WOMEN EMPOWERMENT CELL

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT CEL

Mahendra College of Engineering established a Women Empowerment Cell in September 2013 to empower women and help them in all walks of life.

VISION

  • Maintaining and strengthening the status of Women.

MISSION

  • To create awareness of feminine potential.

OBJECTIVES OF WEC

  • To create social awareness about the problems of women and in particular regarding gender discrimination.
  • To develop the self confidence of Women.
  • To guide about Women Welfare Laws.
  • To assert the importance of spiritual, economic, social, racial and gender equality.
  • To highlight the importance of health and hygiene.
  • To directs Women’s role in the society. To develop multidisciplinary approach for the overall personality development.
  • To organize seminars, workshops relating to women development.
  • To prevent sexual harassment and to promote general well-being of female students, teaching and non teaching women staff of the College.
  • To provide and maintain a dignified, congenial working environment for women employees and students, where they can work, study and explore their potential to the fullest.

ACTIVITIES

  • Create social awareness about the problems of women and in particular regarding gender discrimination.
  • Encourage participation of working in the area of women’s development in the activities of the Cell.
  • Organize seminars, workshops for creating general awareness and orientation of students, teachers, and non-teaching staff for their active and sustained participation in the activities of Cell.
  • Organize various types of training programmes and create awareness about self-employment schemes for the encouragement of self-reliance among women.

 

ROLES AND FUNCTIONS

  • To