Date: 13-05-2021
The Gender Championship Implementation Committee, Sant Baba Bhag Singh University, Jalandhar, organized one day webinar on the Topic “Recognize the role of Gender at the Workplace” under the heavenly blessings of Honorable Chancellor, Sant Baba Dlawar Singh Ji (Brahm Ji) and under the supervision of Vice Chancellor, Dr. Dharamjit Singh Parmar on 13th May, 2021. Mrs Nirmal Pandhi, OSD, Baba Namdev University College, Kishankot (Gurdaspur), was the keynote speaker for the event. The webinar was inaugurated by worthy Vice Chancellor with a welcome note for the keynote speaker and all the participants. He referred the topic of webinar to be relevant as per the present scenario and also motivated all the participants to seek out and absorb maximum knowledge from the eminent expert. The Nodal Officer, Mrs Sarla Nirankari briefly introduced the keynote speaker to all the participants.
Approximately 100 participants attended the webinar through Google meet. The Google meet link was shared with all the registered participants. During the webinar, Mrs Nirmal Pandhi emphasized that even though our constitution grants right to equality to irrespective of their gender; gender disparity in the form of gender exploitation, harassment is a common scenario. Further she highlighted how role of both the sexes is crucial for the upliftment of the society, therefore we need to become open minded, break shackles of orthodox thinking; change stereotypic working attitude. At workplace both men and women should support each other, promote each other, and create an unbiased and secure work environment. Besides seminar, workshops, plays, dramas should be organized to spread gender sensitization amongst all stakeholders.
The lecture was followed by queries of the participants. After the question answers session, a feedback performa was shared with all the participants. At the end, Dr. Ramandeep Chahal, Chairperson of the committee, delivered a vote of thanks to our respected speaker of the day Mrs Nirmal Pandhi, for sparing her precious time from the busy schedule and sharing her valuable knowledge and expertise. She also thanked all the members of the organizing committee, students and all the other participants for making this webinar successful.
