ALAY

workwithalay.in — Based in Ahmedabad

ALAY
PATEL

Founder, cryptographic systems engineer, and builder of DootX — a post-quantum encrypted messaging platform. Age 18. Long-term vision: AI, quantum computing, and energy.

Years Old

Member Team

PQC

Core Tech

2029

B.Tech Grad

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01 / ABOUT

The Builder

Indus University · CSE 2025–2029

I don't build products.
I build infrastructure for
the world that's coming.

At 18, I'm already leading a full-stack team building DootX — a post-quantum encrypted messaging platform that treats privacy as a sovereignty problem, not a feature. The cryptographic system underneath it, KAVACH, is being prepared for academic publication.

My work sits at the intersection of applied cryptography, systems engineering, and national security infrastructure. I think like a founder, move like an engineer, and aim for impact at civilizational scale.

Kotlin / Android Go / Fiber Post-Quantum Crypto BouncyCastle PQC Redis / WebSocket SQLCipher Three.js PHP / MySQL

Technical Depth

Android / Kotlin MVVM90%

Go Backend / WebSocket82%

Cryptographic Systems85%

Full-Stack Web (PHP/React)78%

System Architecture80%

3D / Creative Web (Three.js)72%

Also Building

Screenwriting (Crime Thriller)Creative

Fantasy Novel (The Painter of Time)Creative

02 / PROJECTS

What I Build

Real products. Real stakes.

Flagship · Founded 2024

Pre-Launch

DootX

A post-quantum encrypted messaging platform built for the era of quantum-capable adversaries. Android-native, Go backend, WebSocket real-time layer, and a proprietary cryptographic system — KAVACH — built on Kyber + Dilithium PQC primitives.

Android / Kotlin Go Fiber KAVACH PQC SQLCipher FCM Redis

dootx.in →

KAVACH — Kyber-Anchored Versioned
Authenticated Conversational Hierarchy

K_anchor ← Kyber-1024 KEM
K_epoch_j ← Forward-Secret Ratchet
K_msg_i ← Per-Message Symmetric

✓ IND-CCA2 via Stateful FO-Chain
✓ Dilithium3 Message Signatures
✓ Shamir DKC Backup System
✓ Argon2id Key Derivation

Campus Venture

Live

ColourKat

Self-service printing kiosk on campus. Rebranded from CopyKat for colour printing. WhatsApp bot + Razorpay payment flow. Matte charcoal cabinet design.

Hardware WhatsApp API PHP Razorpay

Full-Stack App

In Dev

Doodh Wala

Milk delivery & subscription management platform. Multi-portal (customer / milkman / admin), WhatsApp notifications, multilingual (EN/HI/GU), subscription tokens.

PHP / MySQL Leaflet.js Razorpay WhatsApp

03 / RESEARCH

Academic Work

Applied cryptography · PQC

2026

KAVACH: A Stateful Post-Quantum Secure Messaging Protocol with Layered Key Hierarchy

Formalizes a novel 3-layer ratcheting scheme (K_anchor / K_epoch / K_msg) built on Kyber-1024 and Dilithium3. Proves IND-CCA2 security via a stateful FO-Chain transform. Introduces four formal security definitions: FSB, FR, MU, and Stateful-IND-CCA2.

Targeting INDOCRYPT 2026

Springer LNCS Format

2026

Distributed Key Custody via Shamir's Secret Sharing in Mobile PQC Systems

Design and implementation of a serverless key backup architecture combining Shamir's (k,n)-threshold scheme with Argon2id-derived local encryption and 24-word mnemonic export for offline cold storage.

In Preparation

04 / VISION

The Long Game

Build things that matter at civilizational scale — AI, energy, quantum. Then retire to family and nature.

Artificial Intelligence

Locally-runnable, ultra-intelligent assistants. JARVIS-level intelligence without cloud dependency — privacy-first by design.

Quantum Computing

Today's PQC work is ground-level exposure. The long arc bends toward building quantum infrastructure, not just defending against it.

⚡

Energy

Dramatically reduced electricity costs for billions. Nuclear and next-gen clean energy as the substrate for everything else.

∞

The Mission

World's richest and kindest person by 30 — then step back. Build wealth as a tool for impact, not an end in itself.

05 / CONTACT

Let's Build

GOT A
BIG
IDEA?

Open to collaborations, grant partnerships, research opportunities, and conversations about the future. I move fast and I build real things.