Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham invites entries for 9th national ethical hacking contest

NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 27: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is all set to hold the 9th edition of its national ethical hacking contest from October to December this year. Called Amrita InCTF, it is India’s premier cybersecurity talent-hunt competition which exposes students to computer security, secure coding practices and the implications of not adhering to them.

While Amrita InCTF is meant for college students, Amrita InCTFj (India Capture the Flag Junior) is an innovative learn-hack-win challenge for school students from 8th to 12th standard.

Vipin Pavithran, Founder of Amrita InCTF and Professor at Amrita Centre for Cybersecurity Systems & Networks said, “Amrita InCTF is meant to discover and nurture budding talent in the field of cybersecurity. More than 12, 000 students from 19 states have participated in the event since its inception in 2010, and they have considered it a great learning experience mentored by friendly experts, with some rare opportunities to listen to such computing legends as Bob Kahn and Herbert Bos. The global technology industry holds Amrita InCTF in high esteem. Many participants have been recruited by the security divisions of firms like Google, VMWare, FireEye, Flipkart, Amazon, Symantec and DRDO.”

The contest is coordinated and managed by India's premier cybersecurity team from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, called ‘bi0s.’ Entry is free for all students and no prior experience is required to participate. The university will bear the travel, accommodation and food expenses of all students during the onsite contest at the university’s Amritapuri campus in Kollam district in Kerala.