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Maninder Singh

Also known as: M Singh

Thapar University, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Poona University

ORCID iD 0000-0001-8489-8759

About

Maninder Singh received his Bachelor's Degree from Pune University in 1994, and holds a Master's
Degree, with honours in Software Engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, as
well as a Doctoral Degree specialization in Network Security from Thapar University. He is currently
working as Professor & Head of Computer Science and Engineering Department at Thapar
University.
He joined Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, in January 1996 as Lecturer. His strong hold
is practical know-how of computer networks and security. He is on the Roll-of-honour @ EC-Council
USA, being certified as Ethical Hacker (C|EH), Security Analyst (ECSA) and Licensed Penetration
Tester (LPT).
Dr. Singh has successfully completed many consultancy projects (network auditing and penetration
testing) for renowned national bank(s) and corporate. Dr. Singh has many research publications in
reputed journals and conferences. His research interest includes Network Security, Grid Computing
and is a strong torchbearer for Open Source Community.
He supervised eleven Ph.D. candidates in the area of Network Security and Grid
Computing and five are currently pursuing Ph.D. under his supervision. More than 55 Master’s theses have been completed so far under his supervision.
Having practical orientation and research inclination he architected Thapar University’s network
presence, which is successfully implemented in a heterogeneous environment of wired as well
wireless connectivity.
Dr. Singh being a captive orator has a long list of expert lectures delivery at renowned Institutes and
Corporate. In 2003 his vision for developing an Open Source Based network security toolkit was
published by a leading national newspaper. Linux For You magazine from India declared him a 'Tux
Hero' in 2004. Dr. Singh is an active member of IEEE, Senior Member of ACM and Computer Society
of India. He has been volunteering his services for Network Security community as a reviewer and
project judge for IEEE design contests.

Employment

  • Thapar University Professor

Education

  • Thapar University Ph.D. (Network Security)
    2004 - 2007
  • Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Master of Engineering (Software Engineering)
    2000 - 2002
  • Poona University Computer Engineering
    1990 - 1994

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (65)