The Chevening India Cyber Security Fellowship is aimed at mid-career professionals with demonstrable leadership potential in the field of cyber security or cyber policy in India.
The fellowship is funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office.
The fellowship is hosted by Cranfield University, at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom (Shrivenham Campus).
This ten-week fellowship provides fellows with an understanding of policy and legislative approaches in cyber security and its implications for national security, commercial opportunity, crime prevention, and the right to privacy.
Throughout the program, fellows will work on an individual research paper which will be presented at the end of the course. The fellowship runs from mid-March through the end of May.
The fellowship will focus on:
- Cyber threats, including the threat landscape, threat and risk assessment, the implications for national security, and the relevance of internet governance structures; and the protection of critical national infrastructure.
- The economics of online business, cyber-security consumer awareness and consumer protection, technology adoption challenges, the relevance of open source, and effective technology adoption by consumers.
- Cybercrime and internet law, including the economic impact of cybercrime, domestic and international approaches to countering cybercrime, internet law, law enforcement concerns, privacy concerns, the use and abuse of social media, and accountability in cyberspace.
- Relevant issues and challenges particular to the UK and India.
Alumni from this fellowship include individuals working in cyber security, law enforcement, policy organizations, corporate lawyers and practicing advocates, and technology journalists.
Chevening offers fully funded scholarships and fellowships to individuals with ideas to create positive change.
Chevening is the UK government’s international scholarships and fellowships program.
They will nurture confidence in ideas and give the education, network, and conviction to bring those ideas to fruition.
Funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) and partner organizations, they offer individuals who show potential to inspire, inform, and influence positive change the opportunity to study at a UK university to gain a UK educational qualification.
Chevening Scholars study subjects in almost any field, and go on to implement their ideas for positive change in a range of sectors.
Chevening Fellowships offer mid-senior level professionals the opportunity to undertake specialized short courses or research placements at UK universities and institutions.
After completing their period of study in the UK, scholars and fellows return home and join the Chevening global network of over 55,000 alumni.
Chevening is more than just a year spent in the UK, it’s a community for life.
Location:
United Kingdom, IndiaBenefits
- Full programme fees.
- Living expenses for the duration of the fellowship.
- Return economy airfare from India to the UK.
Eligibilities
To be eligible for a Chevening Cyber Security Fellowship, the applicant must:
- I am a citizen of India and currently live in the country.
- Return to the applicant’s country of citizenship at the end of the period of the fellowship.
- Not hold British or dual-British citizenship.
- Have at least seven years of relevant work experience prior to applying.
- Have a postgraduate level qualification and an excellent academic background in science, engineering, or technology, or equivalent professional training, or experience in a relevant area at the time of application.
- Have significant relevant work experience in cyber security or cyber policy issues. Relevant experience could come from policy organizations, academia, corporate law, law enforcement, or journalism.
- Have an excellent academic background in science, engineering, or technology, or considerable experience of working in such fields.
- Have a good working knowledge of English to be assessed in the application form and if the applicant is invited to interview.
- Have a demonstrable record of leadership and/or innovation.
- Agree to adhere to all relevant guidelines and expectations of the fellowship
- Not be an employee, a former employee, or relative of an employee of His Majesty’s Government, or have been within the last two years from the opening of Chevening applications (including the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, all British Embassies/High Commissions, the Home Office, the Ministry of Defence, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for International Trade and the UKVI), the British Council, a sponsoring UK university, or a staff member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
Application Process
- All Chevening applications must be submitted through the online application system (OAS).
- This system will be used throughout the application and selection process, and the applicant may be asked to log back in at various points during the process to receive updates on their application status, or to submit documents.
Application Deadline: October 11, 2023
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