Souradyuti Paul

Souradyuti Paul (born 1976) is an Indian cryptologist. Formerly a member of COSIC, he is currently working as an associate professor at Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai^[1] and a Guest Researcher for the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States. He participated in cryptanalysis of RC4, Helix and Py family of ciphers among others. He has co-designed the following ciphers

• RC4A
• RCR-32, RCR-64.

Souradyuti Paul
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Indian Statistical Institute Jadavpur University
Known for	Hash Functions Cryptanalysis Fast Wide-pipe Hash Mode Stream Ciphers
Scientific career
Fields	Cryptography
Institutions	Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai University of Waterloo NIST Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Doctoral advisor	Bart Preneel
Website	http://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~psourady/

He also contributed to the design of a hash function iteration mode of operation Fast-widepipe.^[2] While working at NIST Dr. Paul has worked towards the development of US government secure hash standard SHA-3 being selected through a public competition.^[3]