M.Tech.

(IT) Placements 2013

Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology

(Established by Reserve Bank of India)

University of Hyderabad
Department of Computer and Information Sciences (A Central University)

CONTENTS
IDRBT Governing Council ................................................. Message from Director .................................................... Message from Placement Coordinator ............................ Message from M.Tech. (IT) Coordinator .......................... About IDRBT ...................................................................... M.Tech. (IT) ........................................................................ Course Curriculum ............................................................. Research Initiatives of M.Tech. (IT) Students ..................... Past Recruiters .................................................................... M.Tech. (IT) Alumni Speak .................................................. M.Tech. (IT) - Batch (2011-13) ............................................ IDRBT Faculty ...................................................................... IDRBT Adjunct Faculty ......................................................... 01 02 03 04 05 07 08 11 13 14 15 20 25

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IDRBT GOVERNING COUNCIL

Dr. D. Subbarao
Governor, Reserve Bank of India VISITOR

Shri Anand Sinha

Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, CHAIRMAN

MEMBERS

Dr. R.B. Barman

Former Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India

Shri Ajai Kumar

Chairman & Managing Director, Corporation Bank

Shri K.R. Kamath

Chairman, Indian Banks Association

Shri R. Gandhi
Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India

Shri G. Padmanabhan
Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India

Prof. B.H. Jajoo

Professor, IIM, Ahmedabad

Prof. G. Sivakumar
Professor, IIT, Mumbai

Prof. Phalguni Gupta

Professor, IIT, Kanpur

Shri B. Sambamurthy
Member Secretary Director, IDRBT

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MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR

Applied research with practical bias is one of the key missions of IDRBT. In order to realize this mission, IDRBT has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Hyderabad (UoH) to run the M. Tech. (IT) programme with a focus on Banking Technology. The University of th Hyderabad is one of the top Central Universities in the country. It has earned 9 rank among Indian universities. The syllabus of this two-year post graduate course concentrates on subjects which are directly relevant to Banking Technology. The technology content is quite comprehensive and intensive. The appended syllabus clearly outlines the focus and the thrust of our programme in detail. The unique feature of the two-year course is a rigorous one year project work at IDRBT under the guidance of our faculty members. Our faculty members possess a good blend of theory and practice. Students are exposed to rigorous training in the state-of-the-art labs like Secure Technology Lab, CRM Lab and Mobile Security Lab. Intense technical skills needed by banks to build, operate and exploit their Information Technology infrastructure are taught to them. Students are oriented to the banking domain by experts drawn from the industry. Further, they are exposed to INFINET, SFMS, and DIGITAL CERTIFICATES that are important aspects of modern Indian Banking. Recognizing the importance of soft skills, the current batch has undergone the English Impact programme from British Council, Hyderabad. Given the good blend of theory and practice on one hand and technical skills and soft skills on the other, these students would be assets to any organization. Given this unique learning experience, it is no surprise that these students are very much sought after and we achieved nearly 100% placement last year in financial services industry. Banking industry is the key stakeholder of IDRBT and it is appropriate for banks to exploit the opportunity and engage these students with a unique and comprehensive learning experience. We welcome Banks to participate in the campus placement opportunity of IDRBT.

B. Sambamurthy
Director, IDRBT
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MESSAGE FROM PLACEMENT COORDINATOR

Banking, Financial Services and Insurance Industry (BFSI) is a critically important industry in any economy. The Banking and Financial System in the country reflects the economic health of the country. Therefore, banking is a highly regulated industry worldwide as depositor interests needs to be protected. As witnessed recently, the global economic crisis happened due to the failure of the banking system in the United States, which led to a contagion effect that was procyclical and therefore, triggered a systemic crisis that affected the entire globe. The banking industry has always been under supervision by national regulatory authorities as well as international frameworks for regulation. Our Indian economy successfully survived through the global crisis, primarily because of the due diligence exercised by the professionals of our banking community and the prudence of our regulatory authorities. IDRBT M. Tech. (IT) students undergo a rigorous training in banking information systems. They undergo a one month internship programme on the field in a real world banking context. Moreover, they are equipped with Communication Skills courses offered at the British Council in Hyderabad. The students are capable and competent of handling demanding assignments in the banking sector. We will be privileged if you offer them an opportunity to be a part of your team.

Dr. Mahil Carr

Placement Coordinator, IDRBT

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MESSAGE FROM M.Tech. (IT) COORDINATOR

The Information and Communication technologies together enabled the Banking and Finance industry what they are today. As of now, much of the business processes are just e-enabled without reaping the benefits of business process reengineering. New technologies and processes like XML, SOA, Data Integration and Data Analytics would be providing the right platform for banks to embark upon meaningful strategies for innovation and integration. In the race for embracing new technologies to join the bandwagon, one vital issue that quite often gets sidelined is security. Much emphasis is given to Firewall, IDS, etc. However, IDS will soon be overburdened unless Secure Coding Practices and Source Code Review are relied upon to plug loopholes and fatal flaws. The M. Tech. (IT) students are well-equipped in all the latest technologies. I am sure they can perform well with the help of the knowledge they gained in IDRBT. I wish them all success in their career.

