Kiran Kumar Kondru

Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Vasireddy Venkatadri International Technological University
Guntur, AP
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Education

• PhD in Computer Science Central University of Tamil Nadu
  Advisor: Dr. R Saranya

Research Interests

• Distributed Systems
• Blockchain Technology
• Consensus Algorithms

Publications

Journal Publications

1. Kondru, K. K., & Saranya, R. (2024). "RaftOptima: An Optimised Raft with enhanced Fault Tolerance, and increased Scalability with low latency." IEEE Access. Link

2. Kondru, K. K., Saranya, R., & Chacko, A. (2021). "A Review of distributed supercomputing platforms using Blockchain." Advances in Distributed Computing and Machine Learning: Proceedings of ICADCML 2020, 123-133. Link

3. Kondru, K. K., & Saranya, R. (2019). "Directed acyclic graph-based distributed ledgers-an evolutionary perspective." Int J Eng Adv Technol (IJEAT) 9.1. Link

4. Kondru, K. K., & Saranya, R. (2024). "Exploring the Limits of Raft's Fault Tolerance: Insights from Simulated Network Partitions." International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering, 12(22S), 838-850. Link

Conference Presentations

1. Kondru, K. K., & Saranya, R. (2024). "Improving scalability of permissioned blockchains by making Raft Orderer to understand the underlying network topology." Proceedings of IACIDS 2023. link

2. Evanjalin, A. B., Saranya, R., & Kondru, K. K. (2021). "Illustration of a Parallel and Discrete Event Simulator using Scala." 2021 First International Conference on Advances in Computing and Future Communication Technologies (ICACFCT). IEEE. Link

3. Kumar, K. K., & Saranya, R. (2019). "The Evolution of Blockchain - From Chain of Blocks to Direct Acyclic Graphs." National Conference on Blockchain and Smart Contract Technologies (BSCIT 2019).

Awards and Fellowships

• NET Junior Research Fellow, University Grants Commission (2015)
• NET for Assistant Professor, University Grants Commission (2014)

Professional Experience

• PhD Scholar, Central University of Tamil Nadu (2017 - Present)
• Software Engineer 2, Progress Software Development Ltd, Hyderabad (Apr 2009 - Dec 2009)
• Member, Technical Staff, Development, Commvault Systems (INDIA) Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad (Mar 2007 - Apr 2009)

Skills

• Programming Languages: Python, Scala
• Distributed Systems
• Blockchain Technology
• Consensus Algorithms
• Teaching and Mentoring

Professional Memberships

• IEEE Member
• ACM Member