Summary
Ananya Appan is a PhD candidate and research assistant at UIUC with eight years of experience spanning cryptographic research, teaching, and software development. With an integrated MTech from IIIT Bangalore and a master’s thesis focus on secure multi-party computation, she blends theoretical depth with practical engineering from internships and roles at IISc, SAP Labs, and startups. She has extensive teaching experience—supporting courses in cryptography, discrete math, and algorithms for NPTEL and IIITB—demonstrating a talent for translating complex concepts to learners. Comfortable across research and product settings, she has also contributed front-end work early in her career, signaling versatility beyond pure theory. Outside academics, she pursues semi-classical dance and sketching, hinting at a creative, disciplined approach to problem solving.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore
Intermediate (12 Grade), Science (PCMC), Intermediate (12 Grade), Science (PCMC) at Chetana PU College
High School, Science, 1st Grade - 10th Grade, High School, Science, 1st Grade - 10th Grade at Delhi Public School Bangalore North
English, Tamil