Arindam Mukherjee – Cryptography Researcher & Assistant Professor in Mathematics

Research Interest

Public-key Cryptanalysis with a focus on Post-quantum Secure Schemes and Hardness Assumptions

Experience

Assistant Professor in Mathematics

Achhruram Memorial College, Jhalda, India

Since November 2019

Education

Ph.D.

IIT Madras (2018–2025)

Advisor : Prof. Santanu Sarkar

M.Sc. in Mathematics

IIT Madras (2016–2018)

B.Sc. Honours in Mathematics

Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia (2013–2016)

Publications & Preprints

Das, D., & Mukherjee, A. (2026). On the Hardness of some Vandermonde Knapsack problems. Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2026/1554.

Kalam, A., Karmakar, S., Mukherjee, A., Sahoo, S., & Sarkar, S. (2026). Improved Cryptanalysis of the Permuted Kernel Problem with Applications to PERK v2.2.0, SUSHSYFISH and PKP-DSS. Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2026/706.

Chakraborty, S., Choudhury, P., & Mukherjee, A. (2025). Shortest Paths in a Weighted Simplicial Complex. CoRR, abs/2506.12921.

Esser, A., Mukherjee, A., & Sarkar, S. (2024). Memory-Efficient Attacks on Small LWE Keys. Journal of Cryptology, 37, 36.

Esser, A., Girme, R., Mukherjee, A., & Sarkar, S. (2023). Memory-Efficient Attacks on Small LWE Keys. In: Guo, J., Steinfeld, R. (eds) Advances in Cryptology – ASIACRYPT 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14441. Springer, Singapore.

Talks & Presentations

Crypto Café, Department of Mathematics, Florida Atlantic University on November 25, 2025

NIWC - Lattice Based Cryptography, MNNIT Allahabad on July 5, 2024

Workshop on Lattice-based PQC, Ashoka University on April 2, 2024

Asiacrypt 2023, Guangzhou, China on December 7, 2023

Book

Foundations of Classical Dynamics and Motion of Rigid Body

Authors: Arindam Mukherjee, Prasanta Choudhury

Publisher: Techno World

ISBN: 978-93-89314-93-9

Year: 2025

Teaching

Since November 2019, I have been serving as an Assistant Professor in Mathematics at Achhruram Memorial College, Jhalda. At present, I am driven by the objective of incorporating computer programming into the teaching and learning of mathematics.

Subjects Taught

Calculus
Real Analysis
Group Theory
Basic Number Theory
Computer Programming in C
Numerical Analysis
Python Programming (Certificate Course)

Academic Duties under Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University

Paper Setter
Examiner
Head Examiner

Educational Resources

📄 Notes for Computer Aided Numerical Practical in C Language

Skills & Expertise

Post-Quantum Cryptanalysis Algorithm Design Academic Writing Teaching Python C Programming

Achievements & Awards

NBHM PhD Fellowship (2018), DAE, Government of India

CSIR-UGC JRF – AIR 70 (December 2017) & AIR 107 (December 2016)

GATE 2018 – AIR 145

JAM 2016 – AIR 156

Service & Academic Activities

Peer Review: INDOCRYPT 2023, ASIACRYPT 2024, INDOCRYPT 2025, ISEAISAP 2026, ASIACRYPT 2026

Programme Committee: ISEAISAP-2026

IQAC Coordinator – Achhruram Memorial College, Jhalda