Guest lecture on cyber laws and provisions relating to cyber security

Jalandhar: The MAC Forum of PG Department of Commerce of Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar organized a guest lecture on Cyber Laws and provisions relating to Cyber security. The Resource Person of the day was alumni of the college Advocate Suteekshan Samrol.

Principal Dr. Neerja Dhingra sharing her views on the lecture put forth that in this techno savvy age where we access so many online platforms for various purposes; it is important for us to be aware about the security of our data as well. She added this is the need of hour and our students should be enlightened about it.

The resource person lecture began the lecture with the relevance of cyber laws in the present scenario and covered the legal provisions concerning infringement in  the privacy of individuals on social media.  Further, he highlighted the distinctive provisions related to cyber terrorism, sharing of obscene content, hacking, along with the new privacy policy of WhatsApp . In addition to this, he emphasized on the significance of cyber cell, online fraud, online defamation, and cyber stalking by giving suitable examples from web series as well as recent news. He also explained the various remedies available for the aggrieved party and penalty with reference to IPC and Information Technology Act.

The other faculity members; Dr. Vandana Gautam, Dr. Manisha Sharma, Ms. Payal Arora, Ms. Neeru Mahajan, Ms Garima Arora also participated actively in the activity. The session was coordinated by Ms. Shikha Kakkar and Ms. Mitali. The students also participated enthusiastically and all their queries were appropriately answered by the resource person. 
Principal Dr. Neerja Dhingra appreciated the faculty members of Commerce for successfully conducting the     Guest lecture on such a relevant topic of the hour.