Dr. V. Radha
M. Tech. (IT) Coordinator, IDRBT

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ABOUT IDRBT
The Indian Banking and Financial Sector has considerably modernized the use of Information Technology over the last two decades. The Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) has played a vital role in this journey by providing inter-bank services. IDRBT was established by the Reserve Bank of India in March 1996, as an autonomous body. The Institute pioneers the modernization process by introducing Information Technology to the Indian Banking and Financial Sector. IDRBT has taken the lead from anticipating the technology requirements, developing solutions to creating and customizing IT and IT infrastructure for the benefit of the Indian Banking and Financial Sector. The Institute plays a catalytic role in ensuring that technology is leveraged to the maximum to enhance productivity, customer satisfaction and to offer innovative and value-added services in tune with the global trends in the BFSI sector. In a short span, the IDRBT has created the nationwide communication backbone for the Indian banking industry the INdian FInancial NETwork (INFINET) and setting up of the National Financial Switch (NFS) (now a part of the NPCI). IDRBT is also a Certifying Authority (CA) under the IT Act 2000, which issues Digital Certificates to the banking industry, to facilitate inter-bank communication in the country. Subsequently, the Institute launched the framework of Structured Financial Messaging System (SFMS), in order to suffice the need for a secure and common messaging system for intrabank and interbank

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applications. All National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) messages are routed through a hub hosted by IDRBT; this enables customers to make inter-bank payments online. IDRBT has also set up Indian Banking Technology Consortium (IBTC) to guide banks on the latest in financial technology. IDRBT has deep and wide access to domain knowledge in the area of banking. IDRBT as a research institution focuses on applied research with practical bias. The research outcomes are imparted to various banks through Executive Development Programmes. These highly specialized Executive Development P ro g ra m m es a re co n d u c ted fo r b a n k i n g professionals exposing them to state-of-the-art developments in Information Technology. Thus, there is a robust industry-academia partnership. IDRBT is now an Associate Institution of the University of Hyderabad (A Central University) for

undertaking research for the award of Ph.D. degree in the areas of Computer Sciences and Information Technology. It offers at tractive research opportunities for both academicians as well as practitioners through its Ph.D Programme, Post Doctoral Fellowship (IPDF) and IDRBT Research Project Scheme (IRPS). In the year 2009, the Institute started the IDRBT Project Trainee Scheme (IPTS), which focuses on providing project trainees from reputed Institutions like the IITs, IIMs and Central Universities, an opportunity to carry out short projects in various areas of Banking Technology, with a renewed vigour. Work is in progress to set up Centre of Excellence (CoE) on CRM/Analytics, Information Security/ Assurance and IT Governance. IDRBT now provides many avenues to gain and share knowledge in the niche area of Banking Technology.

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M.Tech. (IT)
The M. Tech in Information Technology (with specialization in Banking and Information Security) is a four-semester course spread over two years, jointly conducted by Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) and the University of Hyderabad (UoH), a Central University. The programme, referred to by Dr. Y.V. Reddy (Former Governor, RBI), as the first-its-kind in India and perhaps in the world is aimed at creating responsible a n d res o u rc ef u l I nfo r m at i o n Te c h n o l o g y professionals for the Banking and Financial Sector. Designed to deliver in-depth knowledge and expertise in the area of Information Technology specifically related to banking, the programme banks on innovative learning and is supported by quality research in a scenario where the Banking and Financial industry is becoming increasingly dependent on Information Technology to retain its customers and competitiveness. This programme merges the new and emerging information technologies with the domain expertise in banking to create professionals, who can lead the technology initiatives of the sector. The curriculum consists of courses on core Computer Science, Banking Technology and Information Security. The course is designed to provide a perfect mix of various aspects of Computer and Information Security as well as on Soft Computing, Data Mining, Quantitative Techniques in Finance and Customer Relationship Management. While the first two semesters of the programme are classroom-oriented courses, the final two semesters are focused on project work on a specific topic relevant to the banking industry. The M. Tech. (IT) programme was launched in the year 2001 and currently 11th and 12th batches are successfully in progress.

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COURSE CURRICULUM
The M. Tech. (IT) course is designed to produce qualified and trained personnel for the banking industry who will be able to handle the various aspects of the IT Systems in banks. This programme is offered by IDRBT in collaboration with the University of Hyderabad. Students undertake one year project work to do in-depth work on a particular topic of immediate relevance to the banking industry. The course includes the following subjects:

Computer Networks and Distributed Computing

Here students learn basic computer networks concepts. Aspects relating to distributed computing, distributed shared memory, distributed scheduling, distributed file systems, etc., are treated in-depth. Associated lab exercises give hands-on experience of the concepts. It includes: OSI Seven-Layer Model, concepts relating to the Transport Network Layer and Routing issues. Transport Layer, Architectures of Distributed Systems and Concurrency in Distributed Computing.

Banking Technology
Banking Technology offers students an insight into the role played by technology in enhancing the effectiveness of the banking sector and also to provide a strong foundation in the various technologies used for delivering banking and financial services. It helps students appreciate that technology cannot be viewed in isolation, which is a crucial step in integrating the technology and business goals of banks.

