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Dr. Rashmi Kushwaha

Assistant Professor

Electronics & Communication Engineering

Institute of Engineering & Technology

Biography

Dr. Rashmi Kushwaha holds a PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, in the area of Peer-to-Peer Network, Distributed Systems and Blockchain. She has taught subjects like Basic Electronics, Data Communication & Networks and Peer-to-Peer Networks. Her research expertise is anchored around Peer-to-Peer video streaming, Blockchain, Distributed Systems, Smart Grid and Game Theory. Her research contributions have been presented in leading national as well as international conferences. She has also published various patents.

Education

  • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 2025

    PhD

    Focus: Peer-to-Peer video streaming, Blockchain, Distributed Systems and Game Theory.

  • Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, 2017

    MTech

    Major: Digital System, ECE

  • MPEC, Affiliated to AKTU Lucknow, 2014

    BTech

    Major: Electronics and Communication Engineering

  • Peer-to-Peer Networks
  • Distributed Systems
  • Smart Grid
  • Blockchain and its applications

  • Rashmi Kushwaha, Rahul Bhattacharyya, and Yatindra Nath Singh. “Reputation Driven Peer-to-Peer Live Streaming Architecture for Preventing Free-Riding.” In 2024 34th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ITNAC), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2024.
  • Rashmi Kushwaha, Rahul Bhattacharyya, and Yatindra Nath Singh. “Repute Stream: Mitigating Free-Riding through Reputation-Based Multi-Layer P2P Live Streaming.” In 2025 17th International Conference on COMmunication Systems and NETworks (COMSNETS), pp. 292-300. IEEE, 2025.
  • Rashmi Kushwaha, Shreyas Kulkarni, and Yatindra Nath Singh, “Generalized distance metric for different DHT routing algorithms in peer-to-peer networks,” arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.13965 (2023). (Presented in ICCRDA 2025)

  • Basic Electronics
  • Peer-to-Peer Networks

  • Basic Electronics
  • Digital Electronics
  • Computer Networks

  • Assistant Professor, JKLU. (Jun 2025 - Present).
  • Senior Research Fellow, IIT Kanpur (July 2020 - May 2025).
  • Junior Research Fellow, IIT Kanpur (July 2017 – June 2020).
  • Teaching Assistant, MNNIT Allahabad (July 2016 – May 2017)

  • Accounts secretary, student committee (MSWC), IIT Kanpur, 2022-2023.
  • Departmental PG student representative, Institute Senate Committee, 2020, IIT Kanpur

  • Head-volunteer, 54th Convocation-2021, IIT Kanpur
  • Head Coordinator, Admission Process of Departmental Post Graduate Committee, IIT Kanpur, 2018 & 2019, IIT Kanpur
  • Student member, organizing committee in the Faculty Development Program on “Advanced embedded System & Microelectronics” in MNNIT Allahabad
  • Student Instructor, VDES -2016 conducted by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering in MNNIT Allahabad
  • Student Volunteer, college’s events in “Encuentro’13”, a TechnoCultural & Sports fest during March 2013 organised by M.P.E.C Kanpur.

  • Member of IEEE Communications Society

  • Awarded the Outstanding Teaching Assistant (TA) for the academic year 2018-2019 from Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur.
  • Awarded Sincere and Punctual Student Award in academics in school.
  • Awarded travel grant by the COMmunication Systems and NETworks (COMSNETS) society, to attend and present paper at the 17th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNET), 2025 in Bengaluru, India.

  • Peer-to-peer live streaming and video-on-demand deployment system and method, Published, Application No. 202411045166
  • Federated learning-based battery management system for electric vehicles, Published, Application No. 202411002368
  • System and method for powering a blockchain based peer-to- peer energy trading, Published, Application No. 202411094150

  • Mentored 1 M.Tech student of IIT Kanpur for developing architecture for Peer-to-Peer streaming architecture.
  • Mentored 2 interns of IIT Kanpur for developing architecture for BRIHASPATI 4.
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