St Aloysius College will celebrate 25 years of women students

TNN

Mangalore, 25 Feb 2012: To commemorate the silver jubilee year of women’s presence in St Aloysius College, the institution will organize a national-level seminar on ’Women as catalysts of change’ at Eric Mathais Hall on Saturday.Stanly K V, founder secretary and director of Odanadi (Mysore) will deliver the keynote address. Rita Noronha, director of research unit, Roshni Nilaya, will address a session on ’Emerging trends in gender relations in Dakshina Kannada’. This will be followed by a session on `Women in higher education: Impact and challenges’ by Prof Usha Devi from Bangalore.

 

 

 

College principal Fr Swebert D’silva said: "The year 1986 was a path-breaking one in the history of the college. Being the silver jubilee year of the presence of the women students in the campus, we have decided to organize seminar and other related sessions."

 

The themes short-listed for the seminar are ’Women as innovative entrepreneurs’, ’Women and advocacy rights’, ’Women and decision-making’, and ’Women and NGOs’. There will also be an exhibition-cum-sale of artefacts made by self-help groups of women from the region.