PhD in Cryptography

Call for Ph.D. Candidates:

highly motivated Ph.D. candidates

• Applied Cryptography

  (Searchable Encryption, Privacy-Preserving Computation, Secure Cloud Computing, Encrypted Graph Analytics, etc.)

• Blockchain & Layer-2 Technologies

Quantum Cryptography

Eligibility:

Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering,

Having prior knowledge in Cryptography is not mandatory, 

Routes for Ph.D. Admission

1. Direct Route

• Candidates with an

  independent fellowship

  for a Ph.D. program (e.g., CSIR/UGC-JRF, INSPIRE Fellowship,, etc.) can apply

  at any time

  of the year.
• If interested, please apply via this link (https://forms.gle/8dDLRHds2c3UMiWi8).

1. Regular Route

• You may also apply through the regular admission process by submitting your application to IISER Thiruvananthapuram during the official Ph.D. admission cycles.
• Applications will be screened, and shortlisted candidates will be invited for online interviews as per institutional policy.
• The link to the last advertisement (i.e. Ph. D. Advertisement Vasanth 2026) is here (https://admissions.iisertvm.ac.in/phd/index.php/application/view-ad/19).
• * For any query related to the application, drop a mail to my official mail id with subject titled "Query related to PhD, Direct route".

Caution:

Applications submitted only via

Last Date/ Deadline: 26th October