Current Position
Pratyay Mukherjee is Principal Researcher at Hashgraph and Visiting Scientist / Guest Faculty at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
Background & Biography
He earned his Aarhus doctorate in 2015 and worked at Visa Research from 2017 to 2022.
Notable Contributions
He applies cryptography to payments and blockchains; his 2024 invited talks addressed key recovery and on-chain randomness.
Why Katharos.ai Is Following Them
Katharos.ai follows his examination of security assumptions behind programmable financial systems.
Areas to Follow
Track published constructions and threat models, separating formal guarantees from deployment claims.
Reporting Scope
India denotes his current ISI Kolkata teaching association, not residence, nationality or Hashgraph headquarters. This is an unranked public professional profile, not an endorsement or investment recommendation.
Sources for Further Reading
Personal academic homepage https://pratyay.net/
Photo via Pratyay Mukherjee’s website; native photograph padded to 16:9. Source-site notice: ©2026 Pratyay Mukherjee.