Media Coverage
On NDTV, Kanishk Gaur, Cybersecurity Expert, shares insights on rising cyber frauds, especially in cryptocurrency. He outlines key precautions individuals can take to protect themselves in the digital financial landscape.
Date: 07, May 2025
Kanishk Gaur, Founder of India Future Foundation, analyzes Bengaluru’s rising cybercrime cases, stressing the need for dedicated cyber cops, advanced training, and specialist-led fraud investigations to combat sophisticated digital threats.
Date: 05, May 2025
On The Breakfast Club, Kanishk Gaur discusses the viral Ghibli-fication trend and the privacy threats posed by AI-powered image apps. He warns how such tools can secretly harvest user data and compromise digital safety.
Date: 21, April 2025
Kanishk Gaur, Founder of India Future Foundation, appears on News9 to highlight how overreliance on technology is overshadowing common sense and interpersonal skills. He discusses the burnout trend and calls for a balance between human input and digital convenience.
Date: 16, April 2025
Kanishk Gaur, Founder of India Future Foundation, talks about the latest cyber scam involving WhatsApp. The scammers can convince people using easy tricks, which can be prevented by being alert and switching on 2FA.
Date: 10, April 2025
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation, addresses the alarming rise in Cyber slavery targeting youth in India. He also emphasizes the increasing trend of financial fraud in India, due to user negligence and a lack of awareness.
Date: 07, April 2025
Kanishk Gaur, Founder of the India Future Foundation, discusses the intersection of privacy concerns and adopting open-source large language models (LLMs) in the Asia-Pacific region. He emphasizes the importance of integrating robust privacy frameworks when deploying open-source LLMs.
Date – 01, April 2025
Kanishk Gaur, Founder of the India Future Foundation, emphasizes the sophistication of cybercriminals, the involvement of organized international crime, and the lag in India’s cybersecurity infrastructure, law enforcement capabilities, and public awareness.
Date: 01, April 2025
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation, addresses the alarming rise in Cyber slavery targeting youth in India. He also emphasizes the increasing trend of financial fraud in India, due to user negligence and a lack of awareness.
Date: 21, March 2025
Kanishk Gaur, Founder of India Future Foundation, discusses the significant impact of AI on the IT job market, particularly for entry- and mid-level professionals whose roles are increasingly being automated, on NEWS9 LIVE.
Date: 19, March 2025
Kanishk Gaur discusses AI-enabled Cyber fraud; the rise of digital arrest scams on DD Morning Show.
Date: 18, March 2025
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation, delivered the keynote speech at the World Auto Forum, where he addressed the critical issues of cybersecurity and the need for safeguarding against ransomware threats.
Date : 19, October 2023
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation, shared his insights at the INSIGHTS CXO AWARDS & SYMPOSIUM 2024 on August 2-3, 2024, where industry leaders gathered to discuss the future of business transformation through Data, Cloud, AI & ML, Automation, and Security.
Date : 02-03, August 2024
On NDTV, Kanishk Gaur, Cybersecurity Expert, shares insights on rising cyber frauds, especially in cryptocurrency. He outlines key precautions individuals can take to protect themselves in the digital financial landscape.
Date : 19, September 2024
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation, highlighted the urgent need for coordinated efforts from the Government of India to combat the unlawful activities and risks associated with illegal betting and gambling platforms, emphasizing the national security concerns addressed in the report presented by SASTRA and India Future Foundation.
Date : 11, July 2024
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation, discussed the role of artificial intelligence in financial planning, debating whether AI can truly replace human judgment in creating a rewarding financial portfolio, and exploring the risks and ways human intelligence enhances wealth creation strategies.
Date : 06, December 2023
Kanishk Gaur, CEO, India Future Foundation joins News 9 to discuss WhatsApp’s opposition to the amendments in the Information Technology Rules, 2021.
Date : 26, April 2024
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation, stressed the need for corrective action to safeguard the rapidly growing online gaming sector in India against cyberattacks and the impact of offshore betting during a consultation with stakeholders from government, industry, and law enforcement.
Date : 22, August 2024
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation, shares his insights on the best practices and use cases of AI, Blockchain, and Cloud Computing in the automotive sector at the 8th WAFit! ABC Tech Summit.
Date : 24, August 2024
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation, stressed the need for coordinated action from the Government of India to combat the unlawful activities and risks posed by illegal betting and gambling platforms, emphasizing the national security concerns highlighted in a comprehensive report.
Date : 14, July 2024
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation, shared his expertise at the Cybersecurity Summit: New Delhi, discussing risk management, the generative AI era, the impact of APIs on business governance, and the role of CISO leadership in driving innovation and secure business growth.
Date : 08, August 2024
Kanishk Gaur, CEO and Founder, India Future Foundation, discusses the data privacy concerns surrounding BabyBus apps in a conversation with Glenn S. Gerstell, Former General Counsel of the National Security Agency, on The Morning Brief podcast.
Date: 18 January 2024
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation, shared his insights on the evolving IT security landscape and the role of CISOs in defending against sophisticated cyber threats at the 13th InfoSec Maestros Awards & Conference 2024 in Mumbai.
Date : 10, May 2024
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation, shares his expertise on privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity at Bharat Privacy Conference 2024.
Date : 16, November 2024
Kanishk Gaur, Founder & CEO, India Future Foundation, talked about the impact AI on Cybersecurity Data Protection.
Date : 12, January 2024
Kanishk Gaur, CEO & Founder, India Future Foundation, highlighted serious concerns about the BSNL Data Breach, stressing its potential far-reaching impact on both BSNL and its users.
Date : 26, December 2023
Jack Dorsey vs Government of India
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation, shared his views with News9 on compliance failures by social media intermediaries.
Date : 13, June 2023
Limitations of ChatGpt
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation, shared his views with Business Today on the potential drawbacks of relying too heavily on AI chatbots like ChatGPT.
Date : 02, June 2023
Is Artificial Intelligence Threat Overblown, or a Reality?
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation, shared his views with Mirror Now on how Artificial Intelligence can be misused to spread fake news and fake information.
Date : 02, June 2023
Is more red tape being added to Online Gaming?
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation shares his views with Business Standard on the new rules for the online gaming industry and their effectiveness, in curbing online betting.
Date : 11, April 2023
Online gaming rules
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation speaks with Anand Narsimhan of CNN-News18 on the new IT Rules initiated by govt to regulate online gaming industry in India.
Date : 07, April 2023
Global Crackdown on TikTok
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation shares his views on Mirror Now on the global crackdown on TikTok.
Date : 17, March 2023
Chat GPT: Boon or Bane
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation shares his views with Anand Narasimhan of CNN-News18 on how Chat GPT can be boon or bane for businesses.
Date : 17, March 2023
AIIMS ransomware attack
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation shares his views on the on AIIMS ransomware attack on NDTV.
Date : 18, December 2022
Beware of cyber scams
Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future Foundation shares his views on INR 50 Lakh stolen from Bank account with just a missed call on Good News Today.
Date : 12, December 2022
Gauging India’s readiness in an era of cyber warfare
Two Indian think tanks came together to discuss India’s readiness in the event of a Hybrid War at a seminar named Cyber Manthan.
Date : 24, November 2022
New cybersecurity rules
The Print quoted Col. Sunil Kapila (Retd), Senior Advisor, India Future Foundation (IFF) in a story on the request by MSMEs for a further extension of the deadline so that they can comply with fresh guidelines regarding data breaches.
Date : 24, October 2022
Digital Diplomacy, Cyber Security
United Service Institution and IFF sign an MoU to promote digital diplomacy, cyber security.
Date : 27, September 2022
Cyber Raksha Kawach
Cyber Raksha Kawach, a training programme of IFF for MSMEs, featured in The Week.
Date : 24, June 2022
Support for MSMEs
Kanishk Gaur was part of a discussion with Industry leaders and stakeholders on the new directives by India’s National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN) for reporting cybersecurity incidents. The event was covered by ‘Moneycontrol’.
Date : 10, June 2022
We Think Digital
The launch of “We Think Digital” a campaign by IFF in association with Meta and Assam Police, to educate students and their parents on cyber hygiene published in Pratidin Time.
Date : 31, May 2022
Digital Safety Awareness Programme
Launch of Digital Safety Awareness Programme covered in ETCISO.in.
Date : 24, May 2022
Digital Literacy and Awareness
‘Digital Literacy and Awareness’ of IFF in association with Meta, for adolescents, covered by EastMojo.
Date : 20, May 2022
Two officials twitter handles hacked
Kanishk Gaur was quoted in the news on two official twitter handles of the Government of Uttar Pradesh being hacked.
Date : 12, April 2022
Twitter to ensure Government handles are secure
After two verified Government of Uttar Pradesh were hacked, experts were in unison that Twitter should make government handles more secure. Kanishk Gaur was quoted in the article.
Date : 12, April 2022
Digital Broadcast
Kanishk Gaur, in a discussion with Miloni Bhatt, Editor, Digital Broadcast, ET Spotlight, about crimes in Decentralized Finance (DeFi).
Date : 16, February2022
Apple to counter zero-click Pegasus spyware snooping.
Kanishk Gaur, in a discussion with Mirror Now of The Times Group on a Security patch released by Apple to counter zero-click Pegasus spyware snooping.
Date : 14, September 2021
Zomato IPO Listing
Kanishk Gaur in a discussion with Sarah Jacob of NDTV on recent surveillance of senior journalists and politicians, in India, and explained how lack of Data Protection Laws inhibits protection of privacy rights of citizens in the country.
Date : 24, July 2021
Data Protection Laws Inhibits Protection
Kanishk Gaur in a discussion with Sonal Mehrotra Kapoor of NDTV on recent surveillance of senior journalist and politician in India and explained how lack of Data Protection Laws inhibits protection of Privacy rights of Citizens in the country.
Date : 24, July 2021
Pegasus Spyware
Kanishk Gaur in a discussion with Maha Siddiqui of CNN News 18 on Pegasus Spyware led snooping and how it impacts functioning of democracy.
Date : 23, July 2021
Pegasus Spyware
Kanishk Gaur in a discussion with Rahul Kanwal of India Today on the recent Pegasus spyware snooping issue impacting India.
Date : 22, July 2021
Fake News
Kanishk Gaur in discussion with Arnab Goswami today Republic on ” Why India needs stronger laws to curb fake news and misinformation in India.”
Date : 08, July 2021
Intermediary Guidelines
Kanishk Gaur was part of a discussion on the new Indian IT Laws (Intermediary Guidelines) & its impact on significant Social Media Intermediaries.
Date : 03, July 2021
Discussion on IT laws
Kanishk Gaur was part of the discussion on IT laws along with Shri T.V. Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education.
Date : 25, June 2021
New Whatsapp Privacy Policy
Kanishk Gaur, shares his his viewpoint on the new WhatsApp Privacy Policy and why the Government of India seems to be sceptical about its implementation.
Date : 19, March 2021
Privacy Policies from WhatsApp
Kanishk Gaur in a discussion with Kazim Rizvi, Founding Director, The Dialogue, on the new privacy policies of WhatsApp.
Date : 13, January 2021
Need immediate laws and a central body to look into cyber security, says Cyber Security Expert, Amit Dubey
Amit Dubey in a discussion on CNBC TV18 on the need for strengthening cyber security
Date : 13, January 2021
