Cyberbullying and Indian Society: Outcomes from Social Conclave Conference

“It is not technology but people’s mindset that makes the world a scary place to live in.” India is one of the top 3 countries to report cyberbullying cases. One in 10 Indian adolescents faces cyberbullying, half of them don’t even report it. Cyberbullying is one of the issues that are so common in India. There are so many social issues that are not openly discussed. With such increasing issues, it is very essential to address them. Technology affects us in all possible ways today. It is technological solutions that can help us fight such issues. This paper discusses - Social Conclave, a national social conference that discusses these pressing issues and comes up with solutions that are then implemented. Social Conclave is the social conference of NMIMS’ School of Technology Management and Engineering. Social Conclave aims at discussing the pressing issues that are prevalent in India to come up with a solution that is the betterment of society. Delegates from all over the country meet up to discuss these different social issues. They are taken to various field visits to experience and see what India is dealing with. The debate among themselves to come up with the most sustainable solution for a particular issue. The solution given by the delegates is then implemented on the ground level by the students. This paper shares the idea and the experience of the conference.