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Prof. Lokendra Vishwakarma
Assistant Professor - Computing and Data Sciences
Email: lokendra.vishwakarma@flame.edu.in
Prof. Lokendra Vishwakarma has Doctorate Degree in Computer Science and Engineering, 2024 from Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur. He holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science and Engineering, 2014 from Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha (M.P.) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology (2009) from Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha (M.P.).
BIO
Prof. Lokendra Vishwakarma is an Assistant Professor – Computing and Data Sciences at FLAME University. He holds a Doctorate Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur. He also has a Master’s Degree in Computer Science and Engineering and Bachelor Degree in Information Technology from Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha (M.P.).
Prof. Lokendra has worked at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab. Prior to his doctoral journey, he has also worked at Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, Shri G S Institute of Technology and Science Indore, Bansal Institute of Science and Technology Bhopal.
His research work has been widely recognized with publications in esteemed transactions, journals, and presentations at international conferences. Notable work includes security in intelligent transportation system, secure energy trading in smart grid, and enhancing blockchain performance for FinTech Applications.
His research includes Blockcahin, Cryptocurrency, Network Security, Smart Cities (IoT, Transportation, and Smart Grid).
RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
Published
- Lokendra Vishwakarma, Samanyu A. Saji, Debasis Das, "CuraFrame: A Patient-centric Secure and Privacy Preserving Medical Framework With Zero-leak using Blockchain." Springer, Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, Vol.18, Issue 4, 2025, 1-21, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12083-025-02061-1, (Impact Factor: 2.6, Q2).
- Amritesh Kumar, Koustav Kumar Mondal, Lokendra Vishwakarma, Debasis Das. "RBCET: A Reputation based Blockchain Consensus Mechanism for Fast and Secured Energy Trading in Internet of Electric Vehicles (IoEV)." IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Early Access, 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TCE.2025. 3542172, (Impact Factor: 4.3, Q1).
- Lokendra Vishwakarma, Debasis Das. "BLISS: Blockchain-based Integrated Security System for Internet of Things (IoT) Applications." International Journal of Information Security, vol. 23, 2024, 1649–1665, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10207-023-00808-6, (Impact Factor: 2.4, Q1).
- Umang Rajendra Barbhaya, Lokendra Vishwakarma, Debasis Das. "ETradeChain: Blockchain-Based Energy Trading in Local Energy Market (LEM) Using Modified Double Auction Protocol." IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2023, 559 - 571, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGCN. 2023.3307360, (Impact Factor: 5.3, Q1).
- Lokendra Vishwakarma, Ankur Nahar, Debasis Das. "LBSV: Lightweight Blockchain Security Protocol for Secure Storage and Communication in SDN-Enabled IoV." IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 71, Issue 6, 2022, 5983-5994, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2022.3163960, (Impact Factor: 6.1, Q1).
- Lokendra Vishwakarma, Debasis Das. "SmartCoin: A Novel Incentive Mechanism for Vehicles in Intelligent Transportation System based on a Consortium Blockchain." Vehicular Communications, Vol. 33, 2022, 100429, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vehcom.2021.100429, (Impact Factor: 5.8, Q1).
- Lokendra Vishwakarma, Debasis Das. "BlockTree: a Nonlinear Structured, Scalable and Distributed Ledger Scheme for Processing Digital Transactions." Cluster Computing, Vol. 24, Issue 4, 2021, 3751–3765. https: //doi.org/10.1007/s10586-021-03366-5, (Impact Factor: 3.6, Q1).
- Lokendra Vishwakarma, Debasis Das. "SCAB-IoTA: Secure Communication and Authentication for IoT Applications Using Blockchain." Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Vol. 154, 2021, 94-105, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpdc.2021.04.003, (Impact Factor: 3.4, Q1).
- Amritesh Kumar, Lokendra Vishwakarma, Debasis Das. "LandChain: A MultiChain based Novel Secure Land Record Transfer System." IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 74, 2024, 2320-2332, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TR.2024.3382490, (Impact Factor: 5, Q1)
Working Papers
- Lokendra Vishwakarma, Amritesh Kumar, Debasis Das, Sajal K. Das, Nitin Awathare, “UnoShard: Harmonizing Security and Decentralization in Blockchain Sharding” IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems.
- Lokendra Vishwakarma, Debasis Das, Sajal K. Das, Chritian Becker, “zk-Ledger: Conditional Privacy-Preserved Blockchain Framework for Energy Trading in Smart Grid”, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing.
Conference Presentations
- Amritesh Kumar, Monu Nagar, Lokendra Vishwakarma, Debasis Das. "Resolving Blockchain’s Immutable Dilemma." IEEE International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud, and Internet Computing (CCGRID-25), 2025, 1-10, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/CCGRID64434.2025.00051, (Core Ranking: B).
- Lokendra Vishwakarma, Amritesh Kumar, Jeevan Madugunda, Debasis Das. "FinBlock: Secure and Fast Transaction Confirmation with High Throughput for FinTech Application" In IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2024, 01-06, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/WCNC57260.2024.10571189, (Core Ranking: B).
- Lokendra Vishwakarma, Debasis Das, Sajal K. Das, Christian Becker. "SmartGrid-NG: Blockchain Protocol for Secure Transaction Processing in Next Generation Smart Grid." In 25th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN’24), 2024, 174 - 185, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3631461.3631554, (Core Ranking: Indian National).
- Lokendra Vishwakarma, Amritesh Kumar, Debasis Das. "CrossLedger: A Pioneer Cross-chain Asset Transfer Protocol." 23rd IEEE/ACM International Symposium On Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGRID-23), 2023, 568-578, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/CCGrid57682.2023.00059,(Core Ranking: A).
- Lokendra Vishwakarma, Debasis Das. "BSS: Blockchain enabled security system for Internet of things applications." In IEEE 19th International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA), 2020, 1-4, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/NCA51143.2020.9306694, (Core Ranking: B).
Awards and Honors
- Received International Travel Support (ITS) from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), India to attend the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), held at Dubai, UAE, 2024.
- Article Selected in the ACM Academic Research and Careers for Students (ARCS) 2024 for presentation. 2023 Received student travel grant for attending the 25th ACM International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN’24).
- Received ACM India Research Facilitation Grant (RFG) 2024 for the overlength page charges for the publication in the IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking.
- Received best Teaching Assistantship (TA) in the years 2022 and 2023.
- Received student travel grant for attending the 23rd IEEE/ACM International Symposium On Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGRID-23)
- Published Poster: (pzLedger) Privacy Preservation for Energy Trading Transaction in Smart Grid in International Conference on Information Systems Security (ICISS 2022), IIT Tirupati, India
- Travel Grant for participating in Karyashala on Vehicular Communications for Next-Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems, held at Indian Institute of Technology Indore, July 2022 Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), India.
- Published Poster: (SmartCoin) A novel incentive mechanism for vehicles in intelligent transportation system based on consortium blockchain in Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) 2022, San Diego, California, USA. (Core Ranking: A*).
- Receive Student Registration Grant for participating in the USENIX Security August 2021 and ACM SIGMETRICS, June 2021.
- Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) for Assistant Professor in June 2015. University Grants Commission (UGC), India.
- Qualified GATE examination in the years 2011 and 2012 in Computer Science and Engineering Subject