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Regional Cyber Security and Research Centre
(RCSRC) at Chandigarh focuses on high quality research in emerging areas of ICT
especially cyber security, wireless mobile computing and networking. This
center is a joint project of Chandigarh Administration, Punjab Engineering
College and NASSCOM. It would be set up at Punjab Engineering College. It would
be backed by the board of mentors from IT industry, academia, administration
and defense services.
NASSCOM, the premier trade body
and "voice" of the IT software and services industry in association
with Chandigarh Administration inaugurated the state-of-the-art Regional Cyber
Security and Research Centre (RCSRC) at Chandigarh. General S.F. Rodrigues,
Administrator of Chandigarh and Governor of Punjab and Mr. Kiran Karnik,
President, NASSCOM inaugurated the lab. NASSCOM would serve as a technical
consultant for this initiative while the funding would be jointly provided by
Department of Information Technology and Chandigarh Administration through
Society for Promotion of Information Technology (SPIC), Chandigarh.
RCSRC would engage a multidisciplinary team of researchers and faculty
to conduct specialist research in the areas of information and cyber security
and performance optimization in networking in a cost effective manner. The team
would conduct studies and organise discussion platforms to educate and enable
the students to prevent and handle the new age transgressions. The research
work undertaken and data collected here would also serve as primary source of
information for the entire cyber security focused research community.
Mr. Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM told that drawing on the strengths
from Computer Science, Engineering & IT, the Center would 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.
He further added that they are hopeful that this center shall raise the bar for
India being at the forefront in identifying possible concern areas and
spearheading new methods to curtail any security loopholes. According to
General S.F. Rodrigues, Administrator, Chandigarh and Governor of Punjab, 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 as Punjab I emerging as the most favored business
and investment destination for IT and BPO companies. The Board of Mentors that
include prominent names from the IT industry, academia, defence services and
Chandigarh administration backs the center.
RCSRC is a security research center setup at the
Punjab Engineering College. It's mission would be to encourage, promote, facilitate and execute
interdisciplinary research in areas related to the nexus of the society and the
digital world. The primary focus would be to conduct high quality research in
the general areas of security and performance optimization in networking, at
affordable costs. The center would be a platform to provide defense against
threats such as information warfare. The Cyber Security Research Center would
carry out studies and hosts seminars that move society towards rational and
informed discussion of these critical changes.
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