Balagopal Komarath

Hello, I am Balagopal Komarath. In Malayalam, my name is written as: ബാലഗോപാൽ കോമരത്ത്. I am called Balu or Bala by friends and family.

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar. My permanent email address is bkomarath@rbgo.in. For emails related to my work associated with IIT Gandhinagar, please use bkomarath@iitgn.ac.in. I am not on any social media.

My PGP key fingerprint is CA20 DE93 409D 12A2 C933 4349 9E79 87F4 DC41 6AE8.

My office address is:

My research areas of interest are computational complexity theory and algorithms. My DBLP page contains a complete list of publications I have co-authored. I also maintain a page that summarizes my current research. The target audience of the summary is general computer scientists.

My teaching page lists links to webpages of courses I have taught. Additionally, I outline my teaching philosophy on a dedicated page.

I have an about page and a now page. The now page is inspired by Derek Sivers' idea of a now page.

You can also browse a list of my articles. I write about theoretical computer science, computer science and mathematics education, programming, free software, and privacy.

My software page contains a list of software that I recommend and some information about software that I have developed.