Cryptography
Cryptography enables you to store sensitive information or transmit it across insecure networks so that it cannot be read by anyone except the intended recipient. Banks use encryption methods all around the world to process financial transactions. The course exposes students to various symmetric and asymmetric encryption schemes, as well as digital signature schemes, hash functions and secret sharing schemes. Cryptography finds application in SWIFT which operates a worldwide financial messaging network. Structured Financial Messaging System (SFMS) is a secure messaging standard developed to serve as a platform for inter-bank applications. It is an Indian standard similar to SWIFT.
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Advanced Data Base Management Systems

The course deals with various aspects of database design, data storage and retrieval. It also focuses on issues pertaining to concurrency in transaction management and database security. Current developments in database systems such as Distributed, Parallel, Object-Oriented and Mobile databases along with their application are discussed. Course syllabus includes Basics of database concepts (Data Modeling using ER, Relational Model, Relational Algebra and Calculus, SQL), Database Management Systems Concepts, DBMS System Architecture, Storage and Indexing Concepts, Transaction Management, Concurrency Control, Recovery, Database Security principles, Parallel and Distributed Database Systems, Object-oriented Database Systems, Information Retrieval and XML Data Management.

techniques and operations research models with examples, exercises and case studies. This course helps to learn necessary skills to understand, formulate, analyze and handle important real-life financial problems. Analytical tools such as MS-EXCEL, MATLAB and R help in the analysis and solution of the formulated problems. It has five modules covering (i) Valuation Techniques, (ii) Forecasting Techniques, (iii) Linear and Non-linear Optimization methods, (iv) Multiple Objective Optimization and Dynamic Optimization methods, (v) Stochastic processes and Stochastic programming. Various banking and financial applications including net present valuation, interest rate sensitivity analysis, liquidity risk analysis, asset liability management, portfolio optimization, stress testing, cash management, transfer pricing, value at risk, supply chain, etc., are covered.

Java and Scripting Languages Lab

This course enables the student to develop skills in object-oriented programming with a focus on Java. Programming concepts such as multithreading, JDBCODBC connectivity, Java servlets, etc., are exercised by students in their lab work.

Quantitative Techniques in Finance

Quantitative Techniques in Finance deals with fundamental concepts and models of quantitative measures required for scientific decision making relevant to the banking and financial sector. It covers topics of basic statistics, probability, numerical

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Systems Security
The course covers concepts such as Fundamentals of Computer Security, Security Mechanisms, Operating System Security, Network Security; Data Base Security, Security Vulnerabilities and Secure Design Principles. It includes Traditional Security, Access Control Systems Using Swipe Cards, RFID, Biometrics, and Security Protocols such as IPSEC, PKI, and Digital Signatures.

Management problems such as Risk Management, Portfolio and Investments, Financial Time Series, Decision Making Problems of Risk Management, Credit rating, and Classification and Clustering.

Data Warehousing and Data Mining

The course exposes the intricate concepts of data mining with several examples and delves a good amount of time in the major tasks of data mining viz., classification, clustering and association rule mining. It also highlights the all-important issue of feature selection and various algorithms that achieve it. It elucidates the essentiality of the link between the D ata M i n i n g a n d C u sto m e r Re l at i o n s h i p Management (CRM) through concepts and examples. Over all, this course is a highly practical-oriented course that offers immense benefits to the students and banks stand to benefit from the students who take up this course. The M. Tech. (IT) students undertake a one-year project work in the III & IV Semesters respectively.

Software Engineering
This course exposes the student to different software development life cycle stages and activities including cost estimation models and software metrics. The course exposes the student to a step-by-step process of software development. Software testing techniques are also dealt with in-depth. Different software testing approaches along with software quality and software reliability issues are also covered in detail. Implementation and software maintenance issues are discussed.

E-Commerce and Payment Systems

This course aims to expose students to current trends in electronic commerce and payment systems. Course syllabus includes E-Commerce Business Models and Concepts, Building an E-Commerce website, E-Commerce Marketing Concepts, Online S e c u r i t y, Pay m e nt Syste m s , E- C o m m e rc e Technologies (XML & Java), Web Services, Mobile Commerce, Social, Ethical, and Legal aspects of ECommerce.

Network Programming and Web Services Lab

This course provides the basics of Networking and Security from a practical perspective that complements the foundations taught in the Network course.

Soft Computing in Finance

This course covers fundamentals of soft computing methodologies and focuses on their application in the areas of Economics, Finance and Banking
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RESEARCH INITIATIVES OF M.Tech. (IT) STUDENTS

Mobile Banking
Mobile banking is the new emerging channel for banks. So here in this field, we are working with the design and development of various Mobile Banking Applications like Mobile Wallet, Banking Cloud Services onto Mobile Device, Near Field Communication (NFC) based payments. We also try to address major risks and threats in Mobile Banking. Customer Churn Prediction, Asset Liability Management for Banks and Financial Institutions.

Information Security
With the advancement of technology in banking and financial sector, Information Security emerged as a big concern. So, here we deal with various methods (including tools & techniques) for identification of vulnerabilities in existing system. We also work on different methods/approaches of Digital Forensics, to investigate electronic evidences, involved in Cyber Crime / Fraud scenario.

Data Mining
Data Mining, the extraction of hidden useful information from large databases, is a powerful new technology with great potential to help companies focus on the most important information in their data warehouses and data centers. Here, we work on Fraud Detection, Bankruptcy Prediction, Profitability Modeling and Ranking, Customer Credit Scoring,

Image Processing
By using various application areas of Image processing (like watermarking and stenography), we try to harden the Financial Transactions carried out by

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banks (online Cheque Truncation System) and attempt to provide new methods for secure communication in financial messages. We work on Biometrics to generate a new and secure user authentication method, (Palm-print Authentication) for banks.

sector, cooperative, etc., and the premier financial institutions in the country are the members of the INFINET. Various applications running over the INFINET network for accomplishing transactions, require some bandwidth. We are working on building a model for forecasting the network bandwidth required for these transactions.

Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is the use of computing resources that are delivered as a service over a network (typically the Internet). As it offers advantages like on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity, etc., we are working on dynamic resource allocation strategies in order to address the various risks related to cloud data security and implementation issues to adopt cloud computing for financial sectors.

Payment System
Today banks face big challenges to reduce cost of services, provide services to unbanked people, etc. Therefore, we proposed a new Payment System which would enable electronic transfer of money. In this system, we proposed to create an electronic purse for every mobile phone owner. Mobile phone owners may transfer value from their purses to other purses without the intervention of banks. The value would be held in a central server. The project is to specify the system using formal methods and prove its security features and properties. Formal methods are a means of ensuring mathematically software quality.

Financial Network
The INdian FInancial NETwork [INFINET] is the communication backbone for the Indian Banking and Financial Sector. All banks in the public sector, private

Unique Qualities of IDRBT Students

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Students are GATE qualified Exposure to the banking domain Technically competent in IT Managerial (and decision making) skills.

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PAST RECRUITERS
During the previous years, our students have been recruited by the leading banking institutions like:

Reserve Bank of India

Relationships beyond banking.

EXIM BANK

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IDRBT provided the perfect platform for those intending to make a career in Banking Sector and possessing IT skills, thus the right mix of Technology and Banking domain. The Course was very useful in giving a jet start for handling many cases related to IT and Banking, viz., evaluating the IT requirements for specific functionalities in the Bank, Payment and Settlement Systems, etc. One of my many roles is coordinating with the vendors for conveying the requirements in the Bank in a way that can be comprehended by the IT sector and vice versa in the best interests of the Bank. All the very best in your efforts. Best Wishes,

J. Sailaja Rani
Assistant General Manager Reserve Bank of India

IDRBT has provided a platform for bright students with its unique course in M.Tech with specialization in "Banking Technology & Information Security". As a Banking professional with IT background, it has given me indepth knowledge on various cutting edge technologies that are useful for Banking Domain. The course provided me career growth with strong technical capabilities to address issues related to banking domain. I wish all the best to all in their careers to grow and show path to others. Regards,

Radhakrishna Akella
Senior Manager Data Centre, NPCI, Mumbai

IDRBT M.Tech (IT course in collaboration with University of Hyderabad) has provided me the perfect platform to learn various areas of banking technology, information security and advanced information systems technology. I have got in-depth knowledge of various subject areas which are very useful for me to relate practical areas with theoretical knowledge in my SAP career. The course has helped me to work on various integration platforms and to provide solutions for complex integration challenges. I also have worked on case studies and research areas as part of IDRBT project. We have attended few self-development workshops which are very useful in my career. Best Wishes,

Sai Krishna Kalivarapu

Chief Analyst (SAP) National Bank of Canada

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M. Tech. (IT) - BATCH (2011-13)

Vijaya Lakshmi Vemuri
B.Tech. (Computer Science Engineering) Email: vjlk16@gmail.com Project: Oracle RPM Test Automation Maintenance. (*RPM - Retail Pricing Management)

A. Surendranath Reddy
B.Tech. (Computer Science) Email: surendra.irus@yahoo.com Project: Retail Pricing Management

Prachi Goel
B.Tech. (Computer Engineering) Email: PGoel@idrbt.ac.in Project: Digital Forensics

Mayank Kumar Pandey

B.E. (Information Technology) Email: MPandey@idrbt.ac.in Project: Soft Computing and Data Mining-based Cyber Fraud Detection in Banking

Brahmaiah Divve
B.E. (Computer Engineering) Email: DBrahmaiah@idrbt.ac.in Project: Design and Development of Mobile Wallet

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M. Tech. (IT) - BATCH (2011-13)

Vidyadhar Chidambar Inamdar

B.E. (Information Science) Email: tovidyadhar@gmail.com Project: Oracle RMS Test Automation Maintenance

Mannepalli Krishna
B.Tech. (Computer Science Engineering) Email: MKrishna@idrbt.ac.in Project: Computational Intelligence and Statistics-based Data Imputation

Abhishek Pandey
B.Tech. (Computer Science) Email: PAbhishek@idrbt.ac.in Project: Designing the communication protocol of a new Payment System (M-Rupee), using Model Checking

Cherukuri BalaKrishna
B.Tech. (Computer Science Engineering) Email: CBalakrishna@idrbt.ac.in Project: Secure Communication in Banking/Financial Messages using Image Steganography Techniques

Tripti Gupta
B.Tech. (Computer Science) Email: GTripti@idrbt.ac.in Project: Z Specification for a New Payment System and Proving its Security Properties using Formal Methods

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M. Tech. (IT) - BATCH (2011-13)

Deepak Gupta
B.Tech. (Computer Engineering) Email: GDeepak@idrbt.ac.in Project: Digital Forensics

Spandana Veesam
B.Sc. (Computer Science) Email: VSpandana@idrbt.ac.in Project: Design and Development of Secure Mobile Banking Application Framework using Wireless Public Key Infrastructure (WPKI)

Godisela Madhu
B.Tech. (Computer Science and Engineering) Email: gmadhu@idrbt.ac.in Project: A New Access Control Mechanism for Files using Light Weight Cryptography

Rayapu Kiran
B.Tech. (Computer Science) Email: RKiran@idrbt.ac.in Project: Harnessing Underutilized Resources of Banks to create a Virtual Data Center

