HYDERABAD: Indian School of Business (ISB) and the Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC) have on Thursday, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a slew of collaborative projects in the field of research in cybersecurity and other mutual interests.
The MoU signed by DCP Crimes, Cyberabad Police, Kalmeshwar Shingenavar and Executive Director, ISB Institute of Data Science, Prof. Manish Gangwar in the presence of ISB Dean, Prof. Madan Pillutla, will enable collaboration in research activities on cyber security and collective publication of reports that inform policy practices in the field. The MoU also aims at creating projects for ISB’s AMPBA students to work on, as part of their coursework.
Joint conferences and workshops will also be held as part of the MoU, in order to bring together academia, government and industry.
Pointing at the growing cybercrimes, DCP Kalmeshwar Shingenavar said “After the pandemic, cyber crimes have become a major challenge not just for India but for all law enforcement agencies the world over,” and hoped that the partnership with ISB Institute of Data Science will help in better policy formulation and enforcement to prevent cybercrime instances.
Professor Manish Gangwar said, “I am glad that ISB Institute of Data Science is joining hands with Cyberabad Police in its efforts to further strengthen cyber security through the use of state-of-the-art research in data science.”
“This reflects ISB’s mission of working closely with the government and society to contribute to the betterment of the community we live in,” he added.
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