World becomes more digitally sophisticated with the present technological environment. Being a part of e-world, we depend upon internet for various purposes. Earlier days, internet was used for research purpose and communication purposes alone. Today, it got extension into the fields like e-business, e-commerce, e-governance and social networking. The increased reliance on cyber space has paved way for a rapid growth in cybercrimes. As the cybercrime rate is day by day, the need for cyber awareness, laws and its applications gather great momentum. This paper tries to find out awareness of Information Technology among the youth of medical undergraduates in Pune. The paper is entitled as “Awareness about Cybercrime among medical undergraduates”. Researchers also investigate youth’s awareness on various sections, familiarity with cybercrimes, cybercrimes offenders and victimized youth. The study found that youth of Pune have a basic level of understanding on Information Technology.

Keywords: Cyberspace; Cybercrime; Cyberattacks; Cyber Law; Information Technology.