The event, which brought together leaders from government, academia, industry, and the investment community, was inaugurated by Navin Kumar Singh, IPS, National Cybersecurity Coordinator of India (NCSC) on Thursday.
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C3iHub, the technology innovation hub at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT) Kanpur, organised the Startup Demo Day 2025 ‘Connect 1.0’ in the national capital, underlined C3iHub’s mission to accelerate India’s march towards technological sovereignty through innovations conceived, designed, and deployed within its ecosystem.
The event, which brought together leaders from government, academia, industry, and the investment community, was inaugurated by Navin Kumar Singh, IPS, National Cybersecurity Coordinator of India (NCSC) on Thursday.
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The Startup Demo Day 2025 ‘Connect 1.0’, organised by C3iHub, the technology innovation hub at IIT Kanpur, opened with the launch of five pioneering products developed by its incubated startups. Among the major launch highlights, India’s security and surveillance, deep-tech, and cyber threat mitigation space got a big push.
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C3iHub is funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems.
Reflecting on the vision of C3iHub, Prof. Manindra Agrawal, Director, IIT Kanpur, said, “C3iHub at IIT Kanpur was set up with the objective to develop technologies in cyber security and bring them to a level where they can be deployed as solutions.”
“With growing synergy between the government, academia and other stakeholders, and with increased funding from both government and private sector, we are empowering the startups to pioneer the next big advancements to make India self-reliant in the entire cyber infrastructure and security space,” Agrawal further said.
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