Dasari Ravi Kumar

B.Tech. (Computer Science) Email: DRKumar@idrbt.ac.in Project: Forecasting Bandwidth using Genetic Algorithm and its Application in Building a Model for Bandwidth on Demand for INFINET Network

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M. Tech. (IT) - BATCH (2011-13)

Jonnalagadda Shiva
B.Tech. (Computer Science) Email: jonnalagaddashiva24@gmail.com Project: Oracle RMS Test Automation Development

Raja Rao Done

B.Tech. (Information Technology) Email: DRRao@idrbt.ac.in Project: Design and Development of Banking Cloud Services onto Mobile Phone

Banoth Sammulal
B.Tech (Computer Science Engineering) Email: BSammulal@idrbt.ac.in Project : Palmprint Authentication

V. SashiKanth Nagireddi
B.Tech. (Computer Science) Email: VSKNagireddi@idrbt.ac.in Project: Building a Private cloud and Hosting a Web Service on the Cloud for Banks

B. Lakshmi Devi
B.Tech. (Computer Science Engineer) Email: BLDevi@idrbt.ac.in Project: Design and Implementation of Near Field Communication Based Mobile Payment System

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M. Tech. (IT) - BATCH (2011-13)

Manish Verma
B.Tech. (Computer Science Engineering) Email: MVerma@idrbt.ac.in Project: Prediction and Dynamic Resource Allocation in Multi-tenant Service Clouds

Maloth Rajender
B.Tech. (Information Technology) Email: MRajender@idrbt.ac.in Project: Digital Watermarking Techniques to Secure Cheque Images in Cheque Truncation System

Vivek Kumar Yadav

B.Tech. (Information Technology) Email: VKYadav@idrbt.ac.in Project: Network Security Assessment Platform

Shaga Praveen
B.Tech. (Computer Science Engineering) Email: SPraveen@idrbt.ac.in Project: Data Storage and Identity Management in Cloud

Ram Kumar Gupta

B.Tech. (Computer Science Engineering) Email: GRamkumar@idrbt.ac.in Project: System Vulnerabilities

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IDRBT FACULTY
4. K. Ammayappan, V. N. Sastry, A. Negi, A New Secure Route Discovery Protocol for MANET to Prevent Hidden Channel Attacks, International Journal of Network Security, 2011.

Dr. V.N. Sastry

Professor Ph.D., IIT Kharagpur Email: vnsastry@idrbt.ac.in

Dr. V. Ravi
Areas of Interest Mobile Banking and Security, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Routing Algorithms, Access Control Models, Banking Grid, Multiple Objective Optimization, Risk Modeling, Asset Liability Management, Portfolio Optimization, and Fuzzy Control Applications. Professional Exposure l Served at NIT, Tiruchirapally for 7 years during 1993 to 1999 l Executive Secretary of the Mobile Payment Forum of India (MPFI) l Guided 4 Ph.D. students and 3 are currently working and guided about 50 PG Projects. Recent Publications 1. S. S. Ahamad, S. K. Udgata, V. N. Sastry, A New Mobi le Payment System with Formal Verification, International Journal of Internet Technology and Secured Transactions, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp.71103, 2012 2. S. S. Ahamad, V. N .Sastry, S. K. Udgata, Secure and Optimized Mobile based Merchant Payment Protocol using Signcryption, International Journal of Information Security and Privacy, 6(2), 64-94, 2012 3. K. Ammayappan, A. Negi, V. N. Sastry, A. K. Das, A New ECC based Two-party Authenticated Key Agreement Protocol for MANETs, Journal of Computers, Vol. 6, No. 9, 2011 Associate Professor Ph.D. (Soft Computing), Osmania University, Hyderabad Email: vravi@idrbt.ac.in Areas of Interest Fuzzy Computing, Neuro Computing, Soft Computing, Data Mining, Global/Multi-Criteria/Combinatorial Optimization, Bankruptcy Prediction, Risk Measurement and Asset Liability Management through Optimizing. Professional Exposure l Worked in National University of Singapore during 2002-2005 as Faculty l Worked as Assistant Director (Scientist E1) from 1996-2002 and Scientist C from 1993-1996 at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad l Editorial Board Member for the IJISSS & IJITPM published by IGI Global, USA and IJDATS & IJIDS published by Inderscience, Switzerland. Recent Publications 1. K. J. Nishanth, V. Ravi, N. Ankaiah, I. Bose, Soft Computing Based Imputation and Hybrid Data and Text Mining: The Case of Predicting the Severity of Phishing Alerts, Expert Systems with Applications, 2012 2. M. A. H. Farquad, V. Ravi, S. B. Raju, Analytical CRM in Banking and Finance using SVM: A Modified Active Learning Based Rule Extraction
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3.

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Approach, International Journal of Electronic Customer Relationship Management, 2012 N. Naveen, V. Ravi, C. R. Rao and K. N. V. D. Sarath, Rule Extraction using Firefly Optimization: Application to Banking, The IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Hong Kong, 2012 N. Naveen, V. Ravi, C. R. Rao, Forecasting using Rules Extracted from Privacy Preserving Neural Network, Multi-Disciplinary International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Hyderabad, 2011.

Profile Mobile Banking Users in India, International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector (In Press), 2011.

