Women Development Committee

CONVENOR
Prof. Suvarna Udgire(BM)
MEMBERS
Vasu Pahalwan(BM), Sangeeta Kamble, Asmita Parab(Lab-4)

Goals

"Educate a man and you educate an individual. Educate a woman and you educate a family."

VIT’s Women’s Development Cell endeavors to empower women and at creating wider gender sensitivity so as to facilitate a congenial working environment. It’s objective is to create awareness among women employees so that they are not subjected to gender-specific discrimination or sexual harassment and ensure that their fundamental rights (provided by the Constitution of India) are not violated.
The Committee seeks to promote respect for women at the workplace, address feminist issues, identify problems of working women and try to resolve them in a well-negotiated manner. This shall be achieved by way of conducting discussions, seminars, presentations, workshops, film festivals and other activities.

Scope

The following are the scopes that the committee aims to acomplish in every academic year:

• Organize guest lectures to enhance awareness on rights, safety, health care
• Provide a forum for discussion and interaction with eminent ladies
• Coordinate Women’s Day celebrations
• Work with Vidyalankar Volunteering and be involved in activities for “Women Empowerment” in the Community
• Coordinate with NGO’s for and protection of rights

Activities

• Arrange confidential counseling sessions
• Arrange training programs for teaching basic self-defense techniques
• Organize classes for training on recipes, interior decoration
• Organize Seminars on women and Indian culture in matters of dressing, festivals, traditions