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Chevening is the UK government's international awards scheme aimed at developing global leaders. Funded by the FCO and partner organisations, Chevening offers 2 types of awards — Scholarships and Fellowships. Chevening India programme is now the largest in the world, offering up to 130 fully funded scholarships and fellowships every year. The scholarships are for one year Master's in any subject at a recognised UK University. The fellowships offer customised courses aimed at mid-to-senior level professionals from India who are looking to expand their knowledge and expertise in their specific field of work. The Chevening Cyber Security Fellowship is aimed at mid-career Indian professionals with demonstrable leadership potential in the field of cyber security or cyber policy in India. This programme is running since 2014. 6 fellows are sent every year to the UK for a 12 week fully funded residential programme. Until now it has been delivered at Cranfield University at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. We draw fellows from the Government of India, the Indian Police Service, academia, the legal profession, entrepreneurs and industry. The course enables a small yet significant group of Indian Cyber experts to get professional training on the subject enabling them to come up to speed with the best British practices. This goes a long way in contributing to developing mutual understanding between the two countries in mitigating Cyber Security threat and defence cooperation. We have successfully run four programmes (including one scheduled March 2017). The contract tendering request is for three successive programmes in 2018, 2019 and 2020 (FY 18/19, 19/20 and 20/21).