kumar

B.Tech Student

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B.Tech CSE student at DTU · Android security · Vulnerability research · Indian patent co-inventor

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Ayush Kumar is a B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering student at Delhi Technological University focused on Android security, vulnerability research and secure software systems. He built the lab research platform now developed as NPerseus and maintains an open-source Android application for privacy-conscious VPN-detection data collection. His public software work also includes PDF translation, code-to-wiki documentation, developer tooling and web-application prototypes. He is a co-inventor on three granted Indian patents spanning context-aware access control, secure EV charging and adaptive game simulation.

Focus: Android Security, Vulnerability Research and Secure Systems

  • Android Security
  • Vulnerability Research
  • Kotlin
  • Java
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Priyanshu Yadav

B.Tech Student

B.Tech CSE @ DTU · Backdoor Detection and Neural Network Security

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B.Tech student in Computer Science and Engineering at DTU (2023–present) conducting research on backdoor attacks and detection in data-distillation pipelines. He studies poisoned-sample detection through feature-space analysis, layer-wise representation consistency, Mahalanobis distance and feature-similarity measures. His project work includes face anti-spoofing and a QuickDraw web game integrating deep-learning models.

Focus: Backdoor Security in Data Distillation

  • Neural Network Security
  • Deep Learning
  • Machine Learning
  • Computer Vision
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Alumni 5

Aditya Kumar Chaudhary

M.Tech (Artificial Intelligence), DTU

M.Tech (Artificial Intelligence), DTU (2024–2026)

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M.Tech (Artificial Intelligence), DTU (2024–2026), with thesis work on a CNN-based predictor for reversible data hiding in encrypted images. He previously completed a B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology (2019–2023) and served as a Teaching Assistant at DTU.

Focus: Reversible Data Hiding in Encrypted Images

  • Python
  • C++
  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
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Kushagra Gupta

M.Tech Alumnus

Associate Consultant, Forensics at EY · M.Tech Alumnus, DTU

3 publicationsView profile
Research & links

Kushagra completed an M.Tech in Artificial Intelligence at DTU in 2024, with a thesis on AMBTC-based data hiding methods supervised by Rajeev Kumar. His publications cover reversible data hiding in encrypted images and cloud resource allocation. He joined EY's Forensics department as an Associate Consultant and has developed public Flutter applications.

Focus: Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

  • Python
  • Machine Learning
  • SQL
  • PySpark
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Dr Pallavi Ranjan

Assistant Professor (AI and Big Data)

Assistant Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai

7 publicationsView profile
Research & links

Pallavi Ranjan is a NPerseus alumna and an Assistant Professor of AI and Big Data at the University of Wollongong in Dubai, where she teaches on the Master of Applied Artificial Intelligence programme. Her research covers computer vision, generative AI and hyperspectral imaging, with applications in remote sensing, environmental monitoring and disaster management. She earned her Ph.D. at DTU in 2024 and previously led the School of IT discipline at Murdoch University Dubai.

Focus: Computer vision, hyperspectral imaging, generative AI, deep learning and remote sensing

  • Computer Vision
  • Hyperspectral Imaging
  • Generative AI
  • Deep Learning
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Dr. Ankur

Assistant Professor (Grade-II), NIT Delhi

NPerseus alumnus · Image security and quantum cryptography

13 publicationsView profile
Research & links

Dr. Ankur is a NPerseus alumnus and an Assistant Professor at NIT Delhi. His research covers reversible data hiding, image security and cryptography, including post-quantum security and quantum steganography. He earned his Ph.D. at DTU in 2024.

