Kanchan Bisht

Ph.D. Scholar, Computer Science & Eng.

IIT Hyderabad

I am a PhD scholar at IIT Hyderabad advised by Dr. Maria Francis. My research focuses on the design and analysis of privacy-preserving authentication schemes in the classical setting. I am also interested in post-quantum privacy-preserving alternatives based on lattice-based primitives.

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Research Interests

Privacy-Preserving Auth Blind Signatures Anonymous Credentials Revocation in Anonymous Credentials Zero-Knowledge Proofs Lattice-Based Cryptography

Contact

cs20resch11003@iith.ac.in

IIT Hyderabad, India

Selected Publications

Conference ASIA CCS 2026

“BMuSig2: Schnorr-Compatible Blind Multi-Signatures”

Kanchan Bisht, Keerthi Aiswarya Varshini, Shivam Sethi, Maria Francis, and R. Kabaleeshwaran.

Bangalore, India.

Conference ASIA CCS 2026

“ZEEP: Zone Encryption with Enhanced Privacy for Vehicular Communication”

Kanchan Bisht, Ashish B Emmanuel, Prashanth Sriram S, and Maria Francis.

Bangalore, India.

Conference ASIA CCS 2024

“Revocable TACO: Revocable Threshold based Anonymous Credentials over Blockchains”

Kanchan Bisht, Neel Yogendra Kansagra, Reisha Ali, Mohammed Sayeed Shaik, Maria Francis, and Kotaro Kataoka.

Singapore.

Journal Journal of Supercomputing, 2021

“A Novel Approach for Multilevel Multi-Secret Image Sharing Scheme”

Kanchan Bisht and Maroti Deshmukh.

Talks & Presentations

Paper Presentation “ZEEP: Zone Encryption with Enhanced Privacy” — ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security (AsiaCCS’26), Bangalore, India, 2026 (presented)

Invited Seminar “Lattice-based Zero-Knowledge Proofs” — Theory Seminar Talk, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, 2026

Lightning Talk “Revocable TACO: Revocable Threshold-based Anonymous Credentials over Blockchains” — ACM India Academic Research and Careers for Students (ARCS) Symposium, Coimbatore

Paper Presentation “Revocable TACO: Revocable Threshold-based Anonymous Credentials over Blockchains” — ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security (AsiaCCS), Singapore

Education

2020 – Present

Ph.D. in Computer Science & Eng.

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

2018 – 2020

M.Tech in Computer Science & Eng.

National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand
🥇 Gold Medalist

2013 – 2017

B.Tech in Computer Science & Eng.

Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Uttarakhand

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant (PMRF)

BVRIT Hyderabad College of Eng. for Women

Cryptography • Sep 2022 – May 2023

Teaching Assistant (PMRF)

BVRIT Narsapur, Hyderabad

Crypto & Network Security • Jan 2022 – May 2022

Honors & Fellowships

✦ Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF)
✦ Gold Medalist in M.Tech (CSE)
✦ MHRD Fellowship