About Aishwarya Dongre
An Indian Police Service Officer. She holds domain specific expertise on Combatting cyber crimes against women and children. Ms. Dongre is part of the INTERPOL South Asian Child Trafficking Victim Identification Task Force and was an integral part of the Kerala Police team addressing child sexual abuse. She had the privilege of representing Kerala Police at the National security conference 2023 of the Government of India on Kerala Police’s institutionalized approach in Combating Online Child sexual abuse. She has been accoladed for her sessions for police recruit trainees on Child Sexual Abuse material and police-public perception at Kerala police academy. Ms Aishwarya has authored a research paper : The Perfect Victim- which analyses crime data trends between online and offline child sexual abuse and another research based on Drug Investigation in India. She organized a “Women Security Fair – Uyare,” a one of its kind gathering of district departments to provide a multi-pronged approach to women’s safety and security. Over 3000 women attended the initiative, where attendees discussed cyber security, financial security, employment security, and health and emotional well-being. Ms Dongre set up Kerala’s first Cyber Simulator room in Kochi for protecting children in the online space by exposing them experientially to online cyber crimes. She also Initiated A Cyber Ambassador Project as a District Police head of Thrissur Rural, that made youth leaders as cyber safety ambassadors from different colleges and youth organizations. She believes that technology is here to grow – and as enforcement officers riding the tide is the only way forward. She was one of the 5 participants chosen from India for the prestigious US Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program in 2024 on working in the space of Combating Human Trafficking with Technology.