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Hague mayor to visit India with cyber security in mind

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With focus on cyber security, a delegation led by the Mayor of The Hague, Jozias van Aartsen will visit India from October 13th-17th.

The delegation will also concentrate on The Hague’s position as ‘International City of Peace and Justice’; besides partaking in Cyfy conference 2015. The delegation comprises of The Hague Municipality, companies and knowledge institutes.

The aim of the mission is closer cooperation and exchange of knowledge between The Hague and Indian government organizations, industry and research institutions.

“We shall be happy to join forces with companies, knowledge institutes and the government bodies in dealing with the growing challenges in the domain of Cyber Security, besides offering input for the legal and regulatory framework,” van Aartsen said

“There is a huge population of People of Indian Origin (PIO) in The Hague and already more than 10 Indian companies are based in The Hague region, of-which Tech Mahindra and HCL Technologies are the largest. All are playing a significant role in developing bilateral economic and trade cooperation in various fields,” van Aartsen further said.

The delegation from The Hague will present the Dutch approach to cyber security consisting of close cooperation between government, business and science in order to combat cyber crime. Not only technology, but also aspects such as privacy and technical and legal questions are central to the theme.

Representatives of The Hague Security Delta (HSD) will brief the Indian interlocutors from government and industry about The Hague method. The Dutch delegation is also keen to learn about the knowledge concentrated in New Delhi and Hyderabad. Apart from HSD, the delegation consists of TU Delft, Leiden University, The Hague University and companies such as FOX-IT.

This visit is expected to further strengthen the ties between The Hague and India. The Mayor had last visited India in 2011 where law, peace and justice were discussed.

-Itinerary of Dutch delegation-

In Delhi, the delegation will meet Gulshan Rai, Chief Cyber Security, Prime Minister Office to discuss the possibilities of constructive collaboration in the field of Cyber Security.

In addition, the delegation will meet with representatives of Department of Electronics & Information Technology, CERT-In (the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team), a government-mandated information technology (IT) security organization, Cyber Security Education and Research Centre in Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Data Security Council, Ernst and Young and Nasscom.

The delegation will also attend the India Conference on Cyber Security and Internet Governance (CyFY 2015) in New Delhi.

The Mayor will offer 4 full scholarships for study programs at The Hague University. These scholarships are equally divided between Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and Nalsar University of Law in Hyderabad.

In Hyderabad, the delegation will meet KT Rama Rao, Minister for Information and Technology and Jayesh Ranjan, Secretary IT Govt. of Telangana as also Palle Raghunatha Reddy, IT Minister for Government of Andhra Pradesh.

The delegation will also pay a visit to Tech-Mahindra (which has an operation in the city of The Hague) to learn about their Integrated Engineering in the field of Digital Practice and Internet of Things.

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