Nisarga Adhikary, a teenage cybersecurity researcher, has been hired by IIT Kanpur's C3iHub after uncovering vulnerabilities in CBSE's Online Submission of Marks (OSM) portal.
IIT Kanpur director Manindra Agrawal said he reached out to the teen
Jun 11, 2026
11:59 am
What's the storyNisarga Adhikary, the teenager who identified security vulnerabilities in the Central Board of Secondary Education's (CBSE) Online Submission of Marks (OSM) portal, has been hired as an Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) and threat intelligence engineer at C3iHub.
The technology innovation hub is part of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur).
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