Dr. B.M. Mehtre

Associate Professor Ph.D., (Engineering) IIT, Kharagpur Email: bmmehtre@idrbt.ac.in Areas of Interest Information Security, Biometrics, Pat tern Recognition, Image Processing. Professional Exposure l Worked at the Research & Development Centre, CMC Ltd. for over 22 years l Coordinator for Intellectual Property Rights Cell at CMC l Held academic positions at the IIIT Hyderabad (adjunct faculty, 2000-2001), National University of Singapore (1990-1992), and Michigan State University, USA (visiting scholar, 1990). Recent Publications 1. B. M. Mehtre, Recent Trends in Biometrics Technology and Applications, Signal and Image Processing Workshop, REVA Institute of Technology and Management, Yelhanka, Bengaluru, August 2011 2. B. M. Mehtre, Review of Knowledge Base, International Conference on Communication, Computation, Control and Nanotechnology, Rural Engineering College Bhalki, Karnataka, October 29-30, 2010 3. B. M. Mehtre, Biometric Authentication in ePayments, International Conference on Trends in ePayments: Challenges and opportunities, Mumbai, October 28-29, 2010 4. B. M. Mehtre, Biometrics in India, Interpol Meeting on Fingerprints, DNA, and DVI for SAARC Countries, Gujarat Forensic Science University, Gandhinagar, April 27-30, 2010.

Dr. Mahil Carr

Associate Professor Ph.D. (Software Engineering) City University of Hong Kong Email: mahilcarr@idrbt.ac.in Areas of Interest Software Engineering, Decision Sciences, Financial Inclusion, Philosophy of Information Systems. Professional Exposure l Director-in-Charge, Department of Computer Science, American College, Madurai, 2000-2003 l E xe c u t i ve D e ve l o p m e nt P ro g ra m m es : Technologies for Financial Inclusion, Software Engineering for Banking, Mobile Banking, Vendor Management l IBA-IDRBT, Standards on Financial Inclusion. Recent Publications 1. M. Carr, J. S. Pahariya, V. Ravi, M. Vasu, Computational Intelligence Hybrids Applied to Software Cost Estimation, International Journal of Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications, Vol. 2, pp. 104-112, 2010 2. M. Carr, Knowledge Management for Indian banks, The Indian Banker, 5 (12) pp 45-47, 2010. 3. M. Carr, V. Ravi, G. S. Reddy, D. Veeranna, Machine Learning Techniques Applied to
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Dr. V. Radha
Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Hyderabad, India Email: vradha@idrbt.ac.in Areas of Interest Computer Applications, Databases, Internet, XML, Web Services, Extensive Business Reporting Language, IFX, and OFX. Professional Exposure l Worked in UNDP projects of IGNCA, New Delhi and LIBSYS. Recent Publications 1. B. R. Kumar, V. Radha, An Application of Naive Bayes Classification for Credit Scoring in elending Platform, IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Engineering, 2012., to be published 2. V. Radha, S. A. Kumar, Automatic Detection of Printf Format String Vulnerabilities in Software Applications using Static Analysis, CUBE 2012: International Information Tech. Conference & Exhibition., to be published 3. V. Radha, D. H. Reddy, A Survey on Single Signon Techniques, 2nd International Conference on Computer, Communication, Control and Information Technology, Elsevier Publications, pp. 134-139, 2012 4. V. Radha, B. Vijay, E-lending platform, International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, 2011, to be published.

Areas of Interest Biometrics, Payment System Technologies and Digital Watermarking. Professional Exposure l 13 years of Teaching and Research experience l Guided one Ph.D. student and four are currently working. Recent Publications 1. M. V. N. K. Prasad, P. Swathi, Towards Cashless Society, The Indian Banker Journal, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 42 45, 2012 2. K. H. Kumar, M. V. N. K. Prasad, A. Agarwal, Dynamic ROI Extraction Algorithm for Palmprints, International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, pp.217 227, 2012 3. K. H. Kumar, M. V. N. K. Prasad, A. Agarwal, Palm-print Identification based on Wide Principal Lines, International Workshop on Pattern Recognition and Image Processing, 2012., to be published 4. C. R. S. Rao, M.V.N.K. Prasad, Digital Watermarking Algorithm based on Complete Complementary Code, Third International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies, 2012, to be published.

M.V. Sivakumaran
Assistant Professor M.A, CAIIB, PGDCA, MBA, CISA, LA BS7799, (CISM) Email: mvsivakumaran@idrbt.ac.in Areas of Interest Technology Management, Information Systems Security and Audit, IT Governance for Banks. Professional Exposure l Has 23 years of experience in Banking l Associated with Software Development for Total Branch Automation, Training in Technology and Computer Orientation
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Dr. MVNK Prasad

Assistant Professor Ph.D., Institute of Technology, BHU Email: mvnkprasad@idrbt.ac.in

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Currently working on an IT Governance Framework for Banks. Recent Publications 1. IT Governance Series: Organizational Structure for IT in the Indian Banking Sector, May 2010 2. IT Governance Series: Information Security Governance for the Indian Banking Sector, November 2011.

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Business Process Assets, Proc. of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Services Computing, Hawaii, USA, June 2012 G. R .Gangadharan, S. D. Paoli, V. DAndrea, M. Weiss, Managing License Compliance in Free and Open Source Software Development, Information Systems Frontiers, Springer Publications Vol. 14, Issue 2, pp 143-154, 2012.

