Bata Krishna Tripathy is a PhD scholar in School of Electrical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India. He received his M Tech degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India in 2014. He completed his B Tech from Institute of Technical Education and Research, Bhubaneswar, India in 2007. He has worked as a Software Engineer in Hewlett-Packard Global Soft Pvt Ltd, India from July 2007 to July 2009. His research interests include mobile ad hoc and sensor networks, internet of things (IoT), computer networks, and network security.