Mrs. Rashmi Chowdhary, Additional Secretary, Dept. of Personnel & Training, Govt. of India, gave a talk on the occasion of the Institute celebrating the International Women's Day, on 08 March 2022.
On the occasion of International Women’s Day (08 March), IIM Visakhapatnam hosted Ms Rashmi Chowdhary, Additional Secretary, Dept. of Personnel & Training, GoI as the Chief Guest. In her insightful address, she traced the history of International Women’s Day and discussed the importance of gender diversity in all walks of life. She spoke about how maintaining diversity at workplace offers better and conducive environment. She stressed on ensuring gender parity for the less-privileged women and emphasized on the active role that men must play towards better gender inclusiveness.
Speaking on the occasion, the Director of the Institute, Prof. Chandrashekhar spoke about women’s contribution in the society and the significance of celebrating Women’s Day. He highlighted the concrete steps that the Institute has been taking to ensure gender diversity. He also referred to the Nari Shakthi Puraskar Awards of the GoI, the highest civilian honour conferred on women, that recognize and reward women who are game-changers, making positive contribution to the empowerment of women. He stated that the Institute would be drawing upon the achievements and innovations of women, in the classroom discussions.
Prof. Neena Pandey, Coordinator (Administration) introduced the Chief Guest and made introductory remarks.
In his concluding remarks, Prof. Amit B Chakrabarti Coordinator (Academics & Research) congratulated all the women of the IIMV family and expressed gratitude to Ms. Chowdhary for her thought-provoking talk.
Professors Bishakha Majumdar, Anuradha and M S Jawed shared their ideas on lending strength to the efforts and voice of women, be it at home or at work.
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