Technology

The last year has been quite something. A mean virus has affected people across all age groups. Children being the most vulnerable, have been stripped away from a much-needed school environment being forced to study online. While we’re thankful for their continued online learning, but having our children spend more time online is a cause for worry. Parashie Sidhwani explores the threats to children when they spend hours online and how parents can safeguard the interests of innocent minds falling prey to cyber threats.

With rise of Coding classes for children in our country, Associate Professor teaching Electronics & Communication Engineering, Dr Praba N (PhD) ponders over whether it is really necessary for young minds to learn something so soon. She asks some pertinent questions to parents and leaves it up to them to decide, that in the race of trying to be tech-savvy, our children should not forget to be empathetic human beings.