A seven-day vocational course in stitching, embroidery and in applying mehandi is being held at the Dr Radha Bai Government Naveen Girls College at Mattpara in the city. According to an official Press release issued here on Wednesday, the training course will conclude on May 5. In this course, free training is being imparted to the girls of the college and women from the nearby areas.
According to Dr Aruna Palta, Principal of the college, this course has been started with an objective to make the girl students of the college and women from Mattpara financially self-reliant.
Over 40 trainees are participating in this programme organised by the Home Science Department of the college, under the co-ordination of Professor Dr Nanda Gurwara. The participants Shreya Chouhan, Manisha Chouhan, Maheshwari Dheevar, Durga Yadav, Divya Sharma, Kajal Sharma, Kunti Dheevar are taking part in the Stitching training.
In the Embroidery training; Nidhi Chouhan, Purnima Yadu, Sangeeta Sahu, lata Patel, Sangeeta Tiwari, Nandini Sahu, Shilpa Rajput, Rani Rajput and Madhu Sapha are included, whereas in the Mehandi course; Sangeeta Sahu, Monika Soni, lukeshwari Sahu, Mansi Yadav, Hema Yadav, Divya Sharma, lata Patel, Suman Nirmalkar, Shivangi Bajpai, Rekha Viashnav, Deepali Sriwas and Bhanuja Nayak are taking part in the training.