Stand up for your rights and be part of India’s growth story, women said at the EBG Socio-Innovation Summit in Coimbatore

Stay away from gender stereotypes, break the glass ceiling, be assertive about rights, take part in India’s growth story with renewed vigor… These were among the takeaways for the student community, and especially female students, at the first EBG Socio-Innovation Summit. An event was held at Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Sciences on Saturday, involving other leading higher education institutions in Coimbatore.

The summit on ‘Empowering Women, Enriching Society’, organized by EBG Foundation under the chairmanship of Anna University’s leading academician and former vice-chancellor E. Balagurusamy, witnessed distinguished personalities who exposed the factors hindering the economic, political, social, educational and social development of women. Digital empowerment in post-independence India.

Former Chief Justice of India and former Governor of Kerala, Justice P. Sathasivam, in his message delivered in absentia, encouraged the student community to take center stage and create a transformation through financial independence, women empowerment in business, arts and culture. and digital competence through community support and networking. Creating an inclusive and equitable society ensures women’s participation in education and skills development, and men’s support through sharing parental responsibility and mentoring women in taking advantage of opportunities. The former Chief Justice said gender equality was a key component of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, emphasizing the importance of open dialogues to change stereotypes.

Emphasizing the rectification of inherited dynamics in domestic relations as the starting point for women’s emancipation, B.Thiagarajan, Registrar, IIT Palakkad, sought to warn the student community not to accept ill-conceived notions of women’s subordination entrenched in the narratives of some women. from movie scripts.

P. Alli Rani, Director of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International School of Textiles and Management, said that women need to be assertive about their rights and rewrite the globally prevalent paradigm that places them in a subordinate position.

Elaborating on case patterns for couples’ separation, Advocate and Speaker KS Sumathi, in her opening remarks, highlighted the need for women to introspect to remain financially and socially independent after marriage; Thus, it would be possible for women to overcome the difficulties they may face. It occurs in family relationships.

Prof. Balagurusamy said the aim behind the summit is the idea of ​​socio-economic development of India through creativity and innovation reflecting growth in exports of products and services, in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of transforming the country into a developed country by 2047. .

Venkatraman Anand, former Full-Time Director of Harrisons Malayalam, observed that the innate potential of women in financial management and crisis management is not being realised. Ltd emphasized skill development as the foundation of women empowerment. He stated that innovation actually means doing things differently, not out of the ordinary.

Karpagam University Rector K. Ramasamy and Sri Krishna Institutions CEO K. Sundararaman also spoke at the opening session.

The first plenary session, chaired by New Delhi Public Policy Representative Vineeta Hariharan, was attended by Swathy Rohit COO, SNR Sons Charitable Trust, Chairman Vinu Aram, Shanti Ashram and former Inspector General of Police A. Pari. ICCC Regional President A. Natarajan chaired the second session, where Roots Industries Director Kavidasan and India Women Entrepreneurs Founder Mahalakshmi Saravanan were speakers.

A hackathon named ‘Indian Coding Challenge Festival 2024’ was organized to achieve student-focused technological solutions for women’s economic empowerment, safety, access to education and social welfare.

This year’s EBG Socio-Innovation Award was awarded to Arunachalam Muruganantham, known as ‘India’s Pad Man’, for revolutionizing low-cost sanitary pads.

The award was presented by V. Geethalakshmi, Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, in the presence of R. Sundar, Joint Managing Trustee of SNR Sons Charitable Trust, at the graduation session.

The program included participation of Karpagam University, Adithya Group of Institutions, KPR Institutions, Sri Krishna Institutions, KSR Institutions, PSG Institutions, UIT Institutions and Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science.