India, June 11 -- A 19-year-old cybersecurity researcher, whose claims of vulnerabilities in CBSE's on-screen marking system (OSM) set off a national debate, has been recruited by IIT Kanpur, though for a salary less than what he hoped for.

Nisarga Adhikary, who cleared his Class 12 examinations this year, has been appointed as an Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) and threat intelligence engineer at IIT Kanpur's cybersecurity innovation hub, C3iHub. His appointment comes weeks after a blog post detailing alleged security flaws in CBSE's OSM portal drew national attention and led to scrutiny of the board's digital evaluation infrastructure.

While neither Adhikary nor IIT Kanpur disclosed the exact remuneration attached to the role, the te...