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.
The Drone & Anti-Drone MoU was signed between C Dhananjaya Naik, DIG/CISF MPRTC, Behror, and Professor Jayandharan G Rao, Dean, R&D, IIT Kanpur, in the presence of Senthil Avoodai Krishna Raj S, Savitoj Singh Gill, AIG/NCR Zone (Domain Lead — Drone & Anti-Drone) and Professor Navroz, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur.
Under the first MoU, IHUB NTIHAC Foundation (C3iHub) will conduct a six-week residential cybersecurity training programme under a three-year framework. Under the second MoU, CISF and IIT Kanpur will collaborate under a five-year framework for establishing and developing a Centre of Excellence at MPRTC Behror.