autoMoTIVe-X Lab
Belagavi, India · Lille, France · Padova, Italy
Director
Dr. Shrikant Tangade — Belagavi, India
Prof, AMBIT · MSCA SoE Fellow, Inria
Team

The people behind the proofs.

A small, deliberately global group — grown across Padova, Lille, and Belagavi.

Scientific Advisory Board

The Prestige Guidance

Dr. Valeria Loscrì
Dr. Valeria Loscrì — Lille, France
Head of SERENDIPITY Team, Inria Lille – Nord Europe, France

Dr. Loscrì is a Research Director at Inria Lille and the Head of the SERENDIPITY Project-Team. A world-renowned expert in resilient wireless communications and physical layer security, her leadership provides the strategic scientific foundation for the lab's work on vehicular network security and resilience.

Prof. Mauro Conti
Prof. Mauro Conti — Padua, Italy
Professor, University of Padua, Italy & Örebro University, Sweden

Prof. Conti is a Professor at the University of Padua and Örebro University, and a leading global authority in cybersecurity and privacy-preserving protocols. His extensive expertise guides the cryptographic rigor and architectural integrity of the autoMoTIVe-X security and privacy engines.

Industry & Strategic Mentorship

The Market & Standards Bridge

Arun Shankar K
Arun Shankar K — Bengaluru, India
Head of Innovation, AUMOVIO Autonomous Mobility (India) Ltd.
Founding Industry Mentor

A veteran leader in automotive mobility and industrial innovation, Arun provides strategic guidance on the market-readiness of autoMoTIVe-X protocols. His mentorship ensures that our "Silicon-to-Cloud" solutions align with the rigorous safety and deployment standards of global Tier-1 suppliers.

Siva Shankar S
Siva Shankar S — Stockholm, Sweden
Strategic Technical Partner · Embedded Software Engineer

An expert in European automotive standards and service-oriented middleware, Siva provides architectural oversight to ensure autoMoTIVe-X protocols are "SOME/IP-ready" and standards-compliant. His guidance anchors our research in the rigorous safety and security requirements of the Swedish and EU automotive ecosystems.

Director & Lead Scientist

The Principal Investigator

Dr. Shrikant Tangade
Dr. Shrikant Tangade — Belagavi, India
Director, autoMoTIVe-X Lab
Professor, AMBIT, India · MSCA SoE Fellow, Inria, France
Expertise: Applied Cryptography and Automotive Cybersecurity

Dr. Tangade is a Professor at AMBIT and an MSCA Seal of Excellence Fellow at Inria Lille. With over a decade of research in V2X security and hybrid cryptography, he founded the autoMoTIVe-X Lab to bridge the gap between theoretical math and industrial-grade automotive security. His work focuses on stateless authentication and hardware-anchored resilience for the SDV era.

Research & Implementation Staff

The Research & Technical Engine

Bansi Pambhar
Bansi Pambhar
Bengaluru, India
Research Engineer
Secure Cloud & Infrastructure
Mahendra Nath Reddy
Mahendra Nath Reddy
Didcot, United Kingdom
Associate Researcher
AI-Augmented Anomaly Detection
Vinayaka Bharadwaj
Vinayaka Bharadwaj
Bengaluru, India
Technical Lead
Embedded Systems
Student Researcher Intern

Growing the team

Research Residency & Internships

We only accept researchers capable of A*-standard contributions. If you are ready to commit 15+ hours/week to solve the zero-day scalability gap in Zonal SDVs, apply below. Direct emails for internships will be ignored.

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