Women's Day Celebration
1st - 8th March 2023
Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC), Ministry of Education (MoE), Women Development Cell (WDC) and NSS Units Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurugram celebrated “Women’s Day” from 1st – 8th March, 2023. The female faculty members, staff members and girl students of the college attended the programme. The theme of women’s day was DigitAll: Innovation and technology for gender equality. The theme was aligned with the priority theme for the upcoming 67th session of the Commission of the status of women (CSW-67). There were three chief guests for the event:
- Yogita Shukla who is an interdisciplinary professional with the core passion towards scientific research, technology promotion and sustainable living that is very important to build harmony between natural ecosystems for sustainable and healthy living.
- Mukta Girdhar has more than 24 years of imparting education in the field of Disaster Management and GIS. She motivated women to be empowered and excel in multidisciplinary fields.
- Meera Iyer, Founder & Director, Inspired Living and Senior Psychologist. She is also a Child and Adolescent Psychologist with Ph.D. in Cyber psychology. She spoke to women on weaving relationships: Love, Compassion and Assertiveness.
During the entire week celebration, students and faculty members participated in various activities and games. Many technical sessions were also taken by the Chief Guests. Staff members also voluntarily spoke upon many arousing topics related to Women. Work-life balance was one of the important topics on which everyone shared their views. It was an endeavour to acknowledge a woman’s struggles and obstacles on their way to a better life and women security.
Lastly, Program Coordinator Dr. Ashima Mehta thanked the Chief Guests.