A two-day national conference at BSS College has created a benchmark in the field of education for being one of the most pioneer and progressive academic institutions in promoting societal welfare and social causes. The conference sponsored by UGC witnessed the culmination of a unique and empowering forum, which not only churned issues related to gender inequality, but also discussed practical measures to ensure equal participation in economy leading towards empowerment and global competence.
The inaugural session on Monday witnessed three sessions- one inaugural and two technical sessions chaired by eminent panels of speakers and experts from various fields. The session was chaired by Kalpana Shrivastava with Neel Kamal Kapoor presenting the keynote. They emphasised on the real empowerment of women through education and ICT. The first technical session was chaired by JK Chawla, Academic in-charge of BSSS and expert speakers Shubhra Tripathi and Jagmeet Chawla, who discussed the changing global scenario and the prominent role a woman can play in strengthening India's global position. The second technical session was chaired by Kalpana Shrivastava and expert speakers Verlaxmi Indrakanti and Sushma Sharma of NlIU talked about empowering women through education not only formal but legal too so that she is aware of the various rights the constitution grants her and make herself empowered.
The second day of the conference on Tuesday witnessed two technical sessions third chaired by Savitiri Natarajan founder of Sharda Vidya Mandir with Asma Rizwan, HoD English People's and Tabassum Khan, Dean linguistics in Sri Satya Sai University, Sehore as expert speakers shared their views on gender discrimination as an embedded social, constitutional and cultural practice hindering women empowerment. The fourth technical session on the day two was chaired by educationist Geeta Mukherjee with Mohib Ahmad and Sushila Goyal sharing their expert views on how to defend and ensure women empowerment. Around 45 research papers and articles were presented and shared making the conference a success.