A collaborative workshop in Keyi Panyor district promotes vital skills in money management and digital security, highlighting recent developments in cyber threats and banking practices.
A workshop in Keyi Panyor district brought together finance and cyber safety in one setting, with speakers urging students and staff to build stronger habits around money management and digital security.
The event at Neelam Taram Government College Yachuli was organised by the college’s career counselling and guidance cell with the district administration, the Itanagar cybercrime police station and the Reserve Bank of India. Teachers, students and non-teaching staff attended the programme, which was framed as both a financial literacy drive and a cybercrime awareness session.
In the first session, RBI manager Amit Yadav walked participants through the basics of budgeting, saving and investing, while also explaining how money has evolved and how banks support deposits, lending, payments and settlement systems. He outlined the structure of the Indian banking system, the importance of credit scores and the trade-offs between fixed deposits, mutual funds, gold and stocks. Yadav also described the RBI’s monetary policy role, discussed career opportunities at the central bank and reviewed schemes such as PM Vidyalaxmi, PMJJBY, PMSBY and Atal Pension Yojana, along with term and health insurance, UPI, NEFT and safe digital banking practices.
The second session shifted to cybercrime, with inspector Bumchu Krong of the Itanagar cybercrime police station detailing threats including hacking, phishing, malware, identity theft, online fraud and offences involving children. He referred to provisions under the IT Act, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the POCSO Act, and set out basic safeguards such as strong passwords, biometric authentication, automatic updates and security software. Krong also demonstrated privacy tools on platforms including Facebook, WhatsApp and Gmail, and introduced StopNCII.org as a route for reporting the non-consensual sharing of intimate images.
Vice principal Techi Upen Tara said the programme mattered for the whole college community, not only students, because financial literacy and cyber awareness are increasingly essential in daily life. Assistant professor Liza Mihin also addressed the gathering.
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