Sainya Ranakshetram 2.0 – A Cyber Threat Workshop cum Seminar Organized by the Indian Army

Sainya Ranakshetram UPSC Relevance

Sainya Ranakshetram is an Indian Army initiative that aims to seek solutions to operational cyber challenges.

Sainya Ranakshetram is also important for UPSC Prelims 2023 and UPSC Mains Exam (GS Paper 3- Cyber Security and associated issues).

Sainya Ranakshetram in News

• The Indian Army under the aegis of HQ Army Training Command (ARTRAC) organised the second edition of Hackathon aptly named “SAINYA RANAKSHETRAM 2.0” from October 2022 to January 2023.

Sainya Ranakshetram

• About: SAINYA RANAKSHETRAM 2.0 is an initiative with an aim to seek solutions to operational cyber challenges and to jump start and telescope the development time for innovative solutions in the field of Cyber Security.
• Mandate: The Sainya Ranakshetram event was aimed at providing a platform to identify indigenous talent in niche domains and enhance the standard of training in domains of-
  • Cyber Deterrence,
  • Security Software Coding,
  • Electro Magnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) and
  • Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI/ ML).
• Participation: The participation was open to all Indian citizens and participation permitted in an individual / team manner.
• Awards: The prize winners of the Sainya Ranakshetram event were felicitated by Gen Manoj Pandey, Chief of the Army Staff during a virtual function on 17 January 2023.

Significance of Sainya Ranakshetram

• The Cyber Threat Seminar cum Workshop has facilitated engagement with the intrinsic talent at levels of individuals, academia and organisations leading to identification of suitable talent in the field of Cyber Security both within the Defence forces and in the civil academia.
• The identified talent can further be utilised for focused engagement resulting in fast track development of cyber security tools and techniques.

Activities under Sainya Ranakshetram Program

• Secure Software Coding: Its aim was to engage with academia in the field of securing software programs and identifying talent capable of undertaking cyber security requirements in software code.
• ESMO: Customised Indian Army Specific Stack for Wi-Fi 6 – The aim of conducting this sub event was to seek a solution to implement an Indian Army specific version of Secure Wi-Fi stack for increasing the levels of security.
• Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning: NLP Processing and Decoding of Radio Intercepts. This sub-event helped create an Al stack for addressing translation and decryption of multi lingual radio transmissions.
• Cyber Deterrence: Capture the Flag (CTF). This was a seven stage cyber security exploitation challenge meant for identification of talent for enhancing existing Cyber Security setup.

Sainya Ranakshetram FAQs

1. What is Sainya Ranakshetram?

Ans. SAINYA RANAKSHETRAM 2.0 is an initiative with an aim to seek solutions to operational cyber challenges and to jump start and telescope the development time for innovative solutions in the field of Cyber Security.

 

2. What is the Objective of Sainya Ranakshetram?

Ans. The Sainya Ranakshetram event was aimed at providing a platform to identify indigenous talent in niche domains and enhance the standard of training in domains of Cyber Deterrence, Security Software Coding, Electro Magnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) and Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI/ ML).

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