Cryptology Research Society of India (CRSI) is a non-profit scientific organization that supports research in cryptography

Cryptography

Cryptography is the practice and study of techniques for secure communication in the presence of third parties...

 and security related fields in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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CRSI organizes the annual events INDOCRYPT

Indocrypt

Indocrypt is an annual international cryptography conference held each December since 2000 in India. The conference proceedings are published in Springer Verlag's LNCS series. Since 2003 Indocrypt has been organised by the Cryptology Research Society of India in association with an Indian...

 - an international conference on cryptography

and the National Workshop on cryptology . It also arranged International Association for Cryptologic Research

International Association for Cryptologic Research

The International Association for Cryptologic Research is a non-profit scientific organization whose purpose is to further research in cryptology and related fields...

's (IACR) workshop FSE (Fast Software Encryption

Fast Software Encryption

Fast Software Encryption, often abbreviated FSE, is a workshop for cryptography research, focused on symmetric-key cryptography with an emphasis on fast, practical techniques, as opposed to theory...

) in 2003 at New Delhi

New Delhi

New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...

 and IACR's conference Asiacrypt

Asiacrypt

Asiacrypt is an important international conference for cryptography research. The full name of the conference is currently International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security, though this has varied over time...

 in 2005 at Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

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The main office of CRSI is located in Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

. CRSI was founded by the current general secretary Prof. Bimal Roy of the Indian Statistical Institute

Indian Statistical Institute

Indian Statistical Institute is a public research institute and university in Kolkata's northern outskirt of Baranagar, India founded by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in 1931...

. Prof. R.Balasubramaniam, Director of IMSc

Institute of Mathematical Sciences

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences is a research centre located in Chennai, India.IMSc is a national institute for fundamental research in frontier disciplines of the mathematical and physical sciences: theoretical computer science, mathematics, and theoretical physics...

, is the organization's president.

External links

• www.crsind.com - Official web site of the Cryptology Research Society of India.