Mayabunder, Nov. 29: An awareness programme on ‘Career Guidance and Drug Abuse with Special focus on Cyber Crime’ was organized by N&MA District Police today at Mahatma Gandhi Govt. College Mayabunder. About 500 college students and faculty members attended the programme.
Ms. Geetanjali Khandelwal, Superintendent of Police (D), Mayabunder highlighted on the importance of choosing the right career option and the efforts required to achieve it and due to lack of guidance students fail to choose right way for career prospects. She also explained the components & methods to choose right career and importance of career guidance. MG College provides good faculties for the students with good career opportunities and scope in different fields. On the ill effect of Drug abuse especially among youngsters and teenagers in the Islands, she elaborately discussed about the risk factors and effects of drugs in society and their lives. Youngsters are easily targeted being lured to drugs by excitement, curiosity or by drug related risk behavior, she said adding that the harmful use of alcohol can have serious social and economic consequences for individual, family and society at a whole.
SI Ashok Kumar Bagel threw light on different types of Cyber-crimes and precautionary measures as well as challenges with the investigation agencies to crack down cyber-crime in the present scenario and highlighted the safety tips to a common man.
The college students presented ‘Nukkad Natak’ on the theme of Cyber Crime and Drug Abuse.