The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has signed an MoU with National Law University(NLU) , Delhi and National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal, to establish a Cyber Lab for the ‘Online Capacity Building Programme on Cyber Law, Crime Investigation and Digital Forensics’. The new facility is aimed at enabling police officers, state cyber cells, law enforcement agencies, prosecutors and judicial officers to acquire requisite skills to deal with Cyber Forensics cases efficiently as per the Indian Cyber Law.
NeGD, in collaboration with NLIU Bhopal has taken this initiative to offer a 9 Months Online PG Diploma to 1000 Officials through its Learning Management System (LMS). The programme enables learners to experience anytime anywhere learning on the go.
Participants will undergo a practical training session and personal contact program at the designated Cyber Lab to be set up in the campus of the National Law University (NLU) Delhi for facilitating this course. The proposed cyber lab will be equipped with Hybrid architecture which supports both virtual as well as physical mode of capacity building in the areas of Cyber Law, Cybercrime Investigation and Digital Forensics.
“The lab will have a training room capacity of 25 Users and remote connectivity for 25 Users each, at a given time augmented with AR/VR features. Other law schools/ universities like National Law School of India University (Bangalore), Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (Patiala), etc., will be on-boarded in hub and spoke model for future endeavors,” as per a statement.
The National e-Governance Division (NeGD) will develop the e-content based on the support received from faculty members. NLIU, BHOPAL being the lead academic partner for the course, will award the PG Diploma Certificate to the participants who successfully complete the course.