Kripa Shanker
Security Researcher Scientist at Rakuten Symphony
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolKripa Shanker is a cloud security researcher and PhD candidate at the Indian Institute of Science with 11 years of engineering experience, now working as a Security Researcher Scientist at Rakuten Symphony. His research focuses on protecting cloud applications on untrusted platforms using hardware-based trusted execution environments, and he brings practical systems experience from industry roles in blockchain and web/backend development. He has a history of building automation for OS coursework and developing campus-scale web and mobile systems, reflecting a blend of research rigor and hands-on engineering. Based in Bengaluru, Kripa combines academic depth with startup and product experience, often translating theoretical security constructs into deployable frameworks. An uncommon strength is his track record of creating teaching-grade tooling (automated graders and lab assignments) that bridge pedagogy and reproducible systems experimentation.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D., Cloud Security, Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D., Cloud Security at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)Bachelor of Technology - B.Tech., Computer Science & Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - B.Tech., Computer Science & Engineering at Institute of Engineering and Rural Technology, AllahabadIntermediate, Computer science, Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry, Intermediate, Computer science, Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry at BSF School Jammu
English, Hindi
Github Skills (18)
kubernetes9
python9
artifacts5
network-tools5
disk3
intel3
intel-sgx3
sgx3
signing3
linux2
cms2
vault2
blockchain2
ethereum2
php2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
kripa432/scripts
Oct 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:47 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 5 months
iisc-cssl/porpoise
May 2020 - Sep 2021
Contributions:1 release, 19 commits, 10 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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