Dr. G.R. Gangadharan

Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Trento, Trento, Italy Email: grgangadharan@idrbt.ac.in Areas of Interest Service-Oriented Computing, Cloud Computing, Green Information Systems, Energy Efficient Computing, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for/in Emerging Markets, FOSS, Economic, Legal, and Social Aspects of Software and Services, Enterprise Information Systems. Professional Exposure l Researcher, IBM Research, Bangalore, India l Researcher, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy l Post-doctorate researcher, University of Trento, Trento, Italy. Recent Publications 1. G. R. Gangadharan and M. Butler, Free and Open Source Software Adoption in Emerging Markets: An Empirical Study in the Education Sector, Proc. of the IFIP 8th International Conference on Open Source Systems, Hammamet, Tunisia, September 2012 2. M. Tatsubori and G. R. Gangadharan, Service Commons: Serve and Serve Alike, Proc. of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Services Computing, Hawaii, USA, June 2012 3. N. Narendra, P. Karthikeyan, G.R. Gangadharan, H.L. Truong, S. Dustdar, and G. Aditya, Effective Reuse via Modeling, Managing, and Searching of

Dr. Shakti Mishra

Assistant Professor Ph.D., MNNIT Allahabad, India Email: smishra@idrbt.ac.in

Areas of Interest High Performance Computing, Service Oriented Architecture, Cloud Computing, Formal Methods. Professional Exposure l Worked as Lecturer in AIET, Lucknow from 20052006 l Worked as Lecturer in Dehradun Institute of Technology, Dehradun from 2006-2008 l Research Scholar with MHRD Fellowship in Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad from 2008-2011. Recent Publications 1. S. Pippal, S. Mishra, D. S. Kushwala, Architectural Design and Issues for Ad-hoc Clouds, Proc. of Third International Conference on Advances in Communication, Network, and Computing, Chennai, JanahanLal Stephen (Ed.): CNC 2012, LNICST pp. 291 296, February 2012 2. M. Vardhan, S. Mishra, D. S. Kushwala, On Demand Logical Resource Replication Scheme as a Service, Proc. of Third International Conference on Advances in Communication, Network, and Computing, Chennai, JanahanLal Stephen (Ed.): CNC 2012, LNICST pp. 31 36, February 2012

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V. Sharma, M. Vardhan, S. Mishra, D. S. Kushwala, A Generalized Approach for Fault Tolerance and Load Based Scheduling of Threads in Alchemi .net, The Second International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization CLOUD COMPUTING, Rome, Italy, pp. 211 216, ISBN: 978- 1- 61208- 153-3, September 2011 S. Mallick, S. Mishra, D. S. Kushwaha, Simplifying Web Service Discovery & Validation for Service Composition, Proc. of 9th IEEE International Conference on Web Services, World Congress on Services Computing, Washington DC, USA, July 2011.

Dr. Rajarshi Pal

Assistant Professor Ph.D. (Computer Science & Engineering), IIT, Kharagpur E-mail: prajarshi@idrbt.ac.in

Areas of Interest V i s u a l At t e n t i o n , I m a g e Wa t e r m a r k i n g , Steganography and Video Summarization. Professional Exposure l Working as Assistant Professor in IDRBT since August 2011 l Worked as Research Associate, Center for Soft Computing Research, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, from December 2010 to August 2011. Recent Publications 1. R. Pal, S. K. Pal, A. Ghosh, Video Summarization and Significance of Content: A Review, Handbook in Soft Computing for Video Surveillance, Chapman & Hall/CRC 2. R. Pal, P. Mitra, J. Mukhopadhyay, Suitable Features for Visual Saliency Computation in Monochrome Images, Proc. of 4th IEEE International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, Shanghai, China, pp. 1457-1460, October 2011 3. R. Pal, J. Mukhopadhyay, P. Mitra, Image Retargeting through Constrained Growth of Important Rectangular Partitions, Proc. of 4th International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence, Moscow, Russia, LNCS 6744, pp. 104-109, June 2011.

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IDRBT ADJUNCT FACULTY

Padmashri Prof.

B.L. Deekshatulu

Distinguished Fellow, IDRBT Email: bldeekshatulu@idrbt.ac.in Prof. B.L. Deekshatulu has distinguished himself through his research and technological contributions in the fields of Control Systems, Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing. He was awarded the Padmashri in Jan, 1991. He has over 150 research publications and has guided 18 Ph.D. scholars. He is currently the Chairman of National Institute of Technology, Warangal.

Scientist, DRDO, Formerly Director, Centre for AI & Robotics (CAIR), Bengaluru. He is currently the Chairman, Inter-ministerial Working Group on Information Security.

Dr. M.S. Sriram

Distinguished Fellow, IDRBT Dr. M. S. Sriram, Distinguished Fellow, brings with him rich experience in the area of Financial Inclusion and Micro-Finance. He is a Member of Expert Panel for an Implementable Action Plan for Agrarian Distress, NABARD; Expert Group on Investment Credit, Reserve Bank of India; and a Member of the Task Force on Revitalization for Co-operative Rural Banking, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

Prof. D.K. Subramanian

Distinguished Fellow, IDRBT Prof. Subramanian is former Dean, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Presently, he is Honorary President, Foundation for Advancement of Education and Research (FAER), Bengaluru; Advisor (Technology) Indian Bank, Corporation Bank and Punjab National Bank.

