AICTE, Ministry Of Education Launch Project To Train Students In Cyber Security Awareness

Named Project eSaksham, it focusses on developing skills in cyber security domain, mainly for college students and teachers.

The technical education regulator, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Ministry of Education along with CyberPeace Foundation (CPF) have launched a project to train students and educators in Cyber Security awareness. Named Project eSaksham, it focusses on developing skills in cyber security 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 cyber security professionals in 2020. The labour crunch is expected to hit approximately 3.5 million unfilled jobs by 2021, it added.