In a letter to Vice-Chancellors of all universities and Principals of all colleges, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has recommended celebrating the first Wednesday of every month as Cyber Jagrookta Diwas (CJD). The initiative is taken to raise awareness about cybercrime and how to deal with it.
The letter states, the celebration needs to be carried out in an elaborate manner “for propagating cyber hygiene as mass awareness campaign, by involving dignitaries in various factions across all the States/ UTs”, the letter dated 4 October, Tuesday, goes on to state.
The letter recommends that mass awareness programmes can aid the initiative via multiple media like television, community radio, jingles on the radio, SMS and other various effective ways.
“The HEIs are further requested to appoint Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at their institutions to follow the Point of Action for the Preparation and implementation of Cyber Crisis Management Plan (CCMP) for countering Cyber-Attack and Cyber Terrorism and also to submit the report,” the letter read.
The letter also stated the Annual Action Plan for celebrating Cyber Jaagrookta Diwas and the activities undertaken — each and everything be uploaded on the University Activity Monitoring Portal (UAMP) of UGC at www.uamp.ugc.ac.in latest by 12 October, 2022.
It was with regard to the Ministry of Home Affairs' launch of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (14C) and National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) that the higher educational institutes (HEIs) were asked to celebrate Cyber Jaagrookta Diwas (CJD), the letter informed.
Previously, the UGC directed universities and colleges to create a calendar of events to improve cyber security.