Faculty

• Evolutionary Computing
• Cryptanalysis
• Design and Analysis of Algorithms

• Ashish Jain, Sulabh Bansal, Nripendra Narayan Das, Shyam Sunder Gupta (2024), Red Deer Algorithm to Detect the Secret Key of the Monoalphabetic Cryptosystem, Soft Computing Journal, Springer (Indexing: SCIE and Scopus Q1, Impact Factor: 4.1).
• Sanat Jain, Ashish Jain, Mahesh Jangid, Sucharitha Shetty (2024), Metaheuristic driven framework for classifying cervical cancer on smear images using deep learning approach, IEEE Access, (Indexing: SCIE and Scopus Q1, Impact Factor: 3.8).
• Rishika Kumar, Ashish Jain, Inderjeet Kaur (2024), Meta-heuristics for Feature Selection: A Comprehensive Survey and Comparative Analysis, International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Application, Inderscience (Indexing: Scopus Q4).
• Rishi Gupta, Amit Kumar Gupta, Deepak Panwar, Ashish Jain, Partha Chakraborty (2023), Design and Analysis of an Expert System for the Detection and Recognition of Criminal Faces, Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. 2023, pp. 1-17 (Indexing: Scopus Q2, Impact Factor: 2.4)
• Ashish Jain, Inderjeet Kaur, Akhilesh Kumar Sharma, Nirmal Kumar Gupta, Partha Chakraborty (2023), A New Guess- and-Determine Method for Cryptanalysis of GSM Encryption, Complexity Journal, vol. 2023, pp. 1-9 (Indexing: SCIE and Scopus Q1, Impact Factor: 2.121)
• Shamik Tiwari, Akhilesh Kumar Sharma, Ashish Jain, Deepak Gupta, Miroslava Gono, Radomir Gono, Zbigniew Leonowicz, Michal Jasinski (2023), IOT-Enabled Model for Weed Seedling Classification: An Application for Smart Agriculture, AgriEngineering Journal, 5(1), pp. 252-272 (Indexing: Scopus Q1)
• Sanat Jain, Ashish Jain, Mahesh Jangid (2023), Classification of Cervical Cancer using Machine Learning Techniques: A Review, International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Application, 18(6), pp. 505- 525 (Indexing: Scopus Q4).
• Ashish Jain and Manoj Kumar Bohra (2022), Two Improved Metaheuristic Techniques and their Applications in Automated Cryptanalysis of Knapsack Cryptosystems, International Journal of Bio- Inspired Computation, 19(4), pp. 210-227. (Indexing: SCIE and Scopus Q1, Impact Factor: 3.295)
• Ashish Jain and Narendra Singh Chaudhari (2019), An Improved Genetic Algorithm and a New Cuckoo Search Algorithm for Solving the Classical Substitution Cipher, International Journal of Applied Metaheuristics Computing, 10(2), pp. 1-22.
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• Ashish Jain and Narendra Singh Chaudhari (2018), A Novel Cuckoo Search Technique for Solving Discrete Optimization Problems, International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, 9(4), pp. 972-986. (Indexing: Scopus).
• Ashish Jain and Narendra Singh Chaudhari (2017), A Novel Cuckoo Search Strategy for Automated Cryptanalysis: A Case Study on the Reduced Complex Knapsack Cryptosystem, International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, 9(4), pp. 942-961. (Indexing: Scopus)
• Ashish Jain and Narendra Singh Chaudhari (2017), An Improved Genetic Algorithm for Developing Deterministic OTP key Generator, Complexity Journal, vol. 2017, pp. 1-17. (Indexing: SCIE and Scopus Q1, Impact Factor: 4.621)

Books

• Ashish Jain, Manoj Bohra, Ashish Kumar Srivastava (2021), Improved Genetic Algorithm for Automated Cryptographic Key Generation, Gujarat Technical Publishers.
• Ashish Jain, Manoj Bohra, Ashish Kumar, Ashish Kumar Srivastava (2021), Investigations in Metaheuristic Techniques with Application to Cryptology, Gujarat Technical Publishers.
• Manoj Bohra, Ashish Jain, Ashish Kumar, Ashish Kumar Shrivastava, Vimal K. Pathak (2021), Loop Parallelization Using Data Dependance Analysis, Gujarat Technical Publishers.

