WNS Cares Foundation Awards Global Winners of Cyber Sword a Cyber-Security Awareness Competition
by Shrutee K/DNS
INDIA: WNS Cares Foundation (WCF), CSR arm of WNS Global Services, felicitated
the global winners of “Cyber Sword”, a
cyber-security campaign as part of its
annual global CSR event, Global
Impact Day (GID). Four global students
emerged as the global winners
in the final round, declared as Cyber Sword Champion for GID – 2017-2018. Multiple levels
of competitions were held in 209 schools across 7 countries like Romania,
Poland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, USA including India in order
to create awareness around secure internet usage. A total of 1,00,000 children,
youth and teachers were reached out to through a series of videos and multi-media presentations.
Announcing the global winners, Keshav R. Murugesh,
Group CEO, WNS, said “With an estimated
100 million children in India alone, expected to access the internet by this
year, there is an acute need to improve cyber security awareness in children
and young adults. Internet if not deployed effectively can be a bane for the
society and children form the weakest link of this chain. We have received
whole hearted support for our CSR initiative and would look at extending this training
to non WCF-run schools as well in future. I laud the efforts undertaken by WNS
volunteers, WCF teachers and all support staff to successfully undertake this
mammoth activity across 209 schools educating 88,000 children and the winners
who displayed commitment to learning with the vow to use Internet to their best
advantage.”
Cyber
Sword entailed children studying in WCF run schools undergo awareness
on the dangers in cyberspace, preventive measures, warning signs, and the
course of action to be taken should they fall victim to cybercrime by trained
WNS volunteers and teachers over a period of 3 months. The training included a
series of videos, infographics, educational talks and information flyers which were
made in multiple Indian and international languages. The
competition was divided in age appropriate, four groups: Group A included
students across Class 1 to Class 3; Group B: Class 4 & Class 5 videos; Group
C: Class 6 & Class 7 and Group D: Class 8 & Class 9. Post the training, the children were given
10-15 simple multiple choice questions to answer correctly. The competition was
undertaken at multiple levels: school, region, country and global and winners
across each group were announced.
WCF plans to partner with NASSCOM Foundation & CII to create
awareness with children apart from WCF associated schools. 2 NGO partners,
Pratham Infotech Foundation & Palvi Education trust are already extending
this awareness in non-WCF associated schools (approximately 30,000 children from
schools & communities).
WCF (WNS Cares Foundation) organizes Global Impact
Day (GID), each year that celebrates the impact created by WNS. A single theme
is identified every year whereby students across all WCF run schools around the
globe undergo focused three months training on the chosen subject or theme and
are subsequently adjudged basis school level, regional, national and
international competitions.
List of Winners:
Global Winners
- Group A – Anuj Pal- grade 2 from Pune
- Group B - Negriala Maria – Grade 5 from
Romania
- Group C - Chirita Matei – Grade 6 from
Romania
- Group D – Nammi Mouli – Grade 9 from
Vizag
India Winners
- Group A – Anuj Pal- grade 2-mobile
library – Pune
- Group B – Sashat S – Grade 5 from
Gurgaon
- Group C - Shivani Shirsagar – Grade 6
from Navi Mumbai
- Group D – Nammi Mouli – Grade 9 from
Vizag
WNS
(Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), is a leading global business process management
company. WNS offers business value to 350+ global clients by combining
operational excellence with deep domain expertise in key industry verticals
including Travel, Insurance, Banking and Financial Services, Manufacturing,
Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, Shipping and Logistics, Healthcare and
Utilities. WNS delivers an entire spectrum of business process management
services such as finance and accounting, customer interaction services,
technology solutions, research and analytics and industry specific back office
and front office processes. As of December 31, 2017, WNS had 35,657 professionals
across 53 delivery centers worldwide including China, Costa Rica, India,
Philippines, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United Kingdom
and the United States. For more information, visit www.wns.com.
About WCF
WNS Cares Foundation
(WCF) is a group company of WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), with a vision
to serve the society and create a strong foundation for corporate social
responsibility at WNS. WCF offers a platform for employees and clients to make
valuable contributions to the society. Since its inception in January 2011, WCF
has touched over 1,00,000 lives through its various programs and initiatives, in
over 209 schools, in 10 countries across the globe.
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