A national webinar on ‘Navigating career and economic inequality: Challenges in women empowerment’ was organised at the Central University of Odisha on December 30 by the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of the university.
Vice- Chancellor Prof Sharat Kumar Palita inaugurated the webinar and spoke about the role of women in poverty eradication and overall economic growth of the country.
Founder Director, Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad Prof Meena Hariharan; Director, Centre of Excellence, Gopabandhu Academy of Administration, Bhubaneswar DrShashank Grahacharjya; Department of Sociology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar Prof Navaneeta Rath; Dr MK Lodi, Adjunct Professor, Centre for Management Studies (CMS), Jain Deemed-to-be University, Bangalore and Chairperson, Mahila Adhikar Abhiyaan, Bhubaneswar Namrata Chadha spoke on the occasion as the resource persons.
Dr. Rudrani Mohanty, member ICC, CUO, Dr Nupur Pattanaik, Faculty, Department of Sociology, Pabisha Chattopadhyay, Faculty, Department of Business Administration, Dr Anindita Nayak, Faculty, Department of Anthropology and Dr Anjali Dash, Faculty, Department of Economics introduced the guests respectively.
District Child Protection Officer, Koraput Rajashree Das was also present on the occasion.
Member, ICC, CUO Dr Meera Swain summed up the proceedings of the webinar. Talat Jahan Begum, Faculty Member, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication provided her feedback of the webinar. Dr Sony Parhi, Faculty Member, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication proposed the vote of thanks.
Dr.Kakoli Banerjee, Presiding Officer, ICC, CUO chaired the proceedings of the webinar. She discussed the role and importance of ICC towards generating awareness on gender equality at workplaces and thanked the National Commission for Women for sponsoring the programme.