Book Chapters

• Divya Mehta, Chailsee Agrawal, Ashish Jain (2023), Chronological Description of Simplified Data Encryption Standard for Educational Purposes, Advances in Information Technology (Volume - 1), pp. 31-44, AkiNik Publications.
• Sagar Gupta, Vikas Chaudhary and Ashish Jain (2023), Mars Cipher: A Comprehensive Overview of a High Security Block Cipher, Advances in Information Technology (Volume - 1), pp. 45-54, AkiNik Publications.
• Rishika Kumar, Ashish Jain (2023), Honey Encryption, Advances in Information Technology (Volume - 1), pp. 63-76, AkiNik Publications.
• Nirmal Kumar Gupta, Anil Kumar Yadav, Ashish Jain (2021), Using Blockchain for Digital Copyrights Management, Blockchain for Information Security and Privacy, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, pp. 377-399.
• Ashish Jain, Manoj Kumar Sharma, Manoj Kumar Bohra, Venkatesh Gauri Shankar, Nirmal Kumar Gupta, Prakash Chandra Sharma, Sunita Singhal, Rohit Verma (2021), Secrecy and Authentication in Public Key Cryptosystem, Advances in Computer Science (Volume - 10), pp. 65-74, AkiNik Publications.
• Ashish Jain, Manoj Kumar Sharma, Manoj Kumar Bohra, Venkatesh Gauri Shankar, Nirmal Kumar Gupta, Prakash Chandra Sharma, Sunita Singhal, Rohit Verma (2021), Key Distribution in Public Key Cryptosystem, Advances in Computer Science (Volume - 10), pp. 53-63, AkiNik Publications.
• Ashish Jain (2020), A New Low Keystream Attack on the GSM Encryption, Advances in Computer Science (Volume - 6), pp. 01-19, AkiNik Publications.

