A very responsible and women-friendly, women’s Association
(“UNARVU”)
is functioning in the College. Women students and lady teachers
can enroll themselves as members of the forum and from among
them, a committee is elected every year to guide the programmes.
Its mission is to generate awareness among students about
the right & responsibilities of women in the society.
It aims at a healthy and happy-campus where women are not
denied of their rights. Keeping this in view, quite a good
number of programmes have been arranged in the campus under
its guidance.
During last academic year the
Association invited Dr. Neena Joseph Director, Institute
of Management in Government to deliver a talk on another
relevant topic ‘Empowerment of women’, followed
by a successful interactive session. Receiving abundant
co-operation from the girl students the Association arranged
an ‘Onam fair’. Thus the College got a taste
of the entrepreneurial skills of the girls. In order to
make the girl students self reliant & independent the
Association took initiative to start a two wheeler driving
class. The response from the girls was mind-blowing. The
Tailoring & Handicraft unit functioned in full swing
in the last academic year. Many students have so far made
use of this facility. A seminar on “Women in media”
has been planned for the month of June. In addition to tailoring
& driving classes, the Association also plans to conduct
cooking classes for interested students. A self defense
class for girl students is also being planned.
Activities in previous
years:
2008-2009
Dr.Rohini Nair, the first
Asian Paraplane player inaugurated the activities for the
year. A group of students and teachers visited Mahila Mandir
at Chambakkara. A class on "oppoxtamites in ;the field of
Aviation was conducted on 16-12-08 in association with the
Ernakulam Ariatian Accolade may. There was a demonstration
class on Micro wave cooking. Rs.5000 was donated to
Smt.Mallika a financially deprived , deaf and dumb woman of
the locality.
2007-2008
During the Onam celebration
the Association arranged Onam fair stalls in collaboration
with all departments. The Girl studetns were provided with
an opportunity for two wheeler driving class which was
inaugurated by the Principal Yoga classes were also
conducted for the girls students and lady teachers.
Tailoring classes also arranged for gild students. One day
orientation programme on 'Life Guidance' was organized on
19th December. Fr.Joseph Kochuparambil and Mr.Mathew Kottoor
led the session.
2006-2007
The
activities of the year began with Seminar on the topic “Women
in Media” on (19/07/06). The chief speaker
was Dr. Skaria Zacharia Head of the Department, of
Malayalam, Sree Sankara University, Kalady. Tailoring
classes were begun under the banner of Shree Home
Science Unit on 01/08/06. 24 students enrolled
for the 3-month course. Driving classes were
arranged for the girls students, 20 students have taken
license. An Onam Fair was conducted on 31 August
2006 and stalls were put up by the girls of all the 14 departments.
A visit to Sisubhavan was organised and lunch
was sponsored. A State Level Quiz Competition “Self
In Search: Woman and the Changing World”was organised
on 14 November 2006 along with the Quiz Club.
Women’s
Day
was celebrated in the college on 5 February 2007 in association
with the College Union. The chief guest of the day was the
renowned journalist Ms. Leela Menon.
On 22-10-01 a talk on ‘Gender
Sensitization ’by Prof. Monamma Kokkad
was organized. Another talk on ‘women& Health’
was also organized in the same year. On 31-12-2002 member
of women’s commission, Smt M. C. Josephine
delivered a speech on ‘Empowerment of Women’.
In 2003 Prof. Meenakshi Thampan talked about women
& society and in the same year itself, a tailoring unit
for the girl students was started. Response from the students
was really good. A Legal Awareness programme by Kerala Legal
Service Authority was organized in the year 2004. A demonstration
class for girls on self defense was also arranged by the
association in the same year.
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