Connect 1.0: IIT Kanpur Puts spotlight on cyber & Defence innovations

Aug 22, 2025

New Delhi (India), August 22(ANI): IIT Kanpur’s technology innovation hub, C3iHub organized the Startup Demo Day 2025 ‘Connect 1.0’, opened with the launch of five cutting-edge products developed by its incubated startups in New Delhi on Thursday. The two-day event brought together startups, leaders from the government, academia, industry, and the investment community, underlining C3iHub’s mission to accelerate India’s technological sovereignty through indigenous innovations. The event also held multiple panel discussions like Mission Rakshak: Cybersecurity Startups for Bharat Defence, Unlocking Synergies for Greater Impact, From Roadblocks to Runways: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities, and a roundtable on the evolving startup ecosystem. C3iHub, established at IIT Kanpur under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems and funded by the Department of Science and Technology.