Amrit Kumar
Amrit is the Head of Research for Zilliqa. He holds a PhD from Université Grenoble-Alpes, France and was hosted at Inria's Grenoble center. Prior to his PhD, he obtained an Engineer's diploma from Ecole Polytechnique, France, where he studied Computer Science and Mathematics. His research interests broadly span security, privacy and applied cryptography.
Officials：

Experience

Alt Research
Chief Operating Officer
Oct 2022 - Present
Zilliqa Capital · Full-time
Co-Chief Investment Officer
Sep 2020 - Present
Zilliqa
Cofounder, President and Chief Science Officer
Jun 2017 - May 2022
National University of Singapore
Research Fellow
Nov 2016 - Sep 2020
University of Calgary
Visiting Research Scholar
May 2016 - Aug 2016
Inria
Research Intern
Jun 2013 - Sep 2013
Inria
Research Intern
Apr 2012 - Jun 2012
Michelin
Intern
2011-04-01 00:00:00

Education

Université Grenoble Alpes
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science
2013 - 2016
National School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics of Grenoble
Maste degree | Cryptography
2012 - 2013
École Polytechnique
Diplôme ngénieur | Computer Science
2009 - 2013
Presidency College
Bachelo degree | Mathematics
2006 - 2009

Activity

2022-11-15
Team

AltLayer Appoints Amrit Kumar as Chief Operations Officer

2019-05-15
Team

Zilliqa Chief Scientist Amrit Kumar also serves as President

News

Blockchain Company AltLayer Recruited Amrit Kumar as COO

cryptoknowmics(almost 3 years ago)