On the occasion of International Women’s Day the two-day Mahila Sammelan and Employment fair for women started in capital Raipur on Friday at the Government Science College. lata Usendi, Minister Women and Child Development Department was especially present on the occasion.
large number of women of all age groups reached the venue to participate in the event. Hundreds of applications were submitted by job aspirants at the stalls installed by various private companies for about 700 posts including insurance agents, sales officer, development manager, unit manager, service engineer, probationary business associates, advisors and many more.
The stalls providing legal advices over matter like domestic violence also received large number of women visitors.
International Trainer and Author Dr Ujjwal Patni also motivated the participants through his encouraging speech. Citing the examples of Indian origin astronaut Kalpana Chawla and IPS officer Kiran Bedi Dr Patni said that these women respected themselves enough and thus achieved so outstandingly. He further said that women can be far more responsible and trustworthy than men.
Dr Patni suggested self-talk for 10 minutes before the final sleeps at the end of day. This would essentially provide them time for self-evaluation and course correction in an otherwise hyper busy life of modern times.
Chhattisgarh Assembly Speaker Dharamlal Kaushik, Women and Child Development Minister lata Usendi, Jilla Panchayat President lakshmi Verma, Raipur Municipal Corporation Speaker Sanjay Srivastava, Chhattisgarh Women Welfare Board Chairman Channi Verma and others were also present on the occasion.