Instructions from Government and Banks needs to be followed.

The Maharashtra unit of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) organised an Awareness Webinar on “Cyber Crime and Cyber Safety” under the chairmanship of Shri. R K Choudhary, ITS, Maharashtra Licensed Service Area Head, DoT on 14th October 2021. This session was organised as part of DoT’s initiative during the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav programme during the 75th year of Independence Day celebrations.

The webinar was organized for the benefit of the students and the general public. The webinar session was inaugurated by Shri R. K. Choudhary, Head of MH LSA. In his inaugural address, Shri Choudhary stressed the need for enhancement of Cyber security in view of the increase in Cybercrimes especially as the cyber crime’s nature is global. He further appealed for enhanced vigilance while on the Internet and also to follow diligently instructions from Govt. agencies and Banks to safeguard ourselves.

Shri Vinay V Jambhali Director (IT1), MH LSA, Pune gave a presentation on the subject. During the session, the wide scope of the Cyberworld was elaborated including the meaning of Cybercrime and the present-day laws which are evolving to tackle the same. This included the new laws like IT Act 2000 and its amendments in the year 2008 and the amended laws like IPC, Evidence Act etc…The session further covered the various types of cyber frauds faced by the public and the precautions which need to be exercised by them. Particularly the various categories of financial frauds, the exercise of essential precautions to avert the same and the various processes for complaints were found useful by the attendees. The session ended with a Vote of thanks.