Nirali Bhatia is a Cyber Psychologist & a Consulting Psychotherapist. Cyber Psychology is the study of impact of technology on human behaviour and mind. She is also a certified Cognitive Behavioural Therapist & Internet Addiction Therapist.
She heads a tech company V4Web which specialises in building secure applications with best user experience and is a director at V4WEB Cybersecurity which was recently honoured as top 20 trusted companies in Cybersecurity Domain in India.
Two decades of experience in web technology, makes her native of Cyber space & gives her an edge to understand the influence of technology on its user far better.
She is a TEDx Speaker, Corporate Trainer for POSH and has conducted over 150+ Trainings & Workshops.
She has been quoted in various articles in leading newspapers and news channels. Invited guest speaker & panellist by various prestigious organisations such as UN women, UNICEF, National Commission for Women, NASSCOM, and has also been on panel of debate/s on Times Mirror Now, CNBC, Zee News and many more news channels & Cyber Security conferences.
She is also founder of an anti-cyber bullying organisation – Cyber B.A.A.P. which is an acronym for Cyber Bullying Awareness, Action and Prevention. CyberBAAP provides guidance, counselling & reporting assistance to the victims of cyber bullying & has conducted 100+ awareness & cyber safety sessions along with multiple campaigns to fight against cyberbullying & harassment.
Nirali has also served as the Vice Chairman, Women Safety of India’s premiere and non-profit organisation, FSAI (Fire Safety Association of India), which is committed to enhance the safety & security of women in India.
She has been awarded as “India’s top Women influencer in Cyber Security” for 2 consecutive years (2020-2022)
Areas of Expertise
- Website Usability
- Designing for PET – Persuasion, Emotion & Trust
- ADA & WCAG Website Accessibility
- Section 508 Compliance
- Cyber Psychology
- Online behaviour analysis
- Applied Psychology
- Behavioural Psychology
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy & EFT
- Drawing analysis
- Child and teenage counselling
- Metaphor Therapy
- Career Guidance & testing
- Graphology (for analysis)
Certifications
- Usability Analyst, HFI (USA)
- Designing for PET, HFI (USA)
- Owner Management Programme (OMP), Bhavan’s SPJIMR
- Applied Psychology & Integrated Approaches
- Internet Addiction Therapist
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
TV Interviews
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Impact of fee hike in Schools
Times Mirror Now - 30th January 2018
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Byte on the Heinous Crime that happened 3 weeks back in Banglore. #NirbhayaAgain
Times Mirror Now - 14th December 2017
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Sexually abusive tweets target journalist
Times Mirror Now - 8th August 2017
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Blue Whale Challenge: 14-year-old allegedly commits suicide in Mumbai; CM orders probe
Newsx - 1st August 2017
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Mohd Kaif attacked by cyber bullies for playing chess with son
Times Mirror Now - 19th July 2017
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Cricketer Irfan Pathan trolled on Facebook
Times Mirror Now - 18th July 2017
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Beware! Card skimming frauds are waiting to prey on you
Times Mirror Now - 27th June 2017
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Mumbai Increase In Online Fraud
Zee 24 Taas - 05th June 2017
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Press Articles ( 
- As seen in newspaper | 
- Link to online article )
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The bully behind the screen
- The New Indian Express - 30th May 2018
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Impact of discrimination on children at formative age
- The New Indian Express - 15th April 2018
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Effects of Cyber Bullying
- Times of India, Indore - 8th April 2018
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Role of Social Media in rise of Eating Disorders amongst teens
- New Indian Express - 12th March 2018
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Reclaim your throne
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- Mumbai Mirror - 13th September 2017
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Psyche of Online Trolls
- The New Indian Express - 10th September 2017
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CYBERCRIME Am I Even A Real Victim?
- Legal Era, Page 46, 47 & 48 - September 2017 Edition
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Pandemic in India can become the victim of online suicide game, know how
- Naidunia - 4th August 2017
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He was a happy child, always seen cracking jokes
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- Mid Day - 3rd August 2017
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Parents of minor who jumped to death deny links to 'Blue Whale' challenge
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- DNA, Page 3 - 2nd August 2017
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Andheri teen's leap to death: CM orders probe
- Times of India - 2nd August 2017
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Psychologists put on cyber coats to rescue people caught in a 'web'
- Times Of India, Page 2 - 19th May 2017
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Difference between digital and real personality affecting relationships
- Bombay Times, Page 3 - 24th March 2017
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Bullies find a hiding place on social media
- Hindustan Times - 20th March 2017
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Relationships in digital age
- Bombay Times - 11th March 2017
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Digital Hoarding - When it becomes a problem?
