To boost up self-confidence among girls and women and prepare them to fight back, a 12-day self-defence training camp was inaugurated at the Women’s Degree College here on Wednesday. Inaugurating the camp, which was presided over by college Principal Dr Rina Sahu, Gajapati SP Sarah Sharma gave mantras to the girls on self-defence as many unsavoury incidents are happening with young girls and women.
As many as 120 girls in different phases would attend the self-defence camp. Sumita Panda, S Madhuri Dixit and Pritirani Nayak are imparting training to the participants.
Among others, SKCG Autonomous College Self-Defence Training Coordinator Sunanda Patnaik and Women’s Degree College Self-Defence Training Coordinator Soudamini Panda were present.