Dr. Santanu Paul

Distinguished Fellow, IDRBT

Shri N. Sitaram
Distinguished Fellow, IDRBT Shri N. Sitaram is Advisor, Bharat Electronics Ltd. He was formerly Chief Controller R&D and Distinguished

Dr. Santanu Paul, Distinguished Fellow, at the Institute, is the co-founder and CEO of Talent Sprint. He has published many articles in international journals and has participated in international conferences such as Java One, Comdex, and AIIM.

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Prof. Venu Govindaraju

Distinguished Fellow, IDRBT

Dr. V. Sree Hari Rao Adjunct Faculty, IDRBT Dr. V. Sree Hari Rao, holds a Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and is Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, Fellow of Forum D'Analystes, and also a Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers of India. His areas of research are operational risk modeling, banking technologies, dynamical systems, predictive mathematical models, optimization, neural networks and machine learning.

Prof. Venu Govindaraju is SUNY Distinguished Professor at University at Buffalo, State University of New York. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Biometrics Council Compendium (2012-Present) and he is on the editorial board of International Journal of Document Analysis and Recognition (2003-) and IET Biometrics Identification (2012).

Shri Niraj Kapasi

Distinguished Fellow, IDRBT Shri Niraj Kapasi has over 18 years of experience in Assurance and related advisory services including 12 years of specialized IT Audit related experience. He was Vice President and Member of the Board of ISACA International till recently and he is the Present Chairman of the ISACA, India Task Force.

Shri Srinivasa Katuri Adjunct Faculty, IDRBT Shri Srinivasa Katuri, Adjunct Faculty in the Institute, has over 20 years of experience in Payment Systems and IT, consulting on large bank mergers, managing ATM and POS systems. He is a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI).

Dr. Sagar Koparkar

Adjunct Faculty, IDRBT

Shri P.A. Kalyana Sundar

Adjunct Faculty Mr. Kalyana Sundar has over 35 years of rich experience in the banking industry of which 16 years in Senior/Top Management Grade. He was with Bank of India from 1975 and retired as General Manager IT. Dr. Sagar Koparkar, Adjunct Faculty at the Institute, is a founder director of Koparkar Art of Analytics Applications Pvt. Ltd. (AoAA), a company into strategic consulting in consumer retail finance. He is also a visiting faculty for Quantitative Methods and Management Information Systems at Indo-German Training Center in Bengaluru.

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IDRBT Research
IDRBT Post Doctoral Fellowship (IPDF)
The IDRBT Post Doctoral Fellowship aims to encourage promising young researchers with innovative ideas to work on focal areas of research of the Institute. It envisages bringing on board Ph.D degree holders within three years of award of Ph.D degree or those who have submitted Ph.D thesis to undertake critical research projects and thereby contribute to the IDRBT's research initiatives. The IPDFs shall bring with them in-depth knowledge in their area and would utilize it to work out ITbased solutions in various areas of Banking Technology. The IPDF Post Doctoral Fellows get one economy class apex return-airfare from place of residence/work in India for attending interview; Monthly Post Doctoral Fellowship of Rs. 40,000/-; Research Grant of Rs 50,000/-; Reward of Rupees One to Three Lakh, in cases of outstanding work; Fully-funded participation in one national seminar/conference/workshop once in a year; Lodging in Institute's Begumpet Quarters and food in the canteen at nominal cost. The Institute offers Five Post Doctoral fellowships in one financial year. Two fellowships are open to scholars from other countries.

Fellowships

of Hyderabad. The Fellows get Rs 14,000/- per month in the first two years and Rs 15,000/- in the third year; funding for attending national and international conferences, lodging in Institute's Begumpet Quarters and food in the canteen at nominal cost. The Institute offers Eight Ph.D fellowships in a year. The Institute will shortly be advertising for its Ph.D Programme.

IDRBT Research Project Scheme (IRPS)

The IDRBT Research Project Scheme encourages Research & Development-oriented talent to work on specific implementable solutions for IT based problems / issues/ challenges faced by banks. The Scheme aims to bring on board practitioners who would be able to undertake and pursue short-term critical research projects successfully and deliver working prototypes for commercial use in due course. The duration of the project will not normally be over six months. The IRPS Scholars get economy class apex return-airfare from place of residence/work in India for interview; economy class apex return airfare from place of work in India to IDRBT for carrying out the project; Monthly allowance of Rs. 10,000/-; honorarium of upto Rupees three lakh depending upon the deliverables of the project, incidental expenses of upto Rs. 50,000/-; free lodging and food in the canteen, reimbursement of telephone calls upto Rs. 750/- per month and other normal facilities. The Institute offers six IRPS scholarships in one financial year. Two scholarships are open to scholars from other countries.

Ph.D Fellowship
IDRBT has been granted Associate Institution Status of the University of Hyderabad (A Central University) for undertaking research for the award of Ph.D. Degree in the areas of Computer Sciences and Information Technology. While the Research Fellows carry out their research independently at the IDRBT in various areas of Banking Technology, the Ph.D degree is awarded by the University

IDRBT Project Trainee Scheme (IPTS)

The IDRBT Project Trainee Scheme aims at providing exposure to emerging young talent in the niche area of Banking Technology through internship opportunities. Students pursuing their graduation and post graduation in highly reputed Institutions can carry out short-term projects in the area of Banking Technology during their summer and winter breaks at IDRBT. The minimum duration of the project is two months. And the trainees get a stipend of Rs. 7,000/- per month; Free Shared Accommodation Facility; Free Lunch and Dinner Facility. We provide opportunities for up to 75 student trainees every year.

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