Amit Kumar Tyagi is a senior assistant professor (grade-I) and senior researcher at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamilandu India. His current research focuses on machine learning with big data, blockchain technology, data science, cyber physical systems, smart and secure computing and privacy. He has contributed to several projects such as “AARIN” and “P3-Block”, addressing some of the open issues related to privacy breaches in vehicular applications.