Chethan Kamath did his bachelor's in computer science at the University of Kerala, India. This was followed by a master's in cryptography at IISc, Bangalore, where Kamath developed a taste for TCS, in general. Currently, he is a graduate student at IST, Austria, and plans to work with the Pietrzak Group. Kamath's broad area of interests include foundations of cryptography, complexity theory and the role of randomness.