Industry Skill Development & Innovation Cell
Industry-ready skills,built inside the campus
ISDIC embeds skill development centres inside colleges and universities, running community chapters across cybersecurity, AI & ML, cloud & DevOps and software development.
Empowering skills. Driving innovation. Creating impact.
Pune, Maharashtra
Pune Tech Chapter
Active chapter · Cybersecurity · AI & ML · Cloud & DevOps · Software Dev
What the programme contains
Domain communities
4
Cybersecurity, AI & ML, Cloud & DevOps, Developer
Activity formats in the plan
28
Recurring workshops, labs, competitions and flagship events
Skill levels per domain
3
Foundation, Intermediate, Advanced
Tools in the training stack
40
From TryHackMe and Kali to PyTorch and Terraform
These describe the structure of the published curriculum, not activity delivered to date.
The model
Built for scale. Designed for impact.
A three-step model that turns a campus into a working technology community.
The college partners with ISDIC
We partner with institutions at zero cost. The college provides the space; ISDIC brings the curriculum, the mentors and the community structure.
A skill development centre launches on campus
The centre goes live with four domain tracks. Students organise into communities, run their own events, and build real projects with guidance from industry mentors.
Members build a portfolio that speaks for them
Across the year members work through a structured curriculum, take part in competitions and hackathons, contribute to open source, and prepare for recognised industry certifications.
Core domains
Pick your community. Build your expertise.
Four specialised tracks, designed around how the industry actually works. Each one has a published year-long plan.
Cybersecurity Community
From ethical hacking to CTF competitions and threat simulation labs — training the next generation of India’s security professionals in real attack and defence scenarios.
- Ethical Hacking
- CTF Competitions
- Threat Labs
- Security Fundamentals
AI, ML & Data Science
Hands-on ML bootcamps, LLM and generative AI sessions, and research-driven discussion. Production models built together, not theory recited.
- ML Bootcamps
- LLM & Gen AI
- Data Analytics
- AI Projects
Cloud & DevOps Community
Cloud fundamentals through to CI/CD pipeline training, preparing students for the infrastructure that actually runs modern software teams.
- Cloud Fundamentals
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Deployment Labs
- Infrastructure as Code
Developer Community
Hackathons, open-source contribution and full-stack bootcamps. Where coders become builders, and builders become engineers others want to hire.
- Hackathons
- Open Source
- System Design
- Full-Stack
Tools the curriculum trains on
Why it works
The gap between college and career is real. We close it.
Free for students and colleges
No barriers to entry. The skill gap is a national problem; access should not be a privilege.
A structured year, not ad-hoc events
Every domain has a published plan: a quarter-by-quarter timeline, three skill levels, a flagship event and defined outcomes. Students know what is coming, and chapter leaders know what to run.
Focused on tier-2 and tier-3 cities
We go where the talent is, not only where the technology hubs are.
Guided by working practitioners
The curriculum and industry alignment are shaped by people currently building and defending real systems.
For companies · Skill-as-a-Service
Hire skills by the hour, the project, or the year
The same community-verified professionals, engaged as your extended team. ISDIC employs, pays and manages them — you get the skill, we carry the hiring, compliance and replacement risk.
Short-term & hourly
Hourly, weekly, or up to three months
Bring in a verified expert for exactly as long as the work takes — a few hours of specialist help, a sprint, or cover for a few months. You pay only for time used.
Book expert hoursProject-based
On-demand skills for a defined scope
A squad assembled around a scope and a set of milestones. ISDIC manages delivery against the SOW; you review the work at each milestone rather than managing individuals.
Scope a projectLong-term
Annual packages, on ISDIC payroll
An extended team for a year or more. The professionals work in your tools and your hours, and stay employed, paid and managed by ISDIC — so headcount, compliance and replacement risk sit with us.
Build a long-term team
ISDIC Hiring
Hired for what you can build, not what you can list
Companies bring us roles they are genuinely hiring for. We turn each one into a practical challenge, run it openly, and send the strongest work forward. Taking part costs a student nothing.
A company brings a real requirement
Not a listing. An actual role it is hiring for, with the responsibilities, the stack and the level it needs.
ISDIC reviews it and designs the challenge
Every requirement is checked before anything reaches students. Our team then builds a practical task from it — close to the real work of the role, never a quiz.
Eligible students register and compete
Open to any student who meets the stated criteria. No invitations, no shortlisting by college, and no fee at any point.
The strongest work reaches the company
Entries are scored against a published rubric. The top performers’ verified profiles go to the company, which asks ISDIC before it can contact anyone.
Every attempt counts, shortlisted or not. Each activity you finish stays on your ISDIC record with the domain, the date and where you placed. A track record of real work is worth having even when a particular role goes to someone else.
Opportunities
Activities are published as companies bring requirements to ISDIC, so the list changes rather than filling up. Check what is open or create a student account and be told when something in your domain opens.
For students
Build a profile and compete
Register for any activity you are eligible for, submit your work, and keep the result on your record either way.
For companies
Hire on demonstrated work
Tell us the role. ISDIC verifies your organisation, designs the activity, runs it, and returns a ranked shortlist of verified profiles.
