PhDs Guided

1. Aditya Kumar Sahu

• Registered no. 15303152, awarded PhD from K L University in June 2020. Thesis title: Development of higher embedding capacity and lower distortion image steganography techniques using the principles of LSB, LSB matching, PVD and modulus function

2. Anita Pradhan

• Registered no. 15303192, awarded PhD from K L University in July 2020, Thesis title: Image steganography techniques based on adaptive pixel value differencing and exploiting multi-directional edges. I was the Informal guide: identified the research gaps and objectives for this scholar and acted as corresponding author for all the 6 articles published for her PhD work. Formal Guide: Dr K. Raja Sekhar.

3. Smita Chaudhari

• Registered no. 163030004, awarded PhD from K L University in April 2022, Thesis Title: Cloud Data Integrity and Security Preservation using Improved Cryptographic Algorithms.

4. Reshma Sonar

• Registered no. 14303031, awarded PhD from K L University in July 2022 under my guidance, Thesis Title: Steganography and Steganalysis Techniques based on Fall off Boundary Problem, Unused Block Problem and Multi-directional Edges.

5. B. Nanditha

• Registered no. 15303159, awarded PhD from K L University in September 2022 under my guidance. Title of thesis: Achieving Energy Efficiency of MANET by reducing the effect of Overhearing and Congestion.

6. Snehalata Funde

• Registered no. 163030005. Awarded PhD from K L University in September 2023. Title of research work: Path hiding privacy preserving approach for classified big data.


7. Hyder Ali Hingoliwala

• Registered no. 15303196. Awarded PhD from K L University in 1st April 2024. Title of research work: Improving Quality of Service Parameters in Wireless Sensor Networks.

8. K. Abdul Basith

• Registered no. 163030066. Awarded PhD from K L University in 13th June 2024. Title of research work: Detection of Distributed Denial of Service Attack in Wireless Sensor Networks.


9. SNVJ Devi Kosuru


• Registered no.2002030003. Awarded PhD from K L University in 26th September 2024. Title of research work: Development of Image Tamper Detection and Correction Techniques based on Pixel Value Differencing, and Extended Hamming Code.