B.Tech Graduate Builds Secure School Portal After 2023 Dehradun Cyber Fraud Case

A recent computer science graduate from Graphic Era Hill University developed a Secure School Management Portal after learning about a 2023 cyber fraud incident in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. In that incident, school manager Shambhu Prasad Pancholi lost ₹95,000 after a fraudster posing as a student's parent sent malicious WhatsApp links that enabled four unauthorized bank transactions. The incident, reported by the Times of India, required no OTP and exploited the manager's trust in a routine fee-payment scenario. Motivated by the case, the developer built a web portal with separate access portals for admins, teachers, and students, incorporating multiple layers of security including authentication and access control. The project, completed as a final-year initiative in 2025, was a personal learning exercise and is not affiliated with the school involved in the original fraud.