On International Women’s Day Women Development Cell of The S.I.A. College of Higher Education is organized a session on "Financial Independence for Every Women”.
Following topics were covered in the session:
Purpose of this session was to create awareness among students about various investment options available for them, benefit of starting early investment and financial planning for their future.
Mr Chetan Gaikwad who is a corporate trainer was the resource person for session.
Mr. Chetan guided them how early investment in mutual fund and SIP is going to benefit them in the long run. It was an interactive session.
Total of 113 Students were present for the session out of which 81 were girls and 32 were boys.
Women Development Cell in Association with Anubhuti Trust organized workshop for teachers on the "Mental Health and POSH Act 2013 from the perspective of Gender Understanding” on 10th January, 2023 from 11am to 1 pm.
Resource person of the workshop was Deepa Pawar who has been working with deprived youth and she is the founder president of Anubhuti, a feminist organization working to build socio-political leadership of youth towards a more just, equitable and democratic society.
The purpose of the workshop was to make aware the staff about POSH Act 2013 and the working Internal complaints Committee.
POSH Act provide protection against sexual harassment of women at workplace and for the prevention and redressal of complaints of sexual harassment and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Topics covered in the workshop were very useful to teachers to contribute to a mentally and physically safe working environment for themselves as well as their students.
It was a very interactive and meaningful workshop. The workshop ended with a vote of thanks.
A total of 30 teachers attended the workshop.
Women Development Cell of the college celebrated birth anniversary of "Savitribai Phule” on 3rd January, 2023 by showing a small documentary to the students, on the life and contribution done by Savitribai Phule in the field of education.
The purpose of showing documentary to the students was to make the youth aware about the efforts take by Savitribai Phule improving women’s rights and education.
Total of 309 Students were present out of which 191 were girls and 118 were boys.
A session on "Human Rights” was organized by Women Development Cell on 10th December, 2022 from 9 am to 10 am for the students. The speaker for the event was Advocate Himani Karandikar.
The purpose of the session was to create awareness among students regarding the concept of human rights and various laws pertaining to it.
Mrs. Himani Karandikar, the speaker of the session, is an advocate by profession. She has been practicing in many courts in Mumbai including Bombay High Court. She is a panel advocate in TJSB Bank and handles civil matters related to property, banking, consumer, human rights, domestic, company matters etc. and criminal matters like cheque bounce and cyber crimes.
The session started with the introduction of speaker Mrs. Babita Nagdev.
Advocate Himani first explained the concept of human rights in detail. She stated that they are essential and fundamental rights irrespective of religion, caste and community. Some of the rights are Right to Equality, Right to Life, Right to Justice, Right to get heard and Right to live in safe space. She also talked about NHRC, a government body which works for people whose rights are violated. The speaker gave many interesting examples of Public Litigation cases. It was a very interactive session.
A total of 117students participated in the session out of which were 50 male participants & 67 were female participants.
Women Development Cell of the college celebrates Constitution Day on 26th November, 2022 by showing a video on "Indian Constitution” to the students.
The purpose of the celebrating Constitution Day was to inculcate constitutional values among students.
November 26 is observed as Constitution Day or ‘Samvidhan Diwas’ every year, which commemorates the adoption of the Constitution of India. On November 26, 1949, the Constitution was adopted and it came into effect on January 26, 1950.
Students were shown video on the history of Constitution of India. Video contains certain basic details about the Constitution like the Constitution of India is the foundational law laying down the basic political structure of India: a Parliamentary Democracy and a Republic with a Federal Structure. It defines the 3 organs of the Republic of India: the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary and clearly defines their power as well as demarcates their responsibilities
A total of 377 students participated in the session out of which were144 male participants & were 233 female participants.
Women Development Cell of the college organizes "Mann Mela” – Mental Health Fair for students in association with Anubhuti Trust.
Anubhuti is internationally recognized for its work on Youth Mental Health.
The purpose of the fair was to create awareness among students regarding the concept of mental health and various issues pertaining to it.
"Man Mela” fair consist of games, quizzes, songs and other attractive stalls through which the sensitive topic of mental health is introduced to the students.
The fair arranged through games, quizzes and stalls help students to understand the seriousness of mental health which is usually consider as taboo in our society.
