The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has entered into two institutional partnerships with the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) to strengthen its capabilities in cyber security and drone/anti-drone technology for the protection of critical and strategic infrastructure.
The two Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs), signed on 14 September 2026, provide for a six-week cyber security training programme through C3iHub, IIT Kanpur, and collaboration for establishing and developing a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Drone and Anti-Drone Technology at CISF MPRTC, Behror, Rajasthan. The cyber security MoU was signed between CISF and C3iHub (IHUB NTIHAC Foundation, IIT Kanpur) by Senthil Avoodai Krishna Raj S, IPS, IG/CISF Airport Sector-I and Tanima Hajra, CEO, C3iHub, in the presence of Professor Surender Baswana, Programme Director, Ras Dwivedi, CTO, Anand Handa, CSO and Ajaya Kumar Misra, CFO.