• Sanat Jain, Ashish Jain, Mahesh Jangid, Rohit Verma (2024), Deep-HTCNN Framework for Automated Cervical Cancer Classification Enhanced with Metaheuristic Approach, 2nd International Conference on Innovations in Data Science (In Press).
• Divij Goyal, Shubh Kapoor, Ashish Jain, Rohit Verma (2024), Role of Machine Learning in Fake News Detection, 2nd International Conference on Innovations in Data Science (In Press).
• Sanat Jain, Ashish Jain, Mahesh Jangid (2023), Review of Metaheuristic Techniques for Feature Selection, 7th International Conference on Soft Computing: Theories and Applications, pp. 397-410, LNNS, Springer.
• Shubhajit Panda, Mahesh Jangid, Ashish Jain (2022), Enhancing Background Luminance for Colorectal Cancer H and E-Stained Images using Modified Reinhard Technique, International Conference on Technological Advancements in Computational Sciences, pp. 129-133, IEEE.
• Gaurav Srivastava, Aninditaa Chauhan, Mahesh Jangid, Ashish Jain (2022), An Analysis of Deep Learning Models to Diagnose COVID-19 Using Radiography Images, International Conference for Advancement in Technology, pp. 1-7, IEEE.
• Shubhajit Panda, Mahesh Jangid, Ashish Jain (2022), A Comprehensive Review on the Significance and Impact of Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis, International Conference on Technological Advancements and Innovations, pp. 358-366, IEEE.
• Ashish Jain, Nirmal Kumar Gupta, Santosh Kumar Vishwakarma, Prakash Chandra Sharma (2022), Swarm Intelligence Techniques for Automated Cryptanalysis of Classical Transposition Cipher: A Review, 3rd International Conference on Smart Systems Innovations in Computing, pp. 321-331, SIST, Springer.
• Ashish Jain, Prakash Chandra Sharma, Santosh Kumar Vishwakarma, Nirmal Kumar Gupta, Vaibhav C. Gandhi (2022), Metaheuristic Techniques for Automated Cryptanalysis of Classical Transposition Cipher: A Review, 3rd International Conference on Smart Systems Innovations in Computing, pp. 467-478, SIST, Springer.
• Nirmal Kumar Gupta, Ashish Jain, Prakash Chandra Sharma, Santosh Kumar Vishwakarma (2022), State of the Art and Challenges in Blockchain Applications, 3rd International Conference on Smart Systems Innovations in Computing, pp. 311-320, SIST, Springer.
• Santosh Kumar Vishwakarma, Nirmal Kumar Gupta, Prakash Chandra Sharma, Ashish Jain (2022), A Big Data Approach for Healthcare Analysis During Covid-19, 3rd International Conference on Smart Systems Innovations in Computing, pp. 459-465, SIST, Springer.
• Ashish Jain, Prakash Chandra Sharma, Nirmal Kumar Gupta, Santosh Kumar Vishwakarma (2022), A Review on Metaheuristic Techniques in Automated Cryptanalysis of Classical Substitution Cipher, 3rd International Conference on Smart Systems Innovations in Computing, pp. 323-332, LNNS, Springer.
• Prakash Chandra Sharma, Santosh Kumar Vishwakarma, Nirmal Kumar Gupta, Ashish Jain (2022), An Approach for Graph Coloring Problem using Grouping of Vertices, 3rd International Conference on Smart Systems Innovations in Computing, pp. 651-658, LNNS, Springer.
• Ashish Jain, Manoj Kumar Bohra, Manoj Kumar Sharma, Venkatesh Gauri Shankar (2022), A Modified Cuckoo Search for the n-queens Problem, 3rd International Conference on Smart Systems Innovations in Computing, pp. 615-620, LNNS, Springer.
• Sanat Jain, Ashish Jain, Mahesh Jangid (2021), Classification of Cervical Cancer Through C4.5 Algorithm, 10th International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving, pp. 621-631, AISC, Springer. (Rank-B Conference)
• Ashish Jain, Santosh Kumar Vishwakarma, Prakash Chandra Sharma, Nirmal Kumar Gupta (2020), A Review on Swarm Intelligence Techniques in Automated Cryptanalysis of Classical Substitution Cipher, International Conference on Applied Scientific Computational Intelligence using Data Science, In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 1099, No. 1, p. 012047). IOP Publishing.
• Tarun Jain, Vivek Verma, Mahek Agarwal, Anju Yadav, Ashish Jain (2020), Supervised Machine Learning Approach for the Prediction of Breast Cancer, International Conference on System, Computation, Automation and Networking, pp. 422-427, IEEE.
• Ashish Jain, Tripti Mishra, Jyoti Grover, Vivek Verma, Sumit Srivastava (2017), Performance Assessment of Thirteen Crossover Operators Using GA, 7th International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving, pp. 761-769, AISC Springer. (Rank-B Conference)
• Vivek Verma, Tarun Jain, Sumit Srivastava, Ashish Jain (2017), Local Invariant Features Based Gender Recognition from Facial Images, 7th International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving, pp. 869-878, AISC Springer.                           (Rank-B Conference)
• Ashish Jain, Jyoti Grover, Narendra Singh Chaudhari (2017), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Operated Emergency Ad Hoc Networks, 7th International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies, pp. 92-96, IEEE.
• Ashish Jain, Jyoti Grover, Tarun Jain (2017), Cuckoo Search for Solving Combinatorial Optimization Problems (Solving Substitution Cipher: An Investigation), 1st International Conference on Smart Systems Innovation and Technologies, pp. 585-594, SIST, Springer.
• Jyoti Grover, Ashish Jain, Anju Yadav, Sunita Singhal (2017), Real Time VANET Applications using Fog Computing, 1st International Conference on Smart Systems Innovation and Technologies, pp. 683-691, SIST, Springer.
• Ashish Jain and Narendra Singh Chaudhari (2015), A New Heuristic Based on the Cuckoo Search for Cryptanalysis of Substitution Ciphers, 22nd International Conference on Neural Information Processing, pp. 206-215, LNCS, Springer. (Rank-A Conference)
• Ashish Jain and Narendra Singh Chaudhari (2015), Evolving Highly Nonlinear Balanced Boolean Functions with Improved Resistance to DPA Attacks, 9th International conference on Network and System Security, pp. 316-330, LNCS, Springer. (Rank-B Conference)
• Ashish Jain and Narendra Singh Chaudhari (2015), Analysis of the Improved Knapsack Cipher, 8th International Conference on Contemporary Computing, pp. 537-541, IEEE.
• Ashish Jain and Narendra Singh Chaudhari (2014), Cryptanalytic Results on the Knapsack Cryptosystem using Binary Particle Swarm Optimization, 7th International Joint Conference SOCO’14-CISIS’14- ICEUTE’14, pp. 375-384, LNCS, Springer. (Rank-B Conference)
• Ashish Jain and Narendra Singh Chaudhari (2012), Genetic Algorithm for Optimizing Network Load Balance in MPLS Network, 4th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks, pp. 122-126, IEEE.

• Data Structures and Algorithms
• Cryptography
• Design and Analysis of Algorithms
• Soft Computing
• Programming in C
• Database Management System
• Theory of Computation

• Data Structures and Algorithms
• Cryptography
• Design and Analysis of Algorithms
• Soft Computing

• Associate Professor (CSE), JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur (Aug 2025 - Present).
• Associate Professor (IT), Manipal University Jaipur (Jul 2016 - Aug 2025).
• Reader (CSE), Truba College of Engineering and Technology, Indore (Aug 2009 – Jan 2012).
• Assistant Professor, Sr Lecturer, Lecturer: Malwa Institute of Technology, Indore (July 2005 - Aug 2009).
• Lecturer (CSE), Mahakal Institute of Technology, Indore (July 2004 – July 2005).
• Lecturer (CSE), Mandsaur Institute of Technology, Mandsaur (Aug 2002 – June 2004).

• Head of the Department (CSE), Malwa Institute of Technology, Indore (July 2008 – Aug 2009).

• Chief Editor (Edited Book): Advances in Information Technology, AkiNik Publications

• Information sciences
• Symmetry
• Complexity

• IEEE
• Life-Time Member of Soft Computing Research Society of India