Samriddhi’, the first in a series of workshops exclusively for women employees of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) was inaugurated by Madhury Menon, GM I/c (P & A) at Bhilai Manage-ment Development Centre (BMDC) on June 25, 2016.
The ‘Samriddhi’ workshops will be organised at BMDC/HRD for women who are Executives, Non-Executives, Trainees and Contractual employees from June 2016 to March 2017, a BSP press release informed .
The objective of the half-day workshop, to be conducted every month will be to create awareness on different topics like Health & Hygiene, Safety, facing obstacles and challenges, maintaining work-life balance, lifestyle management, dealing with difficult relationships/ special children, stress management, financial terms for non-Finance persons, Emotional intelligence, ways to deal with women harassment etc.
The inaugural workshop began with a welcome address by Preeti Bhatnagar AGM (BE). An inspirational video on women as Trensdsetters – part of a campaign by Myntra.com was shown.
Chief Guest Madhury Menon, GM I/c (P & A), in her inaugural address said that men and women co-exist. They are like two wheels of the chariot who move forward together.
She stated that she has learnt life’s lessons by observing people. lessons are strewn all around us and we need to enrich ourselves with them. We all get opportunities and it is upto us what we make out of it.
We must acquire our own judgment and define success in our own terms. She said that children must be taught to take decisions from an early age. She also delved on the importance of managing time. We must compete with men on healthy grounds and avoid conflict at the workplace, she added.
The first session on ‘Mind-Body Soul connection’ by Dr Sangeeta Kamra, Sr. Dy. Dir (M & HS) comprised of a thought-provoking discussion on the domestic-workplace tussle, common stressors and ways to cope with it, types of stresses and ways our body deals with stress.
She elaborated on the connect between mind and body where it is directly connected with the nerves and indirectly with the endocrine secretions.
Kamra stated that our attitude towards an illness – our thoughts, emotions and beliefs have a major impact on physical health.
She talked about the concept of having one’s own identity and loving oneself. With the power of intention, you can lead your life, she added.
The second session was conducted by Prateek Deshlahra, AM (Finance) on Financial independence for women. In a systematic manner, he talked about gathering financial information, identifying financial goals and issues, preparing a financial plan and reviewing and revising the plan.
He talked about investment options, insurance benefits, subsidies for women in different areas like entrepreneurship, home loans and registration of property in the name of women.
Deshlahra also gave tips on keeping track of monthly expenses, having a household budget and investing in savings and liquid assets. This was followed by a vibrant interactive Q & A session with the audience.
The programme was organised under the guidance of S Dubey, DGM I/c (HRD) with the support of Girish Kumar, DGM (HRD), lalit Popat, DM (HRD) BMDC and S B Patel, AM (HRD) BMDC.
The programme was conducted by Aparna Chandra, DM (HRD) BMDC.
Eminent speakers who have established their identities in their specialised areas like Banking, Medicine, Environment, law, Police services, Education, Scientists etc. will be invited in future sessions of Samriddhi to give a talk and interact with the audience.