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IIT Kanpur has given job to the Nisarg Adhikari who found security related flaws in the CBSE portal. Nisarg is 19 years old and has passed 12th examination this year.
Nisarg had written a blog post highlighting the security weakness of the CBSE portal. Currently, IIT Kanpur has appointed him as Open Source Intelligence and Threat Intelligence Engineer.
📢19-Year-Old Ethical Hacker Nisarga Adhikary Joins IIT Kanpur After Exposing CBSE Portal Vulnerabilities🔰He has now joined IIT Kanpur’s C3i cybersecurity hub as an OSINT & Threat Intelligence Engineer. pic.twitter.com/1eUyPxpy7X— Plus Point India (@PlusPointIndia) June 11, 2026

This will be the work of nature in IIT Kanpur
Nisarg will analyze information from publicly available sources at IIT Kanpur. They will find vulnerabilities in websites and applications.
In the case of hacking of CBSE portal, the team of IIT Kanpur had called Nisarg so that they along with the team of IIT experts could find out the security breach in their IT system. IIT experts became admirers of Nisarg’s skills. He praised a lot.
Nisarg is focused on cyber security
A member of the expert team had said that Nisarg has detected many important shortcomings. The team found through message conversation that he is very focused on cyber security. After this he was called to help fix the system.
IIT Kanpur Director Manindra Aggarwal said, ‘Nisarg Adhikari has been appointed as an engineer in our cyber security team. A few years ago, we also recruited some young engineers for the same team. I am not sure whether he is the youngest employee at IIT Kanpur or not, but he is certainly one of the youngest engineers hired by the institute.’
Experience working with big startups
Even before passing 12th, Nisarg has worked with many startups. Has participated in various open-source software projects and has made his mark as a founding engineer. Apart from this, Nisarg also has experience of working with big startups funded by venture capital.
Will work on contract
Nisarg said that he is more interested in technology and making products than studies. He will work on contract in the cyber security team of IIT.

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Vedant Srivastava of Delhi had also given the 12th examination. When he got 65 marks in Physics, he raised his voice. When the copy was received during revaluation, the discrepancy was discovered. First he was trolled on social media. Trollers even called him a traitor, later the board admitted its mistake and apologized.
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