Women Empowerment Cell

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The College has established a Women Empowerment Cell in the college campus to empower and safeguard the rights of female members; faculty, staff and students of the College. The WEC works to promote gender sensitivity in the college and conduct diverse programmes to educate, sensitize both male and female members and produce a harmonious atmosphere on the campus. It works for the welfare of the students and faculty towards preparing them into competent professionals to take up greater challenges in the academic sphere.

Aiming at intellectual and social upliftment of the female students and staff, the cell stands for facilitating women’s empowerment through guest lectures, seminars, awareness programmes and other welfare activities.

The objectives of WEC :

1) Advice – which will be persuasive by giving an option, judgment and recommendation.
2) Guidance – which will be encouraging by showing the way, educating, influencing and constructing good for women.
3) Counselling – a two-way collaborative approach to enable females to explore their problems, understand and resolve their problems. This will be a facilitative approach

Women Empowerment Cell is formed with the following aims:

1) Assist females in achieving full potential in education, career & personal life through academic & intellectual growth and personal empowerment.
2) The cell would work towards changing societal attitudes and community practices through active participation and involvement of both men and women.
3) The cell would facilitate building and strengthening partnerships with civil society, particularly women’s organizations.
4) The cell would facilitate a congenial working environment for women.
5) The cell would facilitate & inspire females for attaining higher education so that the future scope is maximized.
6) The cell would organize awareness programs & camps for the less privileged women in society.
7) The cell would be working towards individual counselling, group counselling and educational guidance
8) The cell would be working towards building self-confidence among girl students by means of guest lectures and workshops.