Specialization

Network Security, Blockchain

Email

nitish.andola@thapar.edu

Education
•    PhD in Cryptography and Blockchain, from IIIT Allahabad.
•    M. Tech. in Cyber Law and Information Security (IT), from IIIT Allahabad.
•    B. Tech in Computer Engineering from GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand.

Experience
1.    Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Thapar University Patiala, India (Dec, 2022 - present)
2.    Assistant Professor, Department of CSE&IT, JIIT University Noida, India (Dec, 2021- Dec, 2022)
3.    Assistant professor, Department of CSE, VIT Bhopal University (Oct, 2020 – Dec, 2021)
 

Journal publications
1.    Andola, N., Gogoi, M., Venkatesan, S. and Verma, S., 2019. Vulnerabilities on hyperledger fabric. Pervasive and Mobile Computing, 59, p.101050.
2.    Andola, N., Yadav, V.K., Venkatesan, S. and Verma, S., 2021. Anonymity on blockchain based e-cash protocols—A survey. Computer Science Review, 40, p.100394.
3.    Andola, N., Yadav, V.K., Venkatesan, S. and Verma, S., 2021. SpyChain: A Lightweight Blockchain for Authentication and Anonymous Authorization in IoD. Wireless Personal Communications, pp.1-20.
4.    Andola, N., Prakash, S., Gahlot, R., Venkatesan, S. and Verma, S., 2022. An enhanced smart card and dynamic ID based remote multi-server user authentication scheme. Cluster Computing, pp.1-19.
5.    Andola, N., Gahlot, R., Yadav, V.K., Venkatesan, S. and Verma, S., 2022. Searchable encryption on the cloud: a survey. The Journal of Supercomputing, 78(7), pp.9952-9984.
6.    Andola, N., Prakash, S., Yadav, V.K., Venkatesan, S. and Verma, S., 2022. A secure searchable encryption scheme for cloud using hash-based indexing. Journal of Computer and System Sciences, 126, pp.119-137.
7.    Andola, N., Prakash, S., Venkatesan, S. and Verma, S., 2018. Secure and lightweight multi user searchable encryption scheme. Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, 35(2), pp.1239-1251.
8.    Yadav, V.K., Andola, N., Verma, S. and Venkatesan, S., 2022. Anonymous and Linkable Location-Based Services. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.
9.    Yadav, V.K., Andola, N., Verma, S. and Venkatesan, S., 2021. P2LBS: Privacy provisioning in location-based services. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing.
10.    Yadav, V.K., Andola, N., Verma, S. and Venkatesan, S., 2022. A survey of oblivious transfer protocol. ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 54(10s), pp.1-37.
11.    Yadav, V.K., Andola, N., Verma, S. and Venkatesan, S., 2022. PSCLS: provably secure certificateless signature scheme for IoT device on cloud. The Journal of Supercomputing, pp.1-21.
12.    Yadav, V.K., Andola, N., Verma, S. and Venkatesan, S., 2022. EP2LBS: efficient privacy-preserving scheme for location-based services. The Journal of Supercomputing, pp.1-23.
13.    Raghav, Andola, N., Venkatesan, S. and Verma, S., 2020. PoEWAL: A lightweight consensus mechanism for blockchain in IoT. Pervasive and Mobile Computing, 69, p.101291.

International Conferences:
1.    Andola, N., Prakash, S., Venkatesan, S. and Verma, S., 2017, November. Improved secure server-designated public key encryption with keyword search. In 2017 Conference on Information and Communication Technology (CICT) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
2.    Andola, N., Prakash, S., Venkatesan, S. and Verma, S., 2019, December. SHEMB: A secure approach for healthcare management system using blockchain. In 2019 IEEE Conference on Information and Communication Technology (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
3.    Andola, N., Prakash, S., Venkatesan, S. and Verma, S., 2018, March. A New Lightweight Approach for Multiuser Searchable Encryption in the Cloud. In International Conference on Communication, Networks and Computing (pp. 49-63). Springer, Singapore.
4.    Andola, N., Chandankhede, H., Prakash, S., Venkatesan, S. and Verma, S., 2017, November. Secure workload management for cloud server. In 2017 Conference on Information and Communication Technology (CICT) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
5.    Prakash, S., Andola, N. and Venkatesan, S., 2017, November. Secure access of multiple keywords over encrypted data in cloud environment using ECC-PKI and ECC ElGamal. In 2017 International Conference on Public Key Infrastructure and its Applications (PKIA) (pp. 49-56). IEEE.
6.    Mahore, V., Aggarwal, P., Andola, N. and Venkatesan, S., 2019, December. Secure and Privacy Focused Electronic Health Record Management System using Permissioned Blockchain. In 2019 IEEE Conference on Information and Communication Technology (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
7.    Raghav, Andola, N., Verma, R., Venkatesan, S. and Verma, S., 2019, December. Tamper-Proof Certificate Management System. In 2019 IEEE Conference on Information and Communication Technology (pp. 1-6). IEEE.