Nikhil Trake

M.Tech student in Information Security with hands-on experience in cybersecurity, vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, and digital forensics. Skilled in analysing web applications, system artifacts, memory data, and network traffic to identify security gaps and reconstruct attack scenarios.

Experience in secure web development and practical use of industry security tools including Burp Suite, Nmap, Metasploit, and Kali Linux. Interested in applying analytical problem-solving and security engineering skills to strengthen application and infrastructure security in real-world environments.

Intern at IOCL (2024-03 – 2024-05)

• Designed and developed a secure employee portal using ASP.NET Core MVC, Entity Framework, ASP.NET Identity, and IdentityServer, enabling staff to submit and manage safety gear order requests efficiently within the organization, ensuring authentication, authorization, and streamlined order processing.

M.Tech in Computer Science and Information Security – Punjab Engineering College (2024-08 – 2026-05)

B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering – International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar (2020-08 – 2024-05)