Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), Patna published an advertisement dated May 28, 2025 seeking applications for Professor of Practice (on 3 Year Contract)–Practice Track in the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Investigation domain. The eligibility criteria for this position states "Professionals such as CISOs, ACISOs, CTOs, Director–IT with at least a Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Applications or equivalent professional qualification from a reputed national or international institution, or a related field can be considered for the position of Professor of Practice."
CNLU's advertisement states that it can dispense with the requirement of Ph.D. if the candidate can offset it by the demonstrated domain knowledge obtained from deep experience in the field of designing and teaching cyber security courses. This post requires a minimum 15 years of managerial or professional experience out of which at least 5 years in designing, developing and delivering Masters/Diploma Cyber Security courses to LEAs, PSUs, Govt Departments, IT Industry is mandatory. The advertisement reads:"Globally recognised Cyber Security certifications are must like CISSP/CISM/CISA."
CNLU has asked the interested candidates to upload their filled-in scanned application form with relevant annexures through the following Google Form Link, latest by 10th June, 2025. https://forms.gle/MSyewgqQBBHRPJrn8
It informs that the 1."selected candidate is expected to teach in different programmes as per the norms of the CNLU Patna"
2. to promote industry-CNLU Patna linkages through consulting assignments/MDPs and
3. to be involved in placements and academic activities.
A notice of placement dated June 7, 2025 has been published on the website of Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), Patna informing the law graduates that the Board of Revenue, Government of Bihar is looking for law experts. The Board "wants to fill-in some Law Experts position on contractual basis, through outsourcing agencies, who will be placed in the various districts of Bihar. They will be required to work full-time in the said department for the purposes of auction, preparing SOP in the field of land-related matters etc. The selected candidates will be paid Rs. 32,000/- in hand per month by the agency." In the interest of transparency CNLU must disclose the credentials of the outsourcing agencies in question. Why are these agencies afraid of sun-light? Isn't sun-light the best disinfectant?
The notice reads:"All such students who are interested in joining the said position are requested to fill in their details through the following Google Form Link latest by Tuesday, the 10th June, 2025:
https://forms.gle/ntBRb49CA3AGFBZU6
The applicants will be shortlisted on the basis of their UG/PG marks and it would be sent to the outsourcing agencies for further course of action. The tentative number of vacancies may be around 40 to 50." The notice clarifies that "CNLU is just a facilitator and is NOT involved in the selection process."
The advertisement and the notice of placement raise three questions:
Is CNLU aware that use Google Form Link which keeps a "permanent record" of the applicants, compromises the cyber security of the applicants? Does it approve of such permanent record keeping?
It can be a tool for phishing or collecting sensitive information. Office of Information Security, Washington University in St. Louis has issued an alert entitled: Phishing Alert: Credential Phishing via Google Form. Its advice reads:"You should never enter your credentials into a Google Form."
Google Form is designed to share and collect information. The Google Form's trusted status provides advantages to phishers. It enables malicious link delivery. It creates illusion of cyber security because of its trusted domain. It gets deemed as plausible form. As a consequence, forms linked from phishing emails seeking additional information get blindly trusted. Many shared document repositories are publicly available, it enables cyber criminals to insert phishing documents into legitimate corporate drives. These threats are relevant for Google Doc and Google Drive as well.
Why is CNLU not disclosing names of outsourcing agencies hired by the Board of Revenue, Government of Bihar?
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