DRDO & GTU to set up Cyber Security Centre

AHMEDABAD: Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO) in association with Gujarat Technological University ( GTU) today decided to set up a Cyber Security Center, called as ' e-Raksha Research Center'.

The announcement was made by Satish Kumar, distinguished scientist and chief controller of research and development, DRDO, stated in a release issued by GTU.

"We have to take care of security dimensions while developing technology. We have to compete with the latest technology around the world. DRDO has 27,000 staff and 46 labs all over the India, which will be great opportunity for students of GTU to work with DRDO," he said.

He also said that DRDO is planning to set up 7 to 8 such 'Technology Development Research Centers' across India, including at IIT-Bombay, IIT-Kanpur and Jadavpur University.

The initiative has been taken up under DRDO-academia interface. The first such center under the series will be e-Raksha Research Center at GTU, it said.

Kumar also said that India needs to compete with latest technology being developed around the world.

GTU Vice Chancellor Akshai Aggarwal said that it is time to develop innovative models and collaborate with other organisations for better results.

The proposed centre will have 5 ultra-modern labs. The purpose of the centre is to provide testing, certification and continuous assessment, GTU's research advisor Pradeep Srivastava was quoted as saying in the release.

Former Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt, former Deputy National Security Advisor S D Pradhan also attended the meeting.