Lok Sabha Question No. 3957 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Awareness Project
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: PRATHAP SIMHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 3957

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 23.12.2015

## AWARENESS PROJECT

## 3957      SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  there  is  any  scheme  for  participation  of  private  institutes,  resource  centres  and  participating institutes under Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Project across the country;
- (b) if so, the complete details thereof;
- (c) the details of private institutes which participated during the last three years in the above scheme; and
- (d)  the results achieved so far?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a) and (b): Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY) has approved a project entitled, 'Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Project Phase-II' during 2014 with an outlay of Rs. 96.08 crore for a period of 5 years with an objective of capacity building in the area of Information Security, training of Government personnel's and creation of mass Information Security awareness targeted towards various user segments viz. academic / general users.

The implementation of the academic activities under ISEA Project Phase II are carried out by 51 institutions across the country, at 3 levels, comprising of:

- i. Information  Security  Research  &  Development  Centre  (ISRDC)  -  4  institutions  ii.  Resource  Centre (RC): 7 institutions iii. Participating Institute (PI):- 40 institutions

The list of the institutions is given as Annexure:

Under academic activities, it has been decided to train about one lakh person in various formal & non formal courses  and  faculty  training  programs.  The  project  also  envisages  to  train  more  than  13000  Government officials and spread awareness to cover around 3 crore person in direct and indirect mode.

The Project also envisages participation / association of Private Engineering Colleges / institutes affiliated with the Technical Universities participating in the project. The  Faculty  Training / updation, Courseware, model syllabus would also be made available to these institutes.

(c): Under ISEA Project Phase I (2006-2014), a scheme for participation of private institutes was introduced under which benefits to AICTE/UGC approved non-profit private institutes were offered to access to private institutes  faculty  /  staff  to  attend  Faculty  Training  Program  or  any  other  training  programs  conducted  by Resource Centres / Participating Institutes on payment of requisite fee and meeting all other criteria/expenditure. In this project around 600 faculty members from various private institutes were trained under short term training programs conducted by Resource Centres / Participating Institutes. Further, around 126 private engineering colleges across the country participated in the half/one day awareness programs.

Under ISEA project Phase II around 45 private engineering colleges across the country participated in the half/one day awareness programs.

(d):  The ISEA project has resulted in enhanced awareness amongst faculty members and students in the area of Information Security.

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## List of institutions under ISEA Project Phase II

| S. No   | Institute Name                                                                           | Location                                                      |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|         | Information Security Research &Development Centre (ISRDC) - 4                            | Information Security Research &Development Centre (ISRDC) - 4 |
| 1       | Indian Institute of Science                                                              | Bangalore, Karnataka                                          |
| 2       | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati                                                  | Guwahati, Assam                                               |
| 3       | Indian Institute of Technology Madras                                                    | Chennai, Tamil Nadu                                           |
| 4       | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay & Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (jointly) | Mumbai, Maharashtra                                           |
|         | Resource Centre (RC) - 7                                                                 |                                                               |
| 1       | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee                                                   | Roorkee, Uttaranchal                                          |
| 2       | Malviya National Institute of Technology                                                 | Jaipur, Rajasthan                                             |
| 3       | National Institute of Technology                                                         | Rourkela, Odisha                                              |
| 4       | Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology                                      | Surat, Gujarat                                                |
| 5       | National Institute of Technology                                                         | Surathkal, Karnataka                                          |
| 6       | National Institute of Technology                                                         | Warangal, Andhra Pradesh                                      |
| 7       | Indian Institute of Technology                                                           | Kharagpur, West Bengal                                        |
|         | Participating Institute (PI) - 40                                                        |                                                               |
|         | Category 1                                                                               |                                                               |
| 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, Telangana                                          |
| 12      | Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management                                | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala                                    |
| 13      | Indian School of Mines                                                                   | Dhanbad, Jharkhand                                            |
| 14      | College of Engineering                                                                   | Pune, Maharashtra                                             |
| 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                                        | Bhubaneswar, Odisha                                           |
| 20      | National Institute of Technology                                                         | Raipur, Chhattisgarh                                          |
| 21      | Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology                                         | New Delhi                                                     |
| 22      | Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women                                       | New Delhi                                                     |
| 23      | Andhra University                                                                        | Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh                                |
|         | Category 2                                                                               |                                                               |
| 1       | Centre for Development of Advanced Computing                                             | Hyderabad, Telangana                                          |
| 2       | Centre for Development of Advanced Computing                                             | Noida, Uttar Pradesh                                          |

Annexure

| 3   | Centre for Development of Advanced Computing                                                                     | Mohali, Punjab                 |
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| 4   | Centre for Development of Advanced Computing                                                                     | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala     |
| 5   | Centre for Development of Advanced Computing                                                                     | Bengaluru, Karnataka           |
| 6   | Centre for Development of Advanced Computing                                                                     | Kolkata, West Bengal           |
| 7   | National Institute for Electronics &Information Technology                                                       | Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh       |
| 8   | National Institute for Electronics &Information Technology                                                       | Aurangabad, Maharashtra        |
| 9   | National Institute for Electronics &Information Technology                                                       | Jammu/Srinagar, Jammu &Kashmir |
| 10  | National Institute for Electronics &Information Technology                                                       | Chennai, Tamil Nadu            |
| 11  | National Institute for Electronics &Information Technology                                                       | Calicut, Kerala                |
| 12  | National Institute for Electronics &Information Technology                                                       | Agartala, Tripura              |
|     | Special Category (Technical Universities)                                                                        |                                |
| 1   | College of Engineering, Guindy (Anna University)                                                                 | Guindy, Tamil Nadu             |
| 2   | Gujarat Technological University                                                                                 | Ahmadabad, Gujarat             |
| 3   | Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya                                                                         | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh         |
| 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                                                                        | Hyderabad, Telangana           |