In the wake of increasing incidents of cyber crime initiating from the State, experts have termed Jharkhand as the epicenter of cyber crime in the Country. Expressing views during a five day workshop on cyber crime at BIT Mesra in Ranchi, they said that most of the cyber crimes in the Country are being operated from the three districts – Jamtara, Dhabad and Giridih of Jharkhand.
To create awareness and build a sense of confidence among the people to switch over to digitization, a five day workshop on Cyber Security was inaugurated by IT Secretary Satendra Singh at BIT Mesra in Ranchi. Singh, in his inaugural address, said that such workshops will help people participating in it to know the techniques of preventing and fighting cyber crime.
“This workshop is being organized at the most opportune time, it will provide a platform to scientists, faculty members, staffs, PhD scholars and students to interact with cyber experts and know their real life experiences,” said the IT Secretary. It would be really beneficial for people to know about the techniques for preventing and fighting cyber crime, he added.
“This is one of the most important issues plaguing the administration and police department of almost all the states of India. We are well aware, that there has been a recent spurt in cybercrime incidents in India and several of these have been traced down to Jharkhand,” said Singh. He also congratulated the organizing committee members and the entire department for the noble initiative and wished them success in their future endeavors.
Convener of the workshop Assistant Professor of Computer Science KK Senapati and said that the workshop means a lot to Jharkhand as the state has become an epicenter of cyber crime incidents in the Country and police and other agencies from 12 states have already visited here to investigate into it.
“As we are moving towards digitization, such dark forces will prove to be a hurdle in the digization mission of PM Narendra Modi,” said Senapati. Such workshops will help in creating cyber warriors to fight with the menace in the Country, he added. It will also give a boost to the degree of belief in the process of digitization among the people and also to prevent cyber crimes, he added.
On first day of the workshop, Senior IT Scientist in the Department of IT and E-Governance Daya Shankar Varma also delivered lectures on Forensic science along with Cyber Crime and Forensic Consultant of Odisha Police Subrata Mohanta talked on different types of cyber crimes and how it is solved and investigated.
Dean (Faculty Affairs and Sponsored Research) Professor S. Konar, Professor V Bhattacharjee also delivered lecture on the issue during the workshop. Participants from Bihar, Bengal and Odisha and speakers and trainers from various Cybercrime Control Institute and Police Academy expressed their views during the workshop.