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Ramaguru Radhakrishnan

Assistant Professor (Sr. Gd.), TIFAC-CORE in Cyber Security, School of Engineering Coimbatore

Qualification: B. Tech., M.Tech.
r_ramaguru@cb.amrita.edu
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Research Interest: Automotive Cyber Security and Cyber Psychology, Blockchain Technology, Cryptocurrency Forensics, Cyber Crime Investigation, Penetration Testing, System Testing

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Ramaguru Radhakrishnan currently serves as Assistant Professor (Sr. Gd.) at TIFAC-CORE in Cyber Security, Coimbatore. He is currently pursuing his Doctoral Research in Formal Specification and Verification of Blockchain Smart Contracts at TIFAC-CORE in Cyber Security, Coimbatore.

Ramaguru Radhakrishnan has six years of industry experience as a System Test and Test Automation Engineer in Automotive Infotainment Systems at Robert Bosch and Harman International. During this time, he worked on multiple projects simultaneously, including those for Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Suzuki, Nissan, and Renault.

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2023

SSH-DAuth: secret sharing based decentralized OAuth using decentralized identifier

Cite this Research Publication : Krishna, D.P., Ramaguru, R., Praveen, K., SSH-DAuth: secret sharing based decentralized OAuth using decentralized identifier, Sci Rep 13, 18335, 2023.

Year : 2019

Blockchain based waste management

Cite this Research Publication : Preethi Gopalakrishnan, Ramaguru Radhakrishnan, Blockchain based waste management, International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology , 2019

Conference Paper

Year : 2023

A Novel Approach to Build Privacy and Trust in Vehicle Sales Using DID

Cite this Research Publication : Thomas A.M., Lakshmy K.V., Ramaguru R., Amritha P.P, A Novel Approach to Build Privacy and Trust in Vehicle Sales Using DID, Inventive Communication and Computational Technologies, ICICCT 2023,Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 757. Springer, Singapore.

Year : 2022

Distributed Ledger Framework for an Adaptive University Management System

Cite this Research Publication : Sivadanam Y.L., Ramaguru R., Sethumadhavan M, Distributed Ledger Framework for an Adaptive University Management System, Proceedings of International Conference on Computational ,Intelligence and Data Engineering. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 99. Springer, Singapore, 2022

Publisher : springer

Year : 2022

Distributed Identity and Verifiable Claims Using Ethereum Standards

Cite this Research Publication : Thomas A.M., Ramaguru R., Sethumadhavan M. (2022) Distributed Identity and Verifiable Claims Using Ethereum Standards. In: Ranganathan G., Fernando X., Shi F. (eds) Inventive Communication and Computational Technologies. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 311. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5529-6_48

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2021

Evaluation of Wireless Access Point Security and Best Practices for Mitigation

Cite this Research Publication : A. M. Thomas, G. A. Kumaran, R. Ramaguru, R. Harish and K. Praveen, Evaluation of Wireless Access Point Security and Best Practices for Mitigation, 2021 5th International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Communication, Computer Technologies and Optimization Techniques (ICEECCOT), Mysuru, India, 2021

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2021

Medical Records Management Using Distributed Ledger and Storage

Cite this Research Publication : Anjum S., Ramaguru R., Sethumadhavan M. (2021) Medical Records Management Using Distributed Ledger and Storage. In: Singh M., Tyagi V., Gupta P.K., Flusser J., Ören T., Sonawane V.R. (eds) Advances in Computing and Data Sciences. ICACDS 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1441. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88244-0_6

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2020

Blockchain Framework for Social Media DRM Based on Secret Sharing

Cite this Research Publication : Kripa M., Nidhin Mahesh A., Ramaguru R., Amritha P.P. (2021) Blockchain Framework for Social Media DRM Based on Secret Sharing. In: Senjyu T., Mahalle P.N., Perumal T., Joshi A. (eds) Information and Communication Technology for Intelligent Systems. ICTIS 2020. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 195. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7078-0_43

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2019

Blockchain for the Internet of Vehicles

Cite this Research Publication : Ramaguru R., Sindhu M., Sethumadhavan M. (2019) Blockchain for the Internet of Vehicles. In: Singh M., Gupta P., Tyagi V., Flusser J., Ören T., Kashyap R. (eds) Advances in Computing and Data Sciences. ICACDS 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1045. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9939-8_37

Publisher : Springer

Education
Qualification Duration College and Affiliation Area / Dissertation / Project
Ph.D 2021 – Present TIFAC-CORE in Cyber Security,
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore		 Formal Specification and Verification of Blockchain Smart Contracts
PG 2017 – 2019 M.Tech in Cyber Security,
TIFAC-CORE in Cyber Security,
Amrita School of Engineering,
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore		 Blockchain for the Internet of Vehicles
UG 2007 – 2011 B.Tech in Information Technology,
Kumaraguru College of Technology,
Anna University, Coimbatore		 An Efficient Key Management in Mobile AdHoc Networks (MANET) using Mobile Agents
Experience
Year Designation
2019 – 2020 Lead Blockchain Engineer,

Ensurity Technologies Private Ltd,

Hyderabad, Telangana
2016 Senior Software Engineer (System Test Engineer),

Global Edge Software Ltd (Deputed at Harman International),

Bengaluru, Karnataka
2013 – 2014 Onsite Test Engineer,

Robert Bosch GmBH,

Hildeshiem, Germany
2011 – 2015 Senior Software Engineer (System Test Engineer),

Bosch Global Software Technologies (formerly Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Private Ltd.)

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Teaching Experience

Year Designation
2023 – Present Assistant Professor (Senior Grade) – Teaching Track,

TIFAC-CORE in Cyber Security,

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
2021 – 2023 Assistant Professor

TIFAC-CORE in Cyber Security,

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
2021 CompTIA Instructor (PenTest+),

TIFAC-CORE in Cyber Security,

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
2020 – 2021 Research Associate,

TIFAC-CORE in Cyber Security,

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
2018 – Present Founder and Lead Researcher,

நம்Chain® Open Initiative Research Lab, Coimbatore
Teaching

Teaching & Guidance

Course Course Code Batches
Internet of Things 24CYS333 (Elective) UG – 2022 B.Tech CSE (CYS)
Connected Vehicles and Security 24AL733 (Elective) PG – 2024 M.Tech AEL
Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing 20CYS402 UG – 2021 B.Tech CSE (CYS)
Principles of Programming Languages 20CYS312 UG – 2021 B.Tech CSE (CYS)
Advanced Programming 19CSE201 UG – 2023 B.Tech CSE (CYS)

UG – 2022 B.Tech CSE (CYS)
Computer Programming 20CYS113 UG – 2022 B.Tech CSE (CYS)
Computer Programming Lab 20CYS181 UG – 2022 B.Tech CSE (CYS)
Java Programming Lab 20CYS383 UG – 2022 B.Tech CSE (CYS)

UG – 2021 B.Tech CSE (CYS)
Cloud Computing 19CSE447 (Elective) UG – 2020 B.Tech CCE/ECE/EEE/ELC

UG – 2019 B.Tech EEE/ELC
User Interface Design 20CYS202 UG – 2021 B.Tech CSE (CYS)
Blockchain Technology 21CY712, 20CY712, 18CY712 (Elective) PG – 2021 M.Tech CYS

PG – 2020 M.Tech CYS

PG – 2019 M.Tech CYS
Fundamentals of Software Engineering 19CSE464 (Elective) UG – 2019 B.Tech CCE/ECE

Supervision & Mentorship

M.Tech

Year Name Dissertation Title
2022 M.Tech CYS

 

 Surya S Nair Cyber Security Attacks on Aviation Protocols
2021 M.Tech CYS

 

 Khandagale Swapneel Roasheb MeRiT: Media Tracking Platform to Tackle Online Piracy using AWS Rekognition
2021 M.Tech CYS

 

 Mohamed Feroz Khan D Blockchain Forensics using OSINT and Temporal Graph Visualization
2021 M.Tech CYS

 

 Pothuri Lakshmi Harika Bridging the gaps in Solidity Smart Contract Vulnerability Detection Tools
2020 M.Tech CYS Pradeep Kumar G Comprehensive Analysis of Vehicular Forensic Frameworks
2020 M.Tech CYS Danda Prudhvi Krishna SSH-DAuth: Secret Sharing based Decentralized OAuth using Decentralized Identifier

B.Tech

Year Name Project Title
2021 B.Tech CSE (CYS) Aishwarya G
Alagu Soundarya G
Deepthi G
S Adhwaith
Suvetha DP
Yaswanth G		 Design and Implementation of Secure Clipboard
2021 B.Tech CSE (CYS) Abinesh G
Anu Priya P
Pranav SR
Sanjai Prashad S		 Port Watch Dog: Real-Time Port Scan Detection and Response Tool
Projects

Funded Project

Year of Sanction Agency Title Role Duration
2023 SAG-DRDO Design and Implementation of a Rule-based Integrated Framework for Hyperledger Fabric Security Auditing CO-PI 1 Year

External Project

Year  Organisation Title Role
2024 Hyperledger Foundation Hyperledger Mentorship Program: 

Hyperledger Solang: LALRPOP Parser, Intermediate Code Representation (ICR), and Code Optimization

 Mentor
Honors

Certifications

Certification Year
Kerala Blockchain Academy Certified Blockchain Associate 2021
Blockchain Council Certified Corda Expert 2021
EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker 2018 – 2021
Certified Cybercrime Intervention Officer by ISAC 2020
ISTQB Certified Foundation Level Tester 2011
Honours Diploma in Computer Application 2006

Awards

Certification Awarding Organisation Year
Young Researcher Award Institute of Scholars, Bengaluru 2020
Best Outgoing Student Award Cameron and Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore 2011
Best Outgoing Student Award Department of Information Technology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore 2011

Recognitions

Event Organisation Year Recognition
2024 ICPC Asia Amritapuri Multisite Regional Contest ICPC Asia Amritapuri Site 2025 Outstanding Contributions as Mentor/Coach
2023 ICPC Asia Amritapuri Doublesite Regional Contest ICPC Foundation 2024 Honorable Mention as Team Coach
ICPC Amritapuri 2022 Qualifier Round ICPC Foundation 2023 Honorable Mention as Team Coach
Responsibilities

University and Campus Level

Years Active Roles
2025 Core Team Member: Institute Innovation Council (IIC)
2023 – Present Mentor: Anokha TechFair & Exhibitions
2023 – Present Faculty Advisor: Amrita-Model United Nations (A-MUNSO)
2023 – Present Faculty Advisor: Amrita Toastmasters Club (ATC)
2023 – Present Mentor: Anokha Web, Multimedia & Documentation (WMD)
2023 – Present Founder and Faculty Advisor: KOLECT
2022 – Present Faculty Coordinator: Kerala Blockchain Academy (KBA) Innovation Club
2022 – Present Founder and Faculty Mentor: Blockchain – Research Interest Group (B-RIG)
2022 – Present Faculty Advisor: Women in Cyber Security (WiCyS) Amrita Student Chapter
2022 – Present Founder and Faculty Mentor: CybeReach

Department Level

Years Active Roles
2022 – Present Class Advisor and Counsellor: B.Tech CSE (CYS) 2022 – 2026 Batch
2022 – Present Maintainer: CYS-RAM Department Research Publication Tracker
2024 – Present Coordinator: Website and Social Media
2024 – Present Coordinator: NBA Criteria
2024 – Present Hackathon Coordination Committee Chair
2024 – Present ICPC Coordination Committee Chair
2022 – Present ICPC Coach
2022, 2023, 2024 Gokulashtami Overall Coordinator
2022, 2023 Department House Election Coordinator

Events

Year Role
2025 Convenor: Genesis
2024 Co-Convenor: Anokha TechFest
2024 Convenor: Amrita Model United Nations (A-MUN)
2023, 2024 Convenor: Cyber Awareness Month (CAM)
2023 Co-Coordinator: AICTE ATAL FDP on Recent Trends and Challenges in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Blockchain Technology

 

Outreach

Memberships

Professional Body Membership Years
Professional Member – IEEE 2024
ACM 2017 – 2019
Student Member – Cryptology Research Society of India 2019
Faculty Member – Women in Cyber Security 2022 – Present
Professional Member – Institute of Scholars 2021 – Present

Academic Outreach

Date Program Institution Title/Topic
27-Sept-2024 Continued Education Programme (CEP)

 

 DRDO, New Delhi Securing the Disruptor: Blockchain Technology
19-Jun-2024 Invited Talk (YouTube Live) Healthcare – Special Interest Group (SIG), Hyperledger Foundation DhaanNamChain: Tokenization of Organs
25-May-2024 Workshop and Inaugural Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Sri Eshwar Engineering College & WiCyS Student Chapter HandsOn with Maltego
07-Mar-2024 ChinthanDiwas Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil Panel Discussion on Blockchain Technology
09-Sept-2023 Workshop INS Valsura, New Delhi Blockchain Technology and its Applications – HandsOn
28-Mar-2023 Workshop Dept. of Digital and Cyber Forensic Science and Cyreack Association, Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Cryptocrime Investigations
07-Mar-2023 FDP on Recent Advances and Challenges in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Blockchain Technology (RACAMBT) Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore Smart Contract Implementation using Solidity
08-Feb-2023

09-Feb-2023

 FDP on Blockchain Technology and its Applications – An Implementation Perspective (Online) Dept. of Information Technology, Government College of Engineering, Erode.
  • Smart Contracts: Design, Implementation,

and Security of

  • Blockchain Implementations: Applications and

Challenges
01-Feb-2023 Invited Talk Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Sri Eshwar Engineering College Hacklite: Expert Sessions on Cyber Security Cyber Security for Everyone
19-Jan-2023 FDP on Blockchain Technology and its Applications Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai, Kerala Smart Contracts: Design, Implementation,

and Security of

Blockchain
03-Dec-2022 Guest Lecture Directorate of Agri Business Development, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore Blockchain Technology and AgriBusiness
29-Nov-2022 Cyber Awareness ARRS Academy, CBSE School, Salem Expert Talk on Cyber Crime Awareness
19-Oct-2022 National Conference on Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics for Society Department of B.Sc, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore Cyber Crime Awareness
13-Oct-2022 FDP on Data Protection and Privacy (Online) Center for Cyber Intelligence, Avinashilingam Institute of Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore Data Security with Industrial Espionage and Data Protection Standards
06-Sept-2022 Seminar Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore Cyber Crime Awareness and Cyber Forensics
24-Jun-2022 Masterclass (Online) EduDevs, Haryana and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Internet/IT and Ethics
08-Jun-2022 10-Jun-2022 Workshop on Blockchain Technology and Cyber Security Standards Dept. of Information Technology, Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore
  • Hands-on : Smart Contract Development using Solidity in Ethereum Blockchain
  • Research Challenges in Blockchain Technology
15-May-2022 Cyber Awareness (Online) NDTV Safe in Cyberia
26-Feb-2022 Webinar (YouTube Live) Directorate Of Admissions and Academic Outreach, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Blockchain Applications for Common Man
17-Feb-2022 FDP on Blockchain Technology (Online) Eswari College of Engineering, Chennai Research Challenges in Blockchain Technology
June, 2021 Summer School Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Introduction to Cyber Security – Gaming Addiction
19-Dec-2020 Two Day State Level CSI Student Convention Dept. of Computer Science, Karpagam Institute of Technology, Coimbatore Workshop on Cyber Security
26-Sept-2020 Workshop Dept. of Computer Science, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore Introduction to Cyber Security
29-Aug-2020 Webinar Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore Blockchain Technology and Supply Chain Management
26-Aug-2020 Faculty Development Program Saintgits College of Engineering, Kottayam Developing Interdisciplinary Applications Towards Blockchain
20-Jan-2020
21-Jan-2020		 Workshop on Blockchain Technologies NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, Coimbatore, India Introduction to Blockchain Technology and Hands-on in Smart Contract Development
17-Mar-2018 Workshop on Blockchain Technologies TIFAC-CORE in Cyber Security,
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore		 The Blockchain Analysis
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