Rajendra Kumar Sharma is ConsenSys Blockchain Chair Professor in the higher academic grade(HAG-Level 15), and former Head of Department of Mathematics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Earlier, he was on the faculty of mathematics at IIT Khraragpur. He has been teaching UG/PG classes for more than 36 years. He has guided 40 Ph.D. theses and more than 80 M. Tech. projects. He has published more than 185 research papers in international journals. He has participated in several conferences including the coveted International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM)1994, in Zurich, Switzerland. He has travelled widely and delivered invited talks at several places. He was a postdoctoral fellow in France and Germany for 3 years. Several students are working with him on sponsored projects. Area of Interest His main area of research is Algebra and Cryptography.