The International Women’s Day was celebrated at the Central University of Orissa, Koraput at Sunabeda.
Prof Sheela Prashad of Centre for Regional Studies, University of Hyderabad, delivered a special lecture on “Women of the Millennium: Challenges and Opportunities” as chief speaker.
CUO VC Prof Sachidananda Mohanty inaugurated the programme and delivered the inaugural address as the chief guest. Prof Prashad talked about the history of women’s agitation for creating a personal space in today’s society and cited many issues related to day to day problems of the women such as security, career, gender in-equality and sex ration.
Prof Mohanty in his lecture cited the importance of consciousness raising and individual will to respect women. He also talked about many women writers like Sarla Devi, Bidyut Prabha Devi and Prabhati Rai. He urged the students to work towards creating consciousness raising on gender equality.
Prizes were distributed among winners of essay competition in English, Odia and Hindi and Rongoli competition organised to celebrate the day.