Kaveri College of Science and Commerce arranged a one day women’s personality development workshop on 10th Jan, 2015. The topic of the workshop was “Indian Women at risk in Cyber Space” was arranged on. The workshop was inaugurated at the hands of Mrs. Radhika Sharma, Trustee Kannada Sangha and Dr. S. B. Kharosekar, Principal, Kaveri College of Science and Commerce. Mrs. Chitra Alavani, Student Welfare Officer of the college, Staff Members and the participants were present for the workshop.
Dr. Kharosekar gave introduction about the workshop and the purpose of organizing it for girl students. Mrs. Radhika Sharma informed the students that cyber crimes against women are on the raise and women have been drastically victimized in the cyberspace. Especially Indian women are at more risk due to the social stigma they have to face and less awareness about the law.
The first and second session was conducted by Adv. Mr. Sunil Gokhale, a Practitioner Lawyer. He gave information about the different cyber crimes that can happen with the women. The crimes include phishing, Harassment via e-mails, Cyber-stalking, Cyber pornography, Defamation, Morphing, Email spoofing etc. He talked about different IT Acts that are in place in our country protecting women against such crimes.
The third session was conducted by Ms. Manasi Kshirsagar, Founder and Director – MANASVI. She talked about the psychological effects on mind and body of women in specific due to accessing social networking sites beyond limits. She conducted group activities to let students know what type of stress the women may face after crime, its effect on the person as well as on family and surroundings. She guided the participants about the ways of facing such effects.
The workshop received an overwhelming response from the girl students of the college. Ms. Dhanashri Bhide compeered and Ms. Chitra Alavani, proposed the vote of thanks.
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