National Girl Child Day Celebration at Dronacharya College of Engineering
National Girl Child Day
24th January 2020
NSS WING of Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurugram, Best Engineering College in Delhi NCR celebrated National Girl Child Day on 24th January 2020 to raise awareness about the rights of girls and to highlight the inequalities that they face in their lives.
The day was celebrated with the theme of 'Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow'.
The day started with welcome speech by Prof. Dr. B.M.K.Prasad, Principal Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurugram. He discussed some of the grave issues present in our society, such as, female feticide, Sex ratio, women empowerment, etc.
Then NSS Volunteers and coordinators went to nearby village Khurmpur for various programs including awareness campaigns on “Save the girl child”, “child sex ratios”, and “creating a healthy and safe environment for a girl child”. Poster making competition was also organized for students. Students participated with a lot of enthusiasm.