Pratyusa Mukherjee is currently working as an Assistant Professor in School of Computer Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University (KIIT), Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. She was awarded her Doctor of Philosophy from KIIT in 2022. She completed her M.Tech in Information Technology from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur. She stood fifth in entire Maharashtra, first in Vidarbha Region and first in Nagpur City in her CBSE X Board Examinations. Her research area includes Information Technology, Blockchain Technology and Soft Computing. Cryptography, Network Security, Cyber Security, Design and Analysis of Algorithms are subjects of her interest.