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Introduction

The “Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA)” Project, Phase-II, one of the activities is Education, aims at generation of quality human resource in the area of information security at various levels viz. from certificate level to doctoral level, training of faculty/ Industry Professionals on information security in the country.

Objectives

  • Capacity building in the area of Information Security to address the human resource requirement of the country
  • Generation of core research manpower to undertake basic/fundamental research, applied research, research in the area of Product/Solution design and development and in selected thematic areas of national strategic importance to build indigenous capability
  • Introduction of Information Security curriculum in formal courses like M.Tech./M.E./M.S., B.Tech/B.E., Post Graduate Diploma courses, faculty training, modular/short term knowledge oriented courses etc. through academic institutions
  • Launching non-formal modular/short-term knowledge-cum-skill oriented courses etc. for working professionals at all levels including the flexible certificate programs, certification scheme through NIELIT, CDAC etc.

Area of Coverage / Target Beneficiaries

Under Academic Activities 1,14,038 persons are to be trained under formal & non formal courses, faculty training etc. Besides this, around 400 paper publications are expected from ISRDCs, RCs, PIs

Activities & Outcome of the Project

Lab infrastructure

  • Labs @ 52 institutions set-up/upgraded to facilitate research activities and launch of specialized programs in Information Security

Support to research activities

  • 45 Post Doc and 80 MS by Research students supported
  • Technical papers in reputed Journals/Conferences
  • Collaboration and handholding from ISRDCs

Faculty Trainings

  • Faculty training programs (including advance programs) in Information Security organised by ISRDCs/RCs.
  • 3500 faculty /prospective faculty trained.

Specialised @ M.Tech level

  • Specialised M.Tech (Information Security/Computer Science with specialisation in Information Security) offered by 17 institutions.

Retrofitting of security subjects at M.Tech /B.Tech level

  • Several subjects (core/electives) in information security introduced (retrofitted) at M.Tech/B.Tech curriculum.
  • More than 3 lakhs students covered through retrofitted subjects.

Model Syllabus

  • Model course structure/syllabus for specialised M.Tech, MS/M.Tech by Research, M.Tech/B.Tech (Retrofit) and Non-formal Courses in information security prescribed under the project.
  • 55 subjects (core/electives) across six streams
  • Several academic institutions have adopted and aligned M.Tech/B.Tech programs in line with model syllabus.
  • 10 MOOC courses are under-going development
Human Resource Development

Research Manpower-491

  • Post-docs-45
  • PhDs-366
  • MS by Research-80

Specialized Manpower @M.Tech level-12,979

  • M.Tech (CS-LS/IS)-2,150
  • M.Tech (Thesis)-2167
  • M.Tech (Retrofit)-7,209
  • Dual Degree-1,453

UG level (retrofit)-3,15,016

  • B.Tech (Retrofit)
  • ISEA Institutions(52)-40,811
  • TU-Affiliated Colleges -2,74,205

Academic Institutes (Research and Education)

S No Institute Name Location
1 Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengalure, Karnataka
2 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati, Assam
3

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras

Chennai, Tamil Nadu
4

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay & Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Jointly)

Mumbai, Maharastra
S No Institute Name Location
1 Indian Institute of Technology( IIT) Roorkee Roorkee, Uttaranchal
2 Malviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur, Rajasthan
3 National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha
4 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat, Gujarat
5 National Institute of Technology (NIT) Surathkal, Karnataka
6 National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal, Andhra Pradesh
7 Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Kharagapur Kharagpur, West Bengal
S No Institute Name Location
1 Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
2 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
3 National Institute of Technology Durgapur, West Bengal
4 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
5 Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jallandhar, Punjab
6 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana
7 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur, Madhya Pradesh
8 National Institute of Technology Patna, Bihar
9 National Institute of Technology Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
10 ABV Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
11 International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad, Telagana
12 Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
13 Indian School of Mines Dhanbad, Jharkhand
14 College of Engineering Pune, Maharastra
15 College of Engineering North Goa, Goa
16 Pondicherry Engineering College Puducherry
17 Delhi Technological University Delhi
18 Tezpur University Tezpur, Assam
19 International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Bhubaneswar, OdishaI
20 National Institute of Technology (NIT) Raipur, Chattisgarh
21 Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) New Delhi
22 Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women New Delhi
23 Andhra University Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
S No Institute Name Location
1 Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Hyderabad, Telanagana
2 Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Mohali, Punjab
3 Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Noida, Uttara Pradesh
4 Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Kolkata, West Bengal
5 Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Bengalure, Karnataka
6 Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
7 National Institute for Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) Gorakhpur, Uttarpradesh
8 National Institute for Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) Aurangabad, Maharastra
9 National Institute for Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) Jammu/Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
10 National Institute for Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
11 National Institute for Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) Calicut, Kerala
12 National Institute for Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) Agartala, Tripura
S No Institute Name Location
1 College of Engineering, Guindy (Anna University) Guindy, Tamil Nadu
2 Gujarat Technological University Ahmedabad, Gujarat
3 Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya Bhopal, MadhyaPradesh
4 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (Formerly known as West Bengal University of Technology ? WBUT) Kolkata, West Bengal
5 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad Hyderabad, Telangana