Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 21: Two day national seminar organized by Centre for Women’s Studies in collaboration with ICSSR, North Western Regional Centre, Chandigarh, concluded here today.
The valedictory session of the seminar started with an address by Prof Suman Jamwal, the Director of the Centre for Women Studies and also the Director of the seminar. She pointed out how the seminar has been instrumental in generating academic synergy and the scope of collaborative efforts in the areas touching upon the life of women.
Dr Shyam Narayan Lal, the convener of the seminar, presented the summary reports of the deliberations which took place in the last two days of the seminar.
The valedictory address was delivered by Prof Harish Sharma of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. He brought out the pace of change and the dilemma of patriarchy by citing example from the novel written by Bhism Sahni.
Prof Desh Bandhu, the Dean, Academic Affairs, University of Jammu presided over the function. In his presidential address, he spoke about the power of women to change men. He illustrated these points by citing anecdotes from his own life. He also argued for the appreciation of multiple roles that women play at individual, family and social levels. Twinkle from Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi, represented the voice of the delegates.
Earlier, proceedings on the concluding day started with three parallel sessions. The first one was chaired by Dr Rakesh Batbyal, Associate Professor, and Centre for Media Studies, in which fifteen papers on various aspects of gender relation in the context of Jammu were presented.
The second parallel session was chaired by Prof. Dhian Singh Bhau, Director DDE, in which thirteen presentations on Issues and Problems in Gender relations were made.
The third session was chaired by Prof Anita Billawaria, Dean Social Sciences, and University of Jammu in which fourteen papers on diverse themes of women were made.
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