Conference and expo on role of women in science and technology kicks off at JNU

The STREE2020 Convention and Expo are being organised collectively by JNU and NGO SHAKTI and shall be held until November 26. It will likely be inaugurated on November 25 by Union Minister of Science and Expertise Jitender Singh.

Based on convention organiser Ranjana Arya, the target of the convention is to “promote girls’s contributions in numerous sectors of science and entrepreneurship by means of the alternate of concepts, the presentation of technical achievements and the dialogue of future instructions”.

Among the many folks addressing the convention are N. Kalaiselvi, Director-Basic, CSIR; Suma Varghese Director-Basic, MED and CoS, DRDO; Tanuja Nesari, Director, All India Institute of Ayurveda; and farmer and conservationist Rahibai Popere.

“The primary idea behind this convention is Lab to Land, which implies it’s an try and bridge the hole between scientists and social scientists on the one hand and ladies from the grassroots like farmers, labourers, well being employees, entrepreneurs and even homemakers. The thought is to supply a platform to all girls stakeholders from throughout fields to have the ability to focus on, debate and utilise scientific capabilities, analysis and innovation,” stated Sudha Tiwari, President, SHAKTI.

“4 vital issues concerning the concept behind the convention which has significantly impressed me that’s – facilitating innovation from Lab to Land; bringing the omitted within the mainstream which means younger ladies who’re pressured to go away schooling who’ve issues, we should suppose how can we get them again to schooling, as a result of with out Nari Shakti as Prime Minister has stated Amrit Kal isn’t potential. Then girls’s well being is essential as a result of it’s the least researched space. Ladies’s issues like menstruation, menopause or something associated to girls doesn’t get a lot consideration in analysis. Can we enhance this?” stated JNU V-C Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit.