Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 1: Government College for Women, Parade Ground, is going to organize the 2nd J&K Women’s Science Congress next month from October 24 to 26 on the theme “Empowering Women through Science and Technology”.
The grand venture, sponsored by the J&K State Council for Science and Technology and State Department of Science and Technology, is designed to spread the understanding of the need to empower women and involve them effectively in nation building activities tapping their potential.
Leading women scientists will deliver lectures on their contributions. This will help in breaking the myth that still persists that women are less suited to pursue science and encourage more women to pursue the field, said Dr Hemla Aggarwal, Principal of the College and patron of the Congress.
Dr Pragya Khanna, Organizing Secretary of the Congress, enumerated the objectives of the Congress that included advancing and promoting the cause of science in India; the publication of Souvenir, proceedings and more importantly the Directory of Women Scientists of J&K; to bring women scientists of the State all together and instill a sense of pride, confidence and camaraderie amongst them and guide youngsters on to the positions of power and leadership by covering the entire spectrum of Science, Engineering and Technology.
The Congress will include Technical Sessions, Plenary Sessions, Vision Talks, Panel Discussions, Public Lectures, Pride of J&K Expo Children Science Congress and Cultural Programme.
The major thrust areas of the Congress will be Food & Nutrition, Rural Technology, Atmospheric Sciences, Nanotechnology, Agriculture, Green Building Technologies and Alternate Building Materials, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Environment & Forest, Medical Sciences, Climate Change, Space Science and Technology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Transportation, Maternal & Child Health Care, Water Management Technologies for Differently Abled, Science Education for Women etc.
With a view to encourage, popularize and inculcate scientific temper among the children of the State, a science exhibition shall also be organized simultaneously where children from schools will showcase their talents in science and mathematics and their applications in different areas related with the everyday life.
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