Gaurav Rawal’s Session

“In this digital era, social media has emerged as a way to engage with the target audience irrespective of their locations but its negative aspects should not be ignored.”

– Prof. Gaurav Rawal

On 17th October 2022, as a vital part of the enrichment program for students and staffan expert talk was organized on “Being cyber smart & secure” at DCBS Indore. Ms.Harshita Jat Student of year 1, welcomed the keynote speaker Professor Gaurav Rawal,who is a national-level cyber security expert and guest trainer at Police Training Institute(PTC, Indore).

Students were informed of the various forms of digital or white color crime likecybercrime against the Nation (cyber warfare), cybercrime against the Organization(corporate cyber-attacks), and cybercrime against the Society (citizen cyber-attacks).Prof Rawal explained the challenges faced by Indian law enforcement agencies inbattling cybercrimes

Prof Gaurav Rawal threw light upon the causes and prevention of cybercrime. He shared insights on cyber-crime reporting, awareness regarding social engineering, cyberstalking, and cyberbullying under IT act section 66 E.

Online transactions and ease of communication on social media were also discussed.Spoofing, phishing, and financial frauds like identity theft had been elaborated. Hefocused on the time spent on social media platforms like- Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,LinkedIn and the minimum age criteria of enrollment on these platforms. The relevantsections of cyber law in India under IT Act provisions were mentioned.

Online transactions and ease of communication on social media were also discussed. Spoofing, phishing, and financial frauds like identity theft had been elaborated. He focused on the time spent on social media platforms like- Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and the minimum age criteria of enrollment on these platforms. The relevant sections of cyber law in India under IT Act provisions were mentioned.

Prof Rawal also resolved the queries of students and suggested precautionary measures while using social media platforms.
As a token of appreciation and gratitude DCBS Director Dr. Rinku Joshi presented a memento. The program was coordinated by Dr. Shreshth Chhabra, and the vote of thanks was proposed by Ms. Mahek Gupta, year 2 student. Dean Mr. Om Singh, faculty members and students of year 1 & 2 were present during the interactive session.