Akshay Kumar is currently a Ph.D. research scholar in the Computer Science and Engineering department at IIT Madras, working under the guidance of Dr. Chester Rebeiro. His research focuses on Hardware Security, with a specialization in Power Analysis attacks. Prior to joining IIT Madras, Akshay Kumar completed his M.Tech (Research) degree from NIT Karnataka and earned his B.Tech degree from GCE Kannur. Outside of his academic pursuits, Akshay enjoys reading books, playing badminton, going to the gym, and exploring music with his ukulele.