Cyber research center in Chandigarh

BANGALORE: Nasscom in collaboration with Chandigarh Administration has inaugurated the first Regional Cyber Security Research Center (RCSRC) at Chandigarh.

A team of researchers and faculty will conduct specialist research in information and cyber security and performance optimization in networking at the center.

SF Rodrigues, administrator of Chandigarh and governor of Punjab along with Kiran Karnik, president, NASSCOM inaugurated the lab on Monday.

Nasscom will act as a technical consultant while the Department of Information and Technology and Chandigarh Administration will jointly fund the center through the Society for Promotion of Information Technology, Chandigarh.

The team will carry out studies and hold discussion platforms to educate and enable students to prevent and handle the new age transgressions. The research work undertaken and data collected will also serve as primary source of information for the entire cyber security focused research community.

“Drawing on the strengths from Computer Science, Engineering and IT, the center will serve as a valuable regional and national asset for the development of advanced security solutions, critical infrastructure protection, emergency readiness and response technology consolidating India’s position with respect to information security”, said Karnik.

“Punjab with its encouraging policies is fast emerging as the most favored business and investment destination for IT and BPO companies. On this backdrop, it has become imperative for the Chandigarh administration to take the lead in research to create a technology rich environment conducive for constructive discussions and innovative ideas for further strengthening the security environment in the country,” said Rodrigues.

The initiative is backed by the Board of Mentors that include prominent figures like Sundeep Oberoi, principal consultant, Information Security, TCS; Arun Seth, chairman, British Telecom India; Bhaskaran Raman, assistant professor, IIT Kanpur; Rudra Pratap, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Sciences-Bangalore; Nandkumar Saravade, director, Cyber Security and Compliance, NASSCOM; Prem Chand, executive director, Tech Mahindra; and Major General DV Kalra, chief signal officer, HQ, Western Command, Chandimandir.

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