Overview

The Cyber Sainik initiative empowers students regionally across grades 6th to 12th in their regional language with critical cyber literacy skills. The program aspires to create a cyber-aware generation, contributing to the larger vision of building a digitally secure society through proactive education and responsible digital citizenship.

The initiative takes a multi-pronged approach by strengthening digital safety capabilities for not just school students but also the teachers and administrative staff. The program imparts practical cybersecurity knowledge to effectively counter online threats and create a bandwagon effect empowering the beneficiaries and all those associated with them like family and friends to strengthen their ability of making informed and safe digital choices.

Program Highlights

  • Interactive Learning: Engagement of beneficiaries with real-world simulations and interactive sessions.
  • Addresses Critical Cyber Risks: Focus on pressing cyber risks such as phishing, social engineering, and cyberbullying.
  • Creative Engagement: Organize poster-making competitions, cyber pledges to make learning fun and impactful.
  • Recognizing Participation: Reward students and schools with certificates and cash prizes for competition winners.
  • Promotion of Best Practices: Encourage good hygiene practices of password security, data privacy, and responsible social media usage.

Impact

Shift of Mindset

Stimulated a cyber-conscious and cyber-vigilant mindset on reporting cyber fraud and online harassment to the cybercrime portal.

Cybersecurity Clubs

Establishment of the cybersecurity clubs within schools for collaborative learning environment for students.

Sustained Learning

Long-term learning reinforced with reference booklets and comic strips, offering students easily accessible resources for continued awareness.

Reach and Beneficiaries

Phase 1: 6900+ beneficiaries across Karnataka

Bengaluru
Mangaluru
Mysuru 
Udupi 

Phase 2: 1500+ beneficiaries across Gujarat

Ahmedabad
Mangaluru
Mysuru 
Udupi 

Phase 2: 5200+ beneficiaries across Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow
Varanasi
Prayagraj

Phase 3: 3100+ beneficiaries across Telangana

Hyderabad

Phase 3: 2200+ beneficiaries across Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal