About EpochZero Learn

A learning platform started on a campus and opened to anyone who wants to use it.

This started as teaching material for students at SITAICS, Rashtriya Raksha University. 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.

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 content, cloud security, and web development 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.

Students from SITAICS 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 at SITAICS, RRU. Everything else is open.

Access at a glance

Articles, videos, podcasts
No account needed
Downloadable resources
No account needed
MCQ tests and certificates
Enter email to receive cert
Discussion forum — read
No account needed
Discussion forum — post
RRU institutional email
Proctored exams and CTF events
SITAICS enrolled students
Verify a certificate

The person behind it

Founder and course instructor

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Ashish Revar
Assistant Professor
Computer Science & Cyber Security
SITAICS, Rashtriya Raksha University
Gandhinagar, Gujarat

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.

Outside the university, he delivers specialised cybersecurity training to law-enforcement agencies, government departments, and defence organisations. Past programmes have included Gujarat Police, Nepal Police under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation scheme, SEBI, the Ministry of Home Affairs, and national-level exercises including Bharat NCX.

Role
Assistant Professor, SITAICS, RRU
Research
ML for malware detection; automatic YARA rule generation
Students
B.Tech · M.Sc. (CSDF) · M.Tech · PGD
Training
Gujarat Police · Nepal Police · SEBI · MHA · Bharat NCX

Campus

Student clubs

Three student clubs operate under SITAICS. Their events are documented here and the results are public.

Reverse. Reveal. Respond.
REMA Club

Runs CTF competitions and malware analysis labs. REMA CTF 2.0 had over 70 participants and 300+ registrations.

Build. Deploy. Scale.
Full Stack Dev Club

Organises hackathons, project sprints, and cloud deployment workshops.

Outreach. Awareness. Impact.
Extension Activity
In collaboration with EDLD, RRU

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.