Focus: Reversible Data Hiding in Encrypted Images, Image Security, Cryptography, Quantum Computing

  • Reversible Data Hiding in Encrypted Images
  • Image Security and Privacy
  • Cryptography and Steganography
  • Quantum Computing
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Dr. Sonal Gandhi

Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science Engineering and Technology (SCSET), Bennett University

Assistant Professor, Bennett University · Ph.D. (CSE), Delhi Technological University · Reversible data hiding and medical-image security

12 publicationsView profile
Research & links

Dr. Sonal Gandhi is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science Engineering and Technology (SCSET) at Bennett University. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Delhi Technological University in 2025 under the supervision of Dr. Rajeev Kumar. Her thesis, “Development of Data Hiding Methods for Content Protection in Medical Domain,” focused on methods for protecting medical-domain content through data hiding. Her research spans reversible data hiding, medical-image security, image processing, computer vision and deep learning. DTU records identify her as a full-time Ph.D. scholar and DTU Fellow, and DTU’s 2024–25 timetable lists her teaching Compiler Design and laboratory classes.

Focus: Reversible Data Hiding, Medical-Image Security, Image Processing, Computer Vision, Deep Learning

  • Reversible Data Hiding
  • Medical-Image Security
  • Image Processing
  • Computer Vision
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Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

India2 external contributors · 25 linked works
Works in the lab catalogue (25)

Gyeongkuk National University

South Korea1 external contributor · 12 linked works
Works in the lab catalogue (12)

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad

India1 external contributor · 1 linked works
Works in the lab catalogue (1)

Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT-Delhi)

India3 external contributors · 10 linked works
Works in the lab catalogue (10)

Inria Saclay — OPIS, Centre for Visual Computing

France · Research institute · OPIS / CVN1 external contributor · 2 linked works

  • Émilie Chouzenoux

    Coauthored DeConFCluster and Deep Convolutional K-Means Clustering with Anurag Goel and colleagues.

    Inria is a research institute. OPIS is a joint team with CentraleSupélec and Université Paris-Saclay.

    Profile & shared work →Institutional profile
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Jawaharlal Nehru University

India1 external contributor · 6 linked works
Works in the lab catalogue (6)

Kurukshetra University

India1 external contributor · 3 linked works
Works in the lab catalogue (3)

Monash University Malaysia

Malaysia1 external contributor · 1 linked works
Works in the lab catalogue (1)

National Chin-Yi University of Technology

Taiwan1 external contributor · 3 linked works
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National Chung Hsing University

Taiwan1 external contributor · 1 linked works
Works in the lab catalogue (1)

National Institute of Technology Delhi

India1 external contributor · 5 linked works1 alumni profile
Works in the lab catalogue (5)

Netaji Subhas University of Technology

India1 external contributor · 2 linked works
Works in the lab catalogue (2)

Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom1 external contributor · 1 linked works
Works in the lab catalogue (1)

Samara National Research University

Russia1 external contributor · 1 linked works
Works in the lab catalogue (1)

Sardar Patel University, Mandi

India1 external contributor · 1 linked works

  • Lalit Kumar Awasthi

    Coauthored the genetic-algorithm-based green communication paper for healthcare sensor networks with Rajeev Kumar, Samayveer Singh, Aruna Malik, Aridaman Singh Nandan and Neeraj Kumar.

    Profile & shared work →Institutional profile
Works in the lab catalogue (1)

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

India1 external contributor · 4 linked works

  • Jyoti Maggu

    Joint work with Anurag Goel and Rajeev Kumar spans hyperspectral classification and cross-modal retrieval; further papers with Anurag address subspace clustering and underwater image enhancement.

    Profile & shared work →Institutional profile
Works in the lab catalogue (4)

Tianjin University

China1 external contributor · 1 linked works
Works in the lab catalogue (1)

Tohoku University

Japan1 external contributor · 1 linked works
Works in the lab catalogue (1)

Ulster University

United Kingdom1 external contributor · 0 linked works

No shared work is listed in the current catalogue.

Università Mercatorum

Italy1 external contributor · 3 linked works
Works in the lab catalogue (3)

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)

Spain1 external contributor · 1 linked works
Works in the lab catalogue (1)

Université Gustave Eiffel — ESIEE Paris, LIGM

France · University · ESIEE Paris / LIGM1 external contributor · 2 linked works
Works in the lab catalogue (2)

University of the Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands1 external contributor · 1 linked works
Works in the lab catalogue (1)

University of Wollongong in Dubai

United Arab Emirates1 alumni profile

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