To create an environment that will help women realize their full potential and achieve self-actualization.
To build a gender sensitive and inclusive campus
To sensitize students towards the special needs of all genders.
To develop optimum physical and mental health of students and staff.
To provide insights about different kinds of violence: sexual, physical and mental and to further equip them with the knowledge and strength to fight against them.
Composition
Dr Asha Menon
(Principal)
Dr Rekha Randive
(Co-ordinator)
Mr. Shailesh Nayak
(Registrar)
Dr Madhumita Bandyopadhyay
(Teacher, Member)
Dr Shobha Bharat
(Teacher, Member)
Dr Vinod Zalte
(Teacher, Member)
Dr. Nimisha Kambli
(Teacher, Member)
Adv. Manjiri Kulkarni
(Advocate, Member)
Ms. Meenakshi Kondary
(Non-Teaching Staff, Member)
Activities Conducted in the year 2021-24
Women Development cell organized following series of webinars on Indian Feminism Through the Ages
Webinar 1
Date: 23rd December 2021
Inaugural address by Honorable Vice-Chancellor Professor Ujwala Chakradev.
Keynote address on the topic Herstory of Feminism by eminent speaker: Prof. Vibhuti Patel.
Inaugural address by Honorable Vice-Chancellor Professor Ujwala Chakradev.
Keynote address on the topic Herstory of Feminism by eminent speaker: Prof. Vibhuti Patel.
Webinar 2
Date: January 10, 2021
Topic: Expressions of Feminism in Therigatha – Poems by Buddhist Nuns
Resource Person: Dr Uma Chakravarti
Topic: Expressions of Feminism in Therigatha – Poems by Buddhist Nuns
Resource Person: Dr Uma Chakravarti
Webinar 3
Date: February 09, 2022
Topic: Indian Feminism through Women’s Movement Songs
Resource Person: Dr Lata Pratibha Madhukar
Topic: Indian Feminism through Women’s Movement Songs
Resource Person: Dr Lata Pratibha Madhukar
Webinar 4
Date: February 16, 2022
Topic: In Search of our Past: Roots of Feminist Consciousness among the women in Bhakti movement
Resource Person: Dr Anagha Tambe
Topic: In Search of our Past: Roots of Feminist Consciousness among the women in Bhakti movement
Resource Person: Dr Anagha Tambe
Webinar 5
Date: February 19, 2022
Topic: Stree Purush Tulana: Life and Times of a Feminist Text
Resource Person: Dr Sneha Gole
Topic: Stree Purush Tulana: Life and Times of a Feminist Text
Resource Person: Dr Sneha Gole
Webinar 6
Date: February 22, 2022
Topic: Ismat Chughtai’s Feminist Perspective on literature and Activism
Resource Person: Dr Arvinder Ansari
Topic: Ismat Chughtai’s Feminist Perspective on literature and Activism
Resource Person: Dr Arvinder Ansari
Webinar 7
Date: February 28, 2022
Topic: Public Spaces and a politics of gendered visibility in 21st century India
Resource Person: Dr Shilpa Phadke
Topic: Public Spaces and a politics of gendered visibility in 21st century India
Resource Person: Dr Shilpa Phadke
Webinar 8
Date: March 8, 2022
Topic: Women Rights and Legal Advocacy in India
Resource person: Adv. Flavia Agnes
Topic: Women Rights and Legal Advocacy in India
Resource person: Adv. Flavia Agnes
Valedictory session
Date: March 8, 2022
Resource Person: Prof. Sonali Rode, Joint Director Higher Education, Mumbai
Resource Person: Prof. Sonali Rode, Joint Director Higher Education, Mumbai
Webinar 9
Date: March 8, 2022
Date: October 14, 2023
Topic: Webinar on Awareness of Breast Cancer
Resource Person: Dr. Ravindra Deshmukh
Date: October 14, 2023
Topic: Webinar on Awareness of Breast Cancer
Resource Person: Dr. Ravindra Deshmukh
Webinar 10
Date: March 8, 2024
Topic: Webinar on 'Legacy of Women's Movement: Oral History
Resource Person: Dr. Lata Pratibha Madhukar
Topic: Webinar on 'Legacy of Women's Movement: Oral History
Resource Person: Dr. Lata Pratibha Madhukar