This unique module which uses youth-friendly mediums such as games to help them open up about the topic in a simple manner, and also provide them with coping strategies. In case of any cases that are identified during the program, counselling is also offered.
Students found this Mental health fair very helpful and loved how creatively they convey the importance of mental health.
A total of 118 students participated in the session out of which 54 were male participants & 64 were female participants.:
Women Development Cell organized an essay writing and Poster/ Sketch making competition on "Gender equality and women empowerment” on 27th August, 2022.
Students were given the following topic of Essay:
Topics for poster or sketch making:
Students were supposed to write Essay in Hindi, Marathi or English language.
The purpose of this essay writing and poster making competition was to provide an opportunity to youth to express their views on gender equity and women empowerment through their essays and creative posters.
A total of 61 students participated in the essay writing competition out of which 3 were male and 58 were female students.
Rutuja Ramesh, Lvanya Shettigar and Chaitanya Swami were the winners of Essay writing competition.
A total of Poster/ Sketch was received from students, of Which were female participants and was male participant.
Nikita Verma, Jyotsna Patil and Anjali Acharya were the winners of Poster/ Sketch making competition.
Date: 22nd August 2022
The WDC of The S.I.A. College of Higher Education organized a session on "Rights of Women” by the Resource Person Advocate Kranti Rothe on 22nd August 2022 at 11 AM at the College auditorium. The Resource Person was introduced by Mrs. S. Sai Sree.
The chief guest started the session by delivering the laws regarding to protection of women such as section 354, section 498. She explained various terms as follows:
She addresses dowry prohibition act by a beautiful short poem which has explained all the terms and problems faced by a women due to dowry. The session was very energetic and motivating. Everyone has enjoyed and learned many important terms and hopefully we all will be able to apply this terms in our day to day life. The session was concluded by thanking to our chief guest.
The session was attended by 98 male and 58 female students. The total attendees are 156 students
Date: 10th August, 2022
A talk on the "Little Canvas of Self: Let’s Be colourful and Mindful” organized by Women Development Cell on 10th August, 2022.
Resource person for the session was Psychologist Mrs. Radhika Bhosale who is working as a counsellor for SIA college of Higher education.
The purpose of the session was to create awareness among students regarding the concept of mental health and various issues pertaining to it.
The session began with a formal introduction of the resource person, Mrs. Radhika Bhosale.
The attention of all students was soon grabbed by Radhika Bhosale with relatable and out-of-the-box activities. Madam talked about various mental health issues faced by teenagers at the present time. The interactive discussion on importance and prioritisation of mental health continued further elaborately. Mrs. Radhika made excellent use of concept charts and props to demonstrate various aspects of self-worth, confidence and mental focus
It was a very interactive session. The session ended with a vote of thanks. The session turned out to be fruitful and the purpose behind conducting the session was served well.
A total of 94 students participated in the session out of which 28 were male participants & 66 were female participants.
Date: 23/07/2022
A session on "Protection of Women Under Domestic Violence Act 2005” was organized by Women Development Cell in collaboration with Dombivli Mahila Mahasangh on 23rd July, 2022 at10 am students. The speaker for the event was Advocate Trupti Patil.
The purpose of the session was to create awareness among students regarding the concept of domestic violence and various laws pertaining to it.
Ms. Trupti, the speaker of the session, is an advocate by profession. She is also a POSH consultant and has worked for many poor jail inmates. She is a legal advisor for many police stations in and around Dombivli region.
The session started with the introduction of speaker by Mrs. Babita Nagdev.
Ms. Trupti first explained the concept of domestic violence in detail. She stated that domestic violence includes not only physical harassment but also mental torture, sexual and emotional harassment. Madam talked about various laws of Domestic Violence Prevention Act 2005. She guided the students to take up their cases through Protection officers, who sit in Municipal corporation offices, instead of going to police stations. She explained about Section 498-A IPC and explained the importance of Legal aid committees and Vidhi seva samiti.
It was a very interactive session. Students asked questions and doubts were cleared by Advocate Trupti about Domestic Violence Prevention Act 2005.
A total of 104 students participated in the session out of which 39 were male participants & 65 were female participants.