Events & workshops
What every chapter runs
Each domain community has a flagship event it runs every year. Dates are announced by each chapter — join yours to hear first.
- CybersecurityFlagship — quarterly
Capture The Flag (CTF) Competition
Timed team challenge where students exploit intentionally vulnerable systems to capture hidden flags. Three parallel tracks — Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced — so no one is excluded. Winner gets certificates, sponsor prizes, and a recommendation letter.
- Web exploitation
- Reverse engineering
- Cryptography
- Forensics
- OSINT
Dates announced by each chapter
- AI & MLFlagship — Twice/year
Weekend ML Bootcamp
From zero to deployed model in 2 days. Day 1: Python, NumPy, Pandas, data cleaning. Day 2: Scikit-learn, model training, evaluation, and Streamlit deployment on Hugging Face Spaces. Students leave with a live app and a shareable link.
- Sentiment analyzer
- Price predictor
- Image classifier
- Recommendation engine
- Custom chatbot
Dates announced by each chapter
- Cloud & DevOpsFlagship — Annual
Multi-team Cloud Infrastructure Hackathon
24-hour event where teams build and deploy a complete cloud-native application — frontend, backend, database, CI/CD pipeline, and monitoring — all on real cloud. Judged on uptime, architecture decisions, and cost optimization. Cloud sponsors provide free credits.
- Architecture quality
- Uptime and reliability
- CI/CD implementation
- Cost optimization
- Security posture
Dates announced by each chapter
- Developer communityFlagship — Twice/year
48-Hour Hackathon
Teams of 4 build a working product in 48 hours around a real problem statement. Judged by industry mentors on product thinking, code quality, and execution — not just the idea. Top 3 teams receive sponsor prizes and fast-track to internship interviews with partner companies.
- Product thinking
- Code quality
- UI and UX
- Technical execution
- Pitch clarity
Dates announced by each chapter
Open to students of every ISDIC chapter.
Across the year
What a year in an ISDIC chapter looks like
The published plan every chapter works to, quarter by quarter, across all four domain communities.
Quarter 1
Jan — Mar
- CyberBeginner CTF
- AI & MLML bootcamp (2 days)
- CloudFirst AWS deploy lab
- DevGit + OSS onboarding
- AllQ1 Cross-domain demo day
Quarter 2
Apr — Jun
- CyberInter-college CTF (open)
- AI & MLKaggle competition sprint
- CloudCI/CD build challenge
- DevHackathon 1 — 48 hrs
- AllQ2 Cross-domain demo day
Quarter 3
Jul — Sep
- CyberRed vs. blue simulation
- AI & MLDeep learning bootcamp
- CloudKubernetes 2-day workshop
- DevOpen source sprint 2
- AllQ3 Cross-domain demo day
Quarter 4
Oct — Dec
- CyberAnnual security summit
- AI & MLAI for social good demo
- CloudCloud infra hackathon (24h)
- DevHackathon 2 — flagship
- All — Year-endAnnual showcase + certificates
Community chapters
Find your city. Join your chapter.
City-based chapters where students, professionals and technology enthusiasts come together.
1 active chapter · 5 cities planned
Map boundary: DataMeet India community (CC BY 4.0)
Industry leaders
Guided by people who build the things students want to build
Industry practitioners who advise ISDIC on curriculum direction and industry alignment.
Mr. Chetan Kawley
Founder and CEO, Threatactix
Experienced in advanced threat hunting, incident response and security architecture, delivering tailored frameworks, intelligence-driven risk management and forensic readiness across critical industries including aviation, energy, mining and industrial automation.
Mr. Nilesh Miskin
Chief Digital Officer | Software Craftsperson, Vikasietum
A seasoned technology leader and software craftsperson with extensive experience in full-stack development, cloud technologies, microservices, and agile engineering. He has helped organizations build and scale innovative products. He also brings strong experience in agility coaching, team leadership, technology mentoring, recruitment, and strategic technology consulting.
Mr. Kedar Badve
Founder & Director, CyberArt Solutions
Cybersecurity/Cyber forensics , VA/PT, Compliance, infra security, Founder and Director at CyberArt Solutions Pvt Ltd
Mr. Mandar Amrite
Consultant | Entrepreneur, Freelance
Enterprise Security Architect, Ethical Hacker, TOGAF, AI Evangelist & AI Generalist
Partners
Organisations working with ISDIC
Take part
Three ways into ISDIC
Join the chapter in your city, start one where there is none, or bring a skill development centre to your campus — at no cost to students or the college.
Students, professionals and enthusiasts
Join a chapter
Chapters are city-based communities that run the published curriculum — workshops, labs, competitions and a flagship event in each domain — across the year.
How it worksStudents and alumni whose city has no chapter yet
Start a chapter in your city
Chapters launch inside partner colleges: the college provides the space, ISDIC brings the curriculum, mentors and community structure. The quickest way to start one is to bring your college to ISDIC.
How it worksColleges, universities and organisations
Host a skill development centre
ISDIC partners with institutions at no cost. A centre goes live with the four domain tracks, and students organise into communities that run their own events with guidance from industry mentors.
How it works