IIT Kanpur launches first set of start-ups cohort in cyber security

C3iHub, the Technology Innovation Hub on Cyber Security  at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK), has launched the first cohort of start-ups who will develop services and products across the critical cyber security domains of UAV security, block chain, intrusion detection, and cyber physical system. 

13 start-ups, 25 R&D investigators selected for incubation, research programs

The first cohort includes a select group of 13 start-ups and 25 research and development principal investigators for incubation and research programs respectively who were selected after a rigorous application process.  

Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, said, “The government is committed to bring India to a leadership position in cyber security. C3iHub IIT Kanpur’s focus on safeguarding cyberspace, including critical infrastructure, is vital in this regard. I urge innovators and researchers to take up challenges by solving problems through technology.”  

Prof Abhay Karandikar, Director, IIT Kanpur, said, “We are excited to launch the first set of start-ups cohort in cyber security. Over the next few years, C3iHub is committed to create a vibrant ecosystem of cyber security start-ups fostering world-class innovations.” 

C3iHub has been set up to address the issue of cyber security of cyber physical systems in its entirety. From analysing security vulnerabilities and developing tools to address them at various levels of system architecture, to translating these tools to deployment ready software, to nucleating start-ups developing these tools at scale, to partnering with industries in this domain and co-development and transfer of these technologies, to train the next generation of cyber security researchers and professionals.

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