Key Research Areas

1. Blockchain Technologies
2. Wireless Sensor Networks
3. Distributed Systems
4. IoT

About

1. Dr. Neeraj Sharma is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing & Electrical Engineering (SCEE), Indian Institute of Technology Mandi. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Guwahati in 2025 and his master’s degree (MS-R) in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Ropar. His doctoral research focused on the design and analysis of routing protocols for Payment Channel Networks (PCNs) in blockchain systems, with emphasis on scalability, concurrency, and security of off-chain transactions. Dr. Sharma’s research interests include blockchain networks, distributed systems, payment channel networks, routing algorithms, wireless sensor networks, and network security.

Recent Publications

1. N. Sharma and K. Kapoor, “maxREE: maximizing flow by replacing exhausted edges in lightning network,” IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 2025. doi: 10.1109/TNSE.2024.3522198
2. N. Sharma and K. Kapoor, “Deadlock prevention in payment channel networks,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 5164–5177, 2024. doi: 10.1109/TNSM.2024.3435484
3. M. Aarav, B. Manchanda, H. Aggarwal, et al., “Chainseal: A blockchain-based secure and adaptive evidence ledger,” in 18th International Conference on Communication Systems & Networks (COMSNETS)(accepted), 2026
4. N. Sharma and K. Kapoor, “Flood and loot attack in distributed routing protocols in PCNs,” in 17th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS), 2025. doi: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10885574
5. N. Sharma and K. Kapoor, “Attacks in distributed routing protocols in PCNs,” in 2024 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain), Denmark, 2024, pp. 29–36. doi: 10.1109/Blockchain62396.2024.00014.

Courses Taught

1. Data Structures 2.Design and Analysis of Algorithms

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Neeraj Sharma

Designation: Assistant Professor