Manish Kesarwani

I am a Research Scientist at IBM Research India and a Ph.D. scholar at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, working in the Database Systems Lab with Prof. Jayant Haritsa (IISc) and Dr. Sameep Mehta (IBM IRL). I am an IEEE Senior Member with over a decade of research experience at IBM Research. Prior to this, I completed my Master’s degree at IISc, Bangalore.

At IBM Research, my current focus is on building question answering (Q/A) systems over hybrid data lakes, while as part of my Ph.D. I am exploring how quantum computing can advance the design of DBMS engines.

Over the years, my research journey has spanned:

• Database Management Systems (DBMS)
• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning for Systems
• Quantum Computing & Quantum Information (applied to data management)
• Data Security & Applied Cryptography
• Adversarial Machine Learning & Trustworthy AI
• Secure Query Processing over Encrypted Cloud Databases

I am passionate about bridging AI, security, and quantum computing with database systems, translating cutting-edge research into practical innovations for the next generation of intelligent data platforms.