Every year International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th.The purpose of the day is to uphold Women’s achievements, recognize challenges and focus greater attention on women’s rights. In accordance with this, The Women Development Cell of NSS training College Ottapalam celebrated Women Empowerment Week from March 1 to March 8. Various competitions like Suggest a name to the women’s cell, Caption to a picture, Poster making, Letter writing to an Inspired woman, Drawing Competitions and Haiku Writing competitions were conducted. In addition to this the Women Development Cell notice board was creatively prepared by the students of each optional subject, which included quotes of world-famous Women, Inspired writings, and creative art works. On March 8, a Programme was conducted in the online platform. The International Women’s Day celebration started with prayer followed by the welcome speech by Dr. Seema Menon K P, Women Development Cell staff coordinator. Our dear Principal Dr. Ampili Aravind Inaugurated the programme and gave the Inaugural address. Women’s Day Message was given by Dr. Beena Philip, the Mayor of Kozhikode district. She Inspiringly talked about the UN theme #Breakthebias and how as a woman we should overcome all the biases and stereotypes around us to move forward. Her words were truly enlightening. Dr. Lekshmi V, Staff Advisor of our college shared her views on Women’s Day. The history and Importance of March 8th was clearly addressed by Sri. Akhil K Sreedhar, Staff Secretary of our college. Mrs. Janani B, Vice Chairperson of our college expressed her felicitations to this programme. MS. Meera Sebastian, Women Development Cell Student coordinator proposed the Vote of Thanks. A Flash mob: NOOPURA was conducted by the M. Ed first years which marked the end of our programme.
