UGC Sponsored Women’s Studies Centre, established in 2011, conducts activities throughout
the academic year keeping in mind the objective: to be a catalyst for active promotion
of women’s learning through sustained engagements, superior understanding of needs
and knowledge sharing with a feminist perspective. Every year, Women’s Studies Centre
jointly with Women Development Cell, organizes various workshops, seminars, certificate
courses, lectures aimed at concrete skill development and empowerment of girl students.
With more than 60% of our student body being girls, B.K. Birla College sees a lot of
first generation learners. Hence, most activities are aimed at increasing exposure
and putting them on the path towards development.
The Centre conducts activities like The Leadership Programme that encourages the
girl students to take an active role in leading social surveys on issues like Breast
Cancer, Save Our Earth, Child Labour, etc. In order to encourage student participation,
we also organise activities like Movie Festival followed by debate and Discussion
on Current Issues and Women’s Issues.
List of Committee Members:
- Dr. (Mrs.) Meeta Bhot- Director
- Ms. Neerja Israni- Core Faculty
- Mrs. Smruti Pawar
- Dr. Shubhangi Chitnis
- Mrs. Smita Agashe
- Dr. Suvarna Jadhav
- Dr. Megha Devle
- Dr. Sonal Tawde
- Dr. Sonali Patil
- Ms. Rinky Rajwani
- Dr. Madhu Shukrey
- Mr. Ganesh Kumavat
- Mr. Viplov Dhone
- Mr. Samajdar V.
- Ms. Shivani Kakkar
- Dr. Pooja Gupta
Advisory Committee:
- (Mrs) Snehalata Deshmukh
- Sangeeta Sharma
Some of the activities conducted are:
Staff Programme: Durga Puja Celebration
The activities and programmes conducted by WSC and WDC target towards understanding
and solving the difficulties faced by our girl students by providing assistance
wherever possible. A greater emphasis is placed on human value and awareness regarding
women’s rights and laws to bring about intellectual development and self-awareness.
Through the Women’s Studies Centre, we bring about sustainable, visible and effective
women development in and around B.K. Birla College keeping in mind the cultural sensibilities
of our society.