VIT leads the change during the pandemic
The spread of COVID -19 is on the rise. In light of the current situation, Vellore Institute of Technology, Bhopal (VIT), School of Computing Science and Engineering (SCCE) has organised an online National Level Hackathon, ‘HackCoVIT 2020’. Aimed at helping people during the global pandemic, students up to Undergraduate level participated and exhibited their skills, from across 127 institutions from 19 different states in the event. The participants were given 32 problem statements, under five diverse themes to conceive solutions. Jury members included eminent leaders from companies like Google, Microsoft, Philips, Thomson Reuters, Robert Bosh, Payoda Technologies, thought-works, and Stealth mode. In a first, the institution has also released an advisory to become digitally safe during the corona crisis. The Division of Cyber Security and Digital Forensics, VIT Bhopal, working closely with the Police Academy in Bhopal describes precautionary measures such as practicing a zero-trust policy while online, updating video conferencing software to their latter versions, keeping your passwords safe, and limiting unnecessary downloads to be safe from scammers. Using strong passwords with at least 12
Jury members included eminent leaders from companies like Google, Microsoft, Philips, Thomson Reuters, Robert Bosh, Payoda Technologies, thoughtworks, and Stealth mode.
characters, with a combination of upper and lower case letters, numeric and special characters is also helpful. One must also keep revise security keys and wifi passwords and brush up softwares regularly. These guidelines are issued in the public interest by IPS Maithili Sharan Gupta (DGP, Police Reforms, Madhya Pradesh and Shishir Kumar Shandilya, Division Head of Cyber Security and Digital Forensic at VIT Bhopal University along with a team of B.Tech Cyber Security second year students.
The VITEEE (VIT Engineering Entrance Examination) for admission to Engineering programmes this year is scheduled for July 29 to August 2, 2020. It will be held in 119 cities across India and all central and state government regulations on social distancing and hygiene will be strictly followed.