Media Brief

The Bharat Assets Protection Institute (BAPI) has been established as a pioneering centre dedicated to the strategic study, training, and institutional capacity-building for the protection of India’s critical and sensitive assets. Rooted in the vision of securing Bharat’s national interests amidst growing hybrid threats, BAPI aims to bridge operational gaps between policy, preparedness, and ground-level implementation in safeguarding vital infrastructure.

India’s economic transformation, digital advancement, and expanding global footprint have brought with them both opportunities and unprecedented risks. From physical sabotage and cyber intrusions to information warfare and economic espionage, the nation’s critical assets—ranging from energy grids and transport corridors to space, digital, and financial infrastructures—face a spectrum of asymmetric threats.

BAPI has been envisioned as a central think-and-do tank that will:

• Conduct specialised research on emerging threat patterns affecting Bharat’s strategic assets;

• Provide multi-tiered training modules for administrators, law enforcement agencies, corporate entities, and security professionals;

• Build a national knowledge base and database of vulnerabilities, response mechanisms, and protection protocols;

• Function as an advisory body for policy design and legal frameworks concerning Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP);

• Collaborate with national and international institutions for knowledge exchange, simulation exercises, and advanced learning.

The Institute will also advocate for the urgent need to legislate a Critical Infrastructure Protection Act, aligning India’s internal security framework with global best practices while retaining its sovereign security priorities.

Through BAPI, Bharat aspires to institutionalise foresight, readiness, and resilience in defending the pillars of its national growth and stability.