Australian Government  |  DFAT AICCTP Grant Round 5 (AICCTP-R5-0013)
Consortium Governance: 4 Academic Institutions & 2 Industry Partners
ANNOUNCEMENT
⚡ DFAT AICCTP GRANT ROUND 5 • APPLICATION AICCTP-R5-0013

Our Partners

A Six-Organisation Consortium Across Australia and India

The project brings together four academic institutions and two industry partners from Australia and India, combining research expertise and operational capability to strengthen critical energy infrastructure cybersecurity.

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Flinders University

Leading Applicant · Adelaide, Australia

Flinders University leading project coordination and research governance, managing collaboration between Australian and Indian partners. Its contribution includes overall research leadership, milestone oversight, and the co-development of incident-response playbooks and capacity-building activities.

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RMIT University

Academic Partner · Melbourne, Australia

RMIT University contributes research expertise in Internet-of-Things (IoT) security and edge telemetry. Its researchers co-supervise project activities, support the development of training materials, and co-author collaborative white papers and media briefs.

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Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Kurnool

Research & Host Partner · Kurnool, India

An Institute of National Importance under the Ministry of Education, Government of India. IIITDM Kurnool hosts the India Bilateral Workshop, co-designs practical training modules, and provides regional power systems insight and testbed facilities.

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Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Research Partner · Hyderabad, India

IIT Hyderabad contributes technical expertise in artificial intelligence and digital energy systems. Its team supports workshop delivery, contributes to machine-learning models for telemetry anomaly detection, and assists in contextualising outputs for Indian operational environments.

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Swan Foresight Pty Ltd

Industry Partner · Australia

Swan Foresight provides energy-sector strategy, operational risk insight, and enterprise stakeholder engagement. The organisation connects project activities with Australian and Indian energy network operators to support the practical adoption of project outputs.

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Cybentus

Industry Partner · Australia

Cybentus specializes in operational technology (OT) cybersecurity and incident response. It supports threat scenario design, practical red-team and blue-team tabletop exercises, and the operational evaluation of incident-response playbooks.

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Australia–India Bilateral Collaboration

The consortium unites complementary expertise across cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, power systems engineering, and grid operations. By combining Australian experience in renewable grid integration with Indian capabilities in large-scale solar deployment and digital systems modeling, the partners collaborate to enhance cybersecurity preparedness across the Indo-Pacific.

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