CISF personnel stand guard at the Infosys building in Electronic City in Bangalore on July 31, 2009. Photo courtesy: AFPInfosys becomes first pvt firm to get CISF cover
Fri-Jul 31, 2009
Bangalore / Press Trust of India
Software giant Infosys on Friday came under the security blanket of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), becoming the first private firm to be protected by the force which usually guard government installations.
The commencement of the CISF deployment at the Infosys campus was marked with the hoisting of the CISF flag by company chairman and chief mentor NR Narayana Murthy followed by a ceremonial guard of honour by the force and the official handing over of the security keys by the Infosys.
The Bangalore-headquartered Infosys, which was reported to be on terror radar, had approached the Union Home Ministry earlier this year for a protective cover over and above the capabilities of their own private security wings and agencies.
This is the CISF's first assignment after the force was mandated to protect the private sector with an amendment in the CISF Act in January this year following the Mumbai terror attack.
"This is the first time, since its creation in 1969, that the CISF will be providing security cover to a corporate organisation in India," CISF Inspector General R K Mishra said.
CISF personnel stand guard at the Infosys building in Electronic City in Bangalore on July 31, 2009. Photo courtesy: AFP
Software giant Infosys on Friday came under the security blanket of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), becoming the first private firm to be protected by the force which usually guard government installations.
The commencement of the CISF deployment at the Infosys campus was marked with the hoisting of the CISF flag by company chairman and chief mentor NR Narayana Murthy followed by a ceremonial guard of honour by the force and the official handing over of the security keys by the Infosys.
The Bangalore-headquartered Infosys, which was reported to be on terror radar, had approached the Union Home Ministry earlier this year for a protective cover over and above the capabilities of their own private security wings and agencies.
This is the CISF's first assignment after the force was mandated to protect the private sector with an amendment in the CISF Act in January this year following the Mumbai terror attack.
"This is the first time, since its creation in 1969, that the CISF will be providing security cover to a corporate organisation in India," CISF Inspector General R K Mishra said.
The commencement of the CISF deployment at the Infosys campus was marked with the hoisting of the CISF flag by company chairman and chief mentor NR Narayana Murthy followed by a ceremonial guard of honour by the force and the official handing over of the security keys by the Infosys.
The Bangalore-headquartered Infosys, which was reported to be on terror radar, had approached the Union Home Ministry earlier this year for a protective cover over and above the capabilities of their own private security wings and agencies.
This is the CISF's first assignment after the force was mandated to protect the private sector with an amendment in the CISF Act in January this year following the Mumbai terror attack.
"This is the first time, since its creation in 1969, that the CISF will be providing security cover to a corporate organisation in India," CISF Inspector General R K Mishra said.
