Avikarsha Mandal
Head of Data Protection and Sovereignty Group @Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT
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WORK HISTORY
Head of Data Protection and Sovereignty Group @Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT
Aachen, DE
EDUCATION
West Bengal University of Technology
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)
Universität Mannheim
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD (Dr. rer. nat.)
University of Luxembourg
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
SKILLS
ABOUT AVIKARSHA MANDAL
Dr. Avikarsha Mandal is a research and innovation leader at the intersection of cybersecurity, privacy, and AI, applying advanced security technologies across sectors to address real-world challenges and drive innovation to market. As Senior Research Manager at Fraunhofer FIT, he heads the “Data Protection and Sovereignty” group, overseeing the acquisition, coordination, and execution of multi-million-euro projects for EU programmes, German national funding bodies, and industrial customers. His portfolio spans cybersecurity initiatives involving privacy-enhancing technologies, incident response solutions, privacy-preserving machine learning, and training data sanitization, as well as technologies that support compliance with relevant data protection and security standards. He actively contributes to academic teaching and mentoring at RWTH Aachen University, while bridging academia and applied research to translate cutting-edge innovations into practical industry solutions.
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