The Bigdata Research & Supercomputing Division (BRSD) has two distinct objectives. One is to build on its rich expertise of providing CSIR centralized scientific cyber infrastructure and research in cyber security & data privacy. Some of the notable achievements are (i) hosting one of the largest supercomputing facility (ii) receiving largest industry donation (about Rs.15cr) from AMD Inc. to host a GPU based super computer (iii) cyber security test bed which gave first time demonstration of malicious attacks and also led to development / experimental deployment of Darknet (iv) AI based lightweight security algorithms for connected vehicles which is still a futuristic proposition in India. The team has patents and high impact publications to their credit. These activities would be strengthened further with applications of strategic and societal importance using data driven approaches. The second objective is to develop capacity and capability for becoming a leading hub of excellence in data science advancing through cutting-edge research, fostering a diverse and skilled talent pool, and enabling transformative applications across industries and society to address real-world challenges in a domain agnostic manner.

Towards achieving these objectives, Pan-CSIR AI initiative specific to industry was proposed to drive the integration and application of artificial intelligence (AI) principles, technologies, and methodologies within the wide spectrum of industrial research activities of CSIR. This mission is focused on harnessing the power of AI to accelerate industrial growth, innovation, and competitiveness.

This division consists of:

• CSIR Centrealized HPC, AI & Data Science infrastructure
• General IT and associated support for the institute
• R&D in cyber security and privacy
• Development of domain agnostic data science tools & techniques