Ashok joined the department of Mathematics in August 2017 after working for eight and half years in the department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Patna. His research interest are in the broad areas of computer networks and network security. Currently he is working in software defined networks, crowd sourcing techniques, and location based privacy. He recevied his B.Tech degree in Computer Science from NIT Silchar and his M.Tech and Ph.D degree from IIT Guwahati.