Akash Poudel
I'm a security engineer at ICICI Bank in Hyderabad, working on detection engineering, threat-intelligence operationalization, and SOAR automation.
I completed my B.Tech in Computer Science at NIT Rourkela (2024), where I designed and formally verified a lightweight authentication scheme for medical IoT devices, published at IEEE ICSPCRE 2024. In summer 2024, I was a research intern in the UIUC+ Crowd Research Program with Prof. Darko Marinov, working on large-scale mutation testing.
I'm preparing to apply for PhD programs in security and software engineering.
Research interests
Security & privacy · IoT and cyber-physical systems security · applied machine learning for security · software engineering and testing
Community & awards
- Founding chapter leader, OWASP NIT Rourkela student chapter
- President, Cybersecurity Club (Achilles), NIT Rourkela
- Study in India Scholarship, Ministry of Education, India (2020–2024)
- Mahatma Gandhi Scholarship, Embassy of India