WiJungle bags National Award on National Technology Day 2022 

Gurugram, May 13, 2022:  WiJungle, a one stop unified cyber security platform has been felicitated with the prestigious National Technology Award 2022 by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Science & Technology. The award was presented in a ceremony organised on National Technology Day held on 11 May 2022 & presided over by Dr. Srivari Chandrsekhar – Chairperson, Technology Development Board & Secretary, Department of Science and Technology and Rajesh Kumar Pathak, Secretary, Technology Development Board. The award consisted of a gold plated leaf trophy and cash award of INR 15 Lacs. 

The Eleventh (11th) May of every year is celebrated as the National Technology Day as a symbol of the quest for scientific inquiry and technological creativity and the translation quest in the integration of Science, Society and Industry. This year, the National Technology Day was celebrated under the theme ‘PRAGATI – Promoting avenues for Growth through Technological Innovations’ at The Ashok Hotel, New Delhi. Speaking at the event Dr. Jitendra Singh said, the future belongs to technology-driven economy and calls for building an Innovation Ecosystem in the country. Hon'ble minister also launched the SSR and SRIMAN Guidelines on the occasion of Technology Day function and said SSR is vital for strengthening science and society linkages for making S&T ecosystem responsive to societal needs, while SRIMAN guidelines aims to promote efficient utilisation and wider access of Research Infrastructure (RI) to scientists, researchers and industry professionals across the country

Delighted with the win, Karmesh Gupta, Co-Founder and CEO of WiJungle said, “At WiJungle, we are dedicated to enabling organizations to secure and strengthen their entire network through the single window. We consider this award as an honour that solidifies our foundation and efforts in the domain of cybersecurity.”

With the increased surface for cyber threats, being an AI and ML based security platform, WiJungle eradicates the need to have several standalone security products and safeguards organizations' networks. 

The cybersecurity platform overcomes the management and scalability challenges by reducing the capital investment of an organization by up to 60 percent. In a short span, it has witnessed extensive growth in customer base by 200 percent with major traction coming from SMBs and the Government.

Technology Development Board, a statutory body of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India by the virtue of its mandate, honours technological innovations that have helped in the national growth under the aegis of National Awards from the year 1999.