The key measure to curb financial crimes is by increasing consumer awareness as well as being constantly vigilant about one’s banking security. As part of the CSR initiative, ICICI Foundation was invited to The Bhawanipur Education Society College on March 23 2023 to make the students aware of Cyber Crimes. Mr. Mainak Chakraborty, a Financial Consultant at ICICI Foundation CSR Banking, was felicitated by Mrs. Minakshi Chaturvedi, Coordinator, Morning, Department of Commerce. Mr. Chakraborty began the session thereafter by asking the students how many online frauds they had heard of.
The students were then made aware of the Jamtara scam as well as how Cyber Crime is at an all-time high in Kolkata. The students were familiarized with terms used in the Cybercrime industry which makes innocent people their victims. The participants were told about the ways in which one can protect themselves from Cyber Crimes like Phishing Links, Vishing Calls, Juice Jacking, Money Mules, Pyramid schemes, etc.
Students particularly found the one on Juice Jacking informative, where using Public Wi-Fi & charging in plug points at common spaces, might lead one to financial fraud. Things like Document forgery were also discussed along with helpline numbers to reach out to in case of financial fraud faced by them. The speaker vividly gave details of the process by which one can reach out to customer care numbers & raise tickets online when they realize they have become a victim of Cybercrime.
The session ended with two videos on fraud in online transactions & how scammers work in such a way that naive people easily give in. Towards the end, the session was wrapped up with the view that one must become conscious of not sharing their bank details, google pay UPI numbers unless asked by Banks themselves.
On 16th September (Saturday) Department of Bengali of The Bhawanipur Education Society College hosted a book-launch program in College Library. The Book named ‘Sthabdha Chinmoy Bhabloke/ Bibhutibhusan: Fire Dekha’ is an anthology of well-researched articles on famous Bengali writer Bibhutibhusan Bandopadhyay. This book has been edited by two of the college faculties from Bengali Deaprtment; …
Amidst the hullaballoo of rallies and traffic jam 23 students from The Bhawanipur Education Society College accompanied by Prof. Vijay Kothari and Prof. Divyesh Shah visited Makers Loft`s (a space for makers) at Ballygaunge Place. We were welcomed by Ms. Meghna Bhutoria Founder and CEO of Maker`s Loft. Later, we were split into two batches …
On 19th April 2022, the Department of Education and the Department of Political Science jointly organized a students’ seminar on “Implementation of National Education Policy, 2020 to transform Higher Education in India”. At the very outset, Professor Amala Dhandhania unfolded the program by felicitating respected Teacher-In-Charge, Dr Subhabrata Ganguly and Professor Debjani Ganguly, Vice Principal …
The Department of Political Science of The Bhawanipur Education Society College conducted a student seminar on November 25, 2023, in Room number 548 of the college. Academic papers on a wide range of topics were presented by the students of the third semester of the Department. Manu Kumar Gupta, Prince Mishra and Ritwika Dutta presented …
Session on Protecting Yourself from Cybercrime
The key measure to curb financial crimes is by increasing consumer awareness as well as being constantly vigilant about one’s banking security. As part of the CSR initiative, ICICI Foundation was invited to The Bhawanipur Education Society College on March 23 2023 to make the students aware of Cyber Crimes. Mr. Mainak Chakraborty, a Financial Consultant at ICICI Foundation CSR Banking, was felicitated by Mrs. Minakshi Chaturvedi, Coordinator, Morning, Department of Commerce. Mr. Chakraborty began the session thereafter by asking the students how many online frauds they had heard of.
The students were then made aware of the Jamtara scam as well as how Cyber Crime is at an all-time high in Kolkata. The students were familiarized with terms used in the Cybercrime industry which makes innocent people their victims. The participants were told about the ways in which one can protect themselves from Cyber Crimes like Phishing Links, Vishing Calls, Juice Jacking, Money Mules, Pyramid schemes, etc.
Students particularly found the one on Juice Jacking informative, where using Public Wi-Fi & charging in plug points at common spaces, might lead one to financial fraud. Things like Document forgery were also discussed along with helpline numbers to reach out to in case of financial fraud faced by them. The speaker vividly gave details of the process by which one can reach out to customer care numbers & raise tickets online when they realize they have become a victim of Cybercrime.
The session ended with two videos on fraud in online transactions & how scammers work in such a way that naive people easily give in. Towards the end, the session was wrapped up with the view that one must become conscious of not sharing their bank details, google pay UPI numbers unless asked by Banks themselves.
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