AICTE, Education Ministry launch project to train students and educators in Cyber Security awareness

The aim of the project is to build a community where the internet strengthens instead of becoming a weakness while making the youth industry ready.

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the Ministry of Education along with CyberPeace Foundation (CPF) have launched a project to train students and educators across the country in Cyber Security awareness.The project, named eSaksham, aims to develop skills in the cybersecurity domain, mainly for college students and teachers.
The aim of the project is to build a community where the internet strengthens instead of becoming a weakness while making the youth industry ready and to also create a secure ecosystem where research work can be transformed into market-ready products.

The launch was attended by Professor Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Chairperson of AICTE over an online Zoom meeting, along with Buddha Chandrasekhar, Chief Coordinating Officer of AICTE; Lieutenant General (Dr) Rajesh Pant (Retd), National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC) and Captain Vineet Kumar, Founder and President, CyberPeace Foundation.

The capacity-building project was undertaken owing to the lack of manpower in the domain, an official statement issued in this regard said. According to NASSCOM, India had a shortage of one million cybersecurity professionals in 2020. The labour crunch is expected to hit approximately 3.5 million unfilled jobs by 2021, it added.

Launching Project eSaksham Professor Sahasrabudhe said: “Everyone wants to be happy and safe... As civilization grew and we developed the World Wide Web, there were new challenges thrown to us. The eSaksham project will teach the participants how to identify and mitigate those challenges. Indian students are already very tech and IT savvy, participating in the eSaksham training will be a way to contribute to society.”

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