About EpochZero Learn
A learning platform started on a campus and opened to anyone who wants to use it.
The notes existed, the videos were recorded, and the MCQ banks were built. It made more sense to put them online than to keep them in a shared folder. What started as material for a single class is now open to anyone who wants to use it.
Why this exists
There are plenty of cybersecurity courses online. Most cost money. Some are good. But there was no single place where reverse engineering, cloud security, and research methodology content sat side by side, structured the way we actually teach it, with videos and articles and tests all connected to the same topic.
The platform follows the UGC 4-Quadrant model from NEP 2020. Every topic has four layers: a video lecture (Q1), a written article (Q2), external references and downloadable resources (Q3), and an MCQ assessment (Q4). That structure is why the content here doesn't feel like isolated YouTube uploads or scattered PDFs. Each piece knows where it belongs.
Reading and watching only gets you so far, so alongside the courses there's a growing set of practice tools under EZ Arena: gamified challenges and games designed to make the learning stick. That includes ML scoring challenges, crossword puzzles built from course vocabulary, a digital hygiene self-check (DISHA), a cyber awareness assessment (SAJAG), a practice session with an AI posing as a scammer so you can recognise real fraud before it catches you off guard (ABHYAS), and live quizzes for classroom sessions. Most of it takes a few minutes and asks for nothing more than an email address.
Enrolled students use it as part of their coursework. Everyone else can access articles, videos, podcasts, resources, and MCQ tests with no account and no payment. If you pass a test, you get a PDF certificate with a unique ID and a public verification URL. That's the whole deal.
What this platform is not
The certificates here are not institutional academic credentials. They are records of passing a publicly available assessment. They do not represent any university or government body. Each one carries a verification link so anyone can check it directly. The assessment tested what it says it tested.
CTF events, proctored exams, and instructor-led activities are for enrolled students. Everything else is open.
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The person behind it
Academic Lead and Platform Founder
Ashish Revar teaches Reverse Engineering, Malware Analysis, Cloud Security, Cryptography, and Web Development at SITAICS, Rashtriya Raksha University, a Central Government institution in Gandhinagar. He has been teaching and working in applied cybersecurity for over fifteen years.
His research focuses on machine learning approaches to malware detection, specifically building automatic YARA rule generation systems for cloud malware. The work sits at the intersection of static analysis, ML classification, and cloud security forensics.
Campus
Student clubs
Four student clubs run through EpochZero. Their events are documented here and the results are public.
Runs CTF competitions and malware analysis labs. REMA CTF 2.0 had over 70 participants and 300+ registrations.
Organises hackathons, project sprints, and cloud deployment workshops.
Promotes Hindi on campus under India’s Official Languages Policy, through the Hindi Crossword events, publications, and outreach.
Runs cyber safety awareness programmes in schools, residential societies, and government offices. Activities include digital hygiene drives, Nukkad Natak (street theatre), and public education sessions on fraud and online safety. Aligned with Cyber Surakshit Bharat, Swachh Bharat, and NEP 2020 extension activity requirements.