Check Website : NISM Ideathon 2025
Mumbai, November 28, 2025 — The National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) launched the NISM Ideathon 2025 on Cybersecurity and Investor Awareness on August 1, 2025, and accepted submissions until September 30, 2025.
This special initiative, part of NISM’s broader advocacy efforts, aimed to enhance financial literacy and promote investor education in India’s securities markets.
At a Glance: Rewards and Recognition
The 10 shortlisted projects are mentioned below (in no particular ranking order). From these, the Top 3 winning teams will be selected in due course. The shortlisted teams will be informed separately about the next steps of evaluation process.
| Sr No. | Student Name | Topic | College Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shrri Swetha K R | Cybersecurity Solution for Preventing Fraudulent Money Transfers using Undo Transaction Mechanism | Kongu Engineering College, Tamil Nadu |
| Priyanka J | |||
| Revanth Kumar G | |||
| Mentor: Dr. R. Maheswari | |||
| 2 | Sahil Rane | CyberSafe | Shah & Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College, Mumbai |
| Omkar Wayal | |||
| Mentor: Dr. Rashmi Malvankar | |||
| 3 | Aditi Dixit | Project AEGIS: AI-Driven Investor Protection in India’s Securities Market | VIT Bhopal University, Madhya Pradesh |
| Mayank Chauhan | |||
| Vandit Parekh | |||
| Mentor: Dr. Sajjad Ahmed | |||
| 4 | Kartikay Goel | Sanrakshak – A Gamified and a Learning Investor Resilience Platform for Digital India | VIT Bhopal University, Madhya Pradesh |
| Pratham Mittal | |||
| Mentor: Dr. Santosh Kumar Bhal | |||
| 5 | Abhinav Mittal | Brokertrustverifier | Parul University, Vadodara |
| Anant Jain | |||
| Vinayak Gautam | |||
| 6 | Angel | Digital Dharma: Fortifying the Indian Investor in an Era of Sophisticated Cyber Fraud | Chanakya National Law University, Patna |
| Sharadindu Shekhar | |||
| Vishwajeet Kumar | |||
| Mentor: Dr. Ashok Kumar Sharma | |||
| 7 | Vansh Bansal | Combating Digital Financial Fraud in India: An Integrated Framework of Technology, Education, and Regulation | XIM University, Bhubaneshwar |
| Aru Rastogi | |||
| Raghvendra Lohia | |||
| Mentor: Prof. Ashok Kumar Mishra | |||
| 8 | Gopalkrishnan R | AI-Powered Browser Extension: Investor Shield for Stock Market Frauds | K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tamil Nadu |
| Jothiramya Y | |||
| Mentor: Dr. M Vijaykumar | |||
| 9 | Pragun K Kirani | ChainProof | International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore |
| Ajay Javali | |||
| S Tharun Kumar | |||
| Mentor: Dr. Aswin Kannan | |||
| 10 | Kanchan Joshi | Cyber Monopoly | MKSSS ‘s Smt. Hiraben Nanavati Institute of Management and Research for Women, Pune |
| Riya Abhyankar | |||
| Sanika Purohit | |||
| Mentor: Dr. Sonali Parchure |
Note: The teams are not mentioned in any particular ranking order.
Participation certificates will be awarded to all participants of the initiative.

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