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Tuesday 15 March 2016

Women’s Day at NMAMIT

Women's day was celebrated at NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte for the first time on 8th of March, 2016. The programme commenced with a talk on 'Women Empowerment' by Ms Renu Jayaram, Founder President, POWER (Platform of Women Entrepreneurs Registered), UDUPI.

Later, Prof Shalini K. Sharma, Head, Department of Welfare, Counseling, Training and Placement, addressed the gathering on 'Suggestions for Achieving Full Potential of a Woman towards a Successful Career'.






Meanwhile, women folks also enjoyed the various stalls set up to add some flavor to their normal routines.

Post lunch, a panel comprising of Dr Niranjan N. Chiplunkar, Principal, NMAMIT, Dr Asha Hegde, Prof Shalini K Sharma, Dr Sarojadevi Hande, Dr Sharada Prabhu, Prof Rekha Bhandary,and Dr Uma Shankaran discussed the various issues on 'Achieving Gender Parity'. All the speakers said though there were many changes over a period of time in different aspects / fields, still lot to be done to make gender parity real. It was moderated by Dr. Neelima, Professor of CSE Department.

The event was graced by Dr Asha Hegde, a Pediatrician based in Karkala, spoke on 'Stress Management for Modern Working Women,

The event culminated with a session on Zumba by Ms Shan from Zieus Fitness, Mangaluru. The session saw women across different age groups enthusiastically taking part and tapping their feet to some grooving beats. The day was enthusiastically celebrated by faculty, staff and students of NMAMIT. The event was organized by Prof. Neelima Bayyapu, who is also ACM(Women) chapter faculty in-charge.


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