Bharti Airtel has partnered with Zscaler, Inc., the leader in cloud security, to launch the AI & Cyber Threat Research Center - India. This multi-stakeholder digital initiative is dedicated to advancing national cyber resilience, protecting sectors, industries and assets that are essential to India’s economic and national security, such as telecommunications, banking, and energy, as well as digital users, and accelerating trusted AI adoption across India’s rapidly expanding digital ecosystem.

India has long been a key hub for Zscaler’s technology innovation and cyber research, with a significant share of Zscaler’s research talent based in the country. The research center will serve as an expansion of Zscaler’s operations into a national platform for collaboration between the private sector, public sector, academia and the government. The center is designed ‘In India, For India,’ with the goal of strengthening the nation's cyber defenses and building a future-ready talent pipeline to support India's progress toward Viksit Bharat and a peaceful, secure, and digitally self-reliant future.

Bharti Airtel is a leading integrated telecommunications company with operations across Asia and Africa.