Draft:Rakesh Kumar (computer scientist)

Kumar holds degrees in computer science and engineering. He has been involved in academic research focusing on methods for detecting hidden information within digital images. During his student years, he contributed to a project on decoding hidden messages that received coverage in the Hindustan Times.{{cite news |title=Ranchi engineering students say they have antidote to coded messages |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/ranchi/ranchi-engg-students-say-they-have-antidote-to-coded-messages/story-4dmEnh25eFCwBDVtScEQvM.html |access-date=2025-05-24 |work=Hindustan Times}}

Kumar is the author of the book All about Steganography and Detection of Stegano Images (2018), which discusses techniques related to the detection of hidden data in digital files.{{cite book |last=Kumar |first=Rakesh |title=All about Steganography and detection of Stegano Images |date=2018 |publisher=LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing |isbn=978-6137340370}}

His research has been presented at IEEE conferences, including:

• "Enhanced Architecture for Detection of Stegano Images" (2024){{cite conference |title=Enhanced Architecture for Detection of Stegano Images |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10915176 |conference=IEEE |access-date=2025-05-24}}
• "Advanced Techniques for Image Steganalysis" (2024){{cite conference |title=Advanced Techniques for Image Steganalysis |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10914707 |conference=IEEE |access-date=2025-05-24}}

In 2023, Kumar received the Young Researcher Award from the Institute of Scholars (InSc), an organization that recognizes academic contributions.{{cite web |title=InSc Young Researcher Award |url=https://www.insc.in/awards/singleinfo.php?tid=6970 |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=Institute of Scholars}}

• [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4mFy04UAAAAJ Google Scholar profile]
• [https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3152-8065 ORCID record]

• Steganography
• Cybersecurity