Navrachna University (NUV), celebrated International women’s day on the theme “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”. The celebration was spread over three days period which was a combination of fun, entertainment, contribution from both faculties and students to appreciate women from their life.
A panel discussion on ‘Women’s Safety at Workplace was organized by Women’s Cell of Navrachana University on March 13, 2020 under the aegis of International Women’s Week Celebrations. The eminent panelists were Ms. Megha Tevar – ACP Vadodara Police, Ms. Sonali Mungale – Director, Human Resource, MasterCard, Ms. Smita Nawathe – Advocate and Ms. Pooja Gupta – Founder, PurpleDocs. The opening remarks by Dr. Nilay Yajnik, Provost of Navrachana University, emphasized on the importance of women’s safety in workplace and how it has become a concern. He said, “Educational institutions play a vital role in shaping the individuals and thus, these discussions throw light on how and where we can shape the youth.”
The week started off with the release of curated readings comprising of international/national reports and news articles on 2nd March 2020. This was followed by a film screening and discussion on 3rd March 2020 in which movies like ‘The day after that day’, ‘Ahalya’ and ‘Old Fashioned Love’ were discussed. The third day was celebrated on 04th March 2020, where the event was inaugurated by Ms. Sunanda Ganju, Board member of Sahaj & Balbhavan Society and Smt. Tejal Amin, Chairperson of Navrachana Education society and Dr. Nilay Yagnik, Provost of Navrachana University. The event had exhibition and display which showcased posters made by students of Navrachana University depicting “NUV’s Ideas of Women Empowerment”. Stories by faculties and students about the extraordinary women in their lives were displayed. Various NGO’s working for women empowerment were given a platform to display their products which were made by women. The NGO’s were Srotoshwini Foundation, Vatsalya ,Bhasha and NavKaushalya.