- Bombay Times - 06th March 2017
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Mental pressures and self-harm in young people
- Loksatta – Viva - 3rd June 2016
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What’s your relationship status on Facebook?
- Mumbai Mirror - 18th August 2015
Speaker
- Data Usage to Data Protection
- Panel discussion at Chetana's Institute of Management & Research during their annual event “ELIXIR 2018: Data reach or breach”
24th September 2018 - Cyber Safety & Security - Awareness sessions
- Conducted workshops @ Podar International School, Nerul for children, parents and teachers
24-25th August 2018 - Cyber Safety & Security - Awareness sessions
- Conducted back to back awareness sessions on “Cyber Safety & Security for children & Parents of Nath Valley School, Aurangabad
7th July 2018 - Honoured as Vice Chairperson - Women in Safety & Security
- of India's premier and not for profit organisation, FSAI, which is commited to enhance the safety and security of women in India.
6th July 2018 - Workshop on Cyber Crimes and Internet Addiction
- 2 Days at “Cyber Security in IOT” Training Programme. Panel Discussion and a workshop on Internet Addiction & Cyber Criminology
4-5th July 2018 - Women's Safety & Security
- Invited as a Panelist at SECURISK 2018 - conference, organised by Bank of India
13th February 2018 - Cyber Bullying
- Awareness Workshop on Cyber Bullying - Educated & Sensitised young students of Ecole Mondiale World School, Juhu
10th February 2018 - Should eTextbooks replace Text books? & Improving students classroom engagements through technology
- Invited as a panelist at "TechNext India 2018 - Annual-Academia Conference & Awards" at IIT Powai, Mumbai
10-11th February 2018 - How should investigators deal with victims of online harassment?
- Invited as a Panelist at first ever Cyber Frauds, Investigations and Forensics Conference (Cyber FIF- C) organised by Computer Society of India (CSI) - Mumbai Chapter
11-12th January 2018 - Cyber Bullying & Safety
- Session for children at Abeda Inamdar Jr. College and “S M Choksey College, Pune
8th January 2018 - Talk on Highlighting the Indian Scenario of Cyber Bullying at The National Cyber Psychology Conference
- Guest speaker at The National Cyber Psychology Conference held at Welingkar College
20th January 2017 - "Cyber Bullying - effects, prevention and intervention strategies"
- Workshop for teachers & staff at Jamnabai Narsee School(JNS) ICSE and Jamnabai Narsee International School (JNIS) IB
30th November 2017 - Psychological Implications & Interventions of Cyber Bullying & other Crimes
- Conducted Training Program over 2 days & 4 batches for about 350 teachers from varous schools of Pune - The next step of "#wefightcc" an initiative by Pune Police.
27-28th November 2017 - Psychological implications and interventions in dealing with CyberCrime
- Panel discussion at Conference on CyberSecurity at Pune, organised by Pune Cyber Police
11th November 2017 - Cyber Safety
- Awareness workshop for students at Arya Vidya Mandir School, Bandra West & East
September 2017 - Causes & Effects of Social Networking
- Talk for Parents at Arya Vidya Mandir School, Bandra West & East
August 2017 - Blue Whale Challenge
- Awareness talk for students & parents at MET Rishikul Vidyalaya, Bandra west
July-August 2017 - Cyber Bullying - The Rising Threat in the Cyber Space
- Awareness workshop at Arya Vidya Mandir School, Juhu
16th December 2016 - Careers in Psychology
- Talk at Lilavatibai Podar High School, Santacruz (West)
September 2016 - Effect of Digital Games on Human Brain
- Talk at Computer Society of India (CSI), Mumbai
August 2016 - Identity Management in cyberspace
- Speaker at Institute of Behavioural Science, Gujarat Forensic Sciences University for the Cyber Psychology Seminar
February 2015 - Protection of Children from Online Sexual Abuse
- Published in a Special Edition Booklet by National Crime Agency, UK and Rotary Club, Pune
February 2015 - Innovation & Boundaries of Privacy: How rules & regulations are catching up?
- Panel of speakers on NASSCOM’s Data Security Councils of India for its Annual Information Security Summit
December 2014
Workshops Conducted
- Stress and Anxiety Management
- Effect of Digital Games on Human Brain
- Bullying in the Cyberspace – For teens & young adults
- Parenting equations - For parents & individuals
- Parenting in digital age – Strategies & Prevention
- Career guidance – Conventional & New Age careers
- Cyber etiquettes – For teens & young adults
- Anti-bullying campaigns (ABC) for various schools
– Short plays to communicate effects & actions against Cyber bullying & physical bullying