Qualification

• Ph.D. (MNIT Jaipur, 2019)
• M.Tech. (Central University of Rajasthan, 2012)
• B.E. (University of Rajasthan, 2008)

Teaching & Research Experience

• IIIT Kota - Assistant Professor (May 2021- till now)
• Post-Doctoral Research Associate in NTNU Norway(November 2019 - May 2021)
• Previous experience: 4+ years

Research Interests

• Computer Networks
• Networks Security
• Information Security
• Smart Grid Security
• Digital Currency
• Algorithmic Trading

Roles and Responsibilities

• Convener, Website (Oct 2022-till date)
• Convener, Social Media (March 2022-till date)
• Program Advisor, B.Tech. Third Year CSE (July 2021-till date)
• GLIS nodal officer, (July 2022-till date)
• Member, DUGC (July 2021-till date)
• Member, Timetable Committee (March 2022-till date)

Funded Projects

1.  The Development Of An AI-based Backtesting Framework To Test Trading Strategies On Historical Data
   • Role: PI
   • Amount: Belipo Corporation LLP
   • Funded By: Completed
   • Status:
   
   
2.  Development of a portable soil testing system using image processing
   • Role: PI
   • Amount: Freshokartz Agri Products pvt. ltd
   • Funded By: Completed
   • Status:
   
   

Other Notable Information

• Mentoring cyber security club "Cyph3r".

Publications

Journals

1. Nisha Ahuja, Gaurav Singal, Debajyoti Mukhopadhyay, Ajay Nehra, "Ascertain the efficient machine learning approach to detect different ARP attacks", Computers and Electrical Engineering, Volume 99, 2022, 107757, 2022,
2. Ajay Nehra, Meenakshi Tripathi, Manoj Singh Gaur, Ramesh Babu Battula, Chhagan Lal, "SLDP: A secure and lightweight link discovery protocol for software defined networking", Computer Networks, Elsevier, Volume: 150, Pages: 102-116, 2019.
3. Ajay Nehra, Meenakshi Tripathi, Manoj Singh Gaur, Ramesh Babu Battula, Chhagan Lal, TILAK: A token‐based prevention approach for topology discovery threats in SDN, International Journal of Communication Systems, Wiley, DOI:10.1002/dac.3781, 2018.
4. Prashant Kumar, Meenakshi Tripathi, Ajay Nehra, Mauro Conti, Chhagan Lal, SAFETY: Early detection and mitigation of TCP SYN flood utilizing entropy in SDN, Transactions on Network and Service Management, IEEE, Volume: 15(4), Pages: 1545-1559, 2018.

Conferences

1. Ajay Nehra, Meenakshi Tripathi, Manoj Singh Gaur, "'Global view'in SDN: existing implementation, vulnerabilities & threats", 10th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks, ACM, 2017.
2. Ajay Nehra, Meenakshi Tripathi, Manoj Singh Gaur, "FICUR: Employing SDN Programmability to Secure ARP", 7th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference, IEEE 2017.
3. Ajay Nehra, Meenakshi Tripathi, Manoj Singh Gaur, Requirement analysis for abstracting security in software defined network, 8th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies, IEEE, 2017.
4. Ajay Nehra, Rajkiran Meena, Deepak Sohu, Om Prakash Rishi, A robust approach to prevent software piracy, Students Conference on Engineering and Systems, IEEE, 2012.