Job Purpose
As a Research Scientist within the BFS Intelligence Division, you will be at the epicenter of India's transition to Quantum-Safe and Privacy-Preserving Finance. You will not merely study AI and Cybersecurity — you will build the defensive and offensive architectures that protect the nation's financial backbone.
Reporting to the Head of Research, you will bridge the gap between pure academic theory (IIT Labs) and enterprise-grade deployment. Your mission is to solve the "Trust Deficit" in AI through rigorous scientific inquiry and rapid prototyping, working across AI for Security, Security for AI, Cyber Security and Resilience for BFSI, and use cases spanning Consumer, Retail, Digital Platforms, Customer Experience, and Enterprise Process Excellence.Duties and Responsibilities
Minimum Required Accountabilities for this Role
1. Security FOR AI & AI FOR Security Mandate
? Adversarial AI & Robustness: Develop frameworks to detect and mitigate Prompt Injection, Model Inversion, and Data Poisoning in LLMs.
? Deepfake Forensics:



Engineer real-time detection algorithms for synthetic audio/video to secure Video-KYC and voice-based banking authentication.
? Privacy-Preserving Computation: Architect production-ready Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) and Secure Multi-Party Computation (SMPC) pipelines for collaborative fraud detection without data exposure.
2. Quantum-Secure Transition (Post-Quantum Cryptography)
? Cryptographic Agility: Research and implement NIST-standardized Post-Quantum algorithms (e.g., CRYSTALS-Kyber/Dilithium) into existing BFSI legacy stacks.
? Quantum Key Distribution (QKD): Collaborate with hardware teams to integrate quantum-secure layers into high-value transaction settlement systems.
3. IIT-Industry Symbiosis (Lab-to-Market Pipeline)
? Work closely with IIT researchers and faculty on joint projects. Act as the 'Translational Principal,' converting abstract mathematical proofs into functional Proofs of Concept (PoCs).
? Intellectual Prope

📌 National Lead (Pune)
🏢 Bajaj Finance
📍 Pune