College of Engineering Guindy is offering 50 free seats in a five-day AI-for-cybersecurity bootcamp for computer science students with a CGPA of 8.0 or more.
Fifty seats, first come, first served, and no fee. The Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Department of Information Science and Technology at College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, will run the bootcamp from 1 to 5 December on the Guindy campus.
It is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students of computer science and engineering with a CGPA of 8.0 or above. Applications close on 26 November.
The course is sponsored by the Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA) Phase III project of the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. Anna University faculty will teach it. The ten listed sessions start with cryptography and networking basics and move to network threats, web security, security for vehicular ad hoc networks (the radio links between connected cars), image privacy, digital forensics and AI-driven malware analysis and classification. Students apply through the ISEA event portal, upload a signed registration form as a PDF, and attach an authorisation certificate signed by their head of department or principal. Selection is confirmed by email.
“This training will help us adapt to the demanding ways industry is now using AI,” said Kirthika, a second-year mechanical engineering student at CEG. The bootcamp itself is open only to computer science students, so students from other branches, like her, are not eligible for this round.
Industry demand for these skills is high. TeamLease Digital’s Digital Skills & Salary Primer FY2026–27, released in September, found that only about 16% of India’s IT professionals have AI skills, put the talent gap in generative AI at around 53%, and expects demand for GenAI roles to cross 10 lakh this year. It put the cybersecurity gap at 25–30%, narrowing but still significant. A Data Security Council of India report published in May found that 83% of organisations see AI and GenAI security skills as a critical requirement, and 78% report high demand for AI security engineers.
The main points
- Students: 1 to 5 December, 50 seats, CGPA 8.0 or above, apply by 26 November
- Faculty, research scholars, government and industry staff: 7 to 11 December, apply by 30 November
- Both courses are free; seats go first come, first served
A second course for teachers and officials
A week later the same two departments run a separate five-day short-term course on AI for cybersecurity, from 7 to 11 December. That one is meant for faculty members and research scholars from engineering colleges affiliated to Anna University, government officials and industry staff. There is no registration fee.
Its syllabus overlaps with the student bootcamp but adds deepfake detection and AI-driven forensics. There is no seat count.
Applications for the faculty course close on 30 November. Selected participants will be told on 2 December and must confirm by 4 December. The contact for both courses is the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at College of Engineering Guindy, on 044 2235 8801.
Checked against official sources on 13 November 2026.
Sources
- AI for Cybersecurity: Five-Day Bootcamp brochure, DCSE and DIST, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University
- Five-Day Short-Term Course on AI for Cybersecurity brochure, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University
- Anna University: News and Events
- India faces 53-60% talent gap in GenAI, cloud skills: TeamLease Digital report, YourStory
- India Cyber Security Skilling Landscape Report 2025-2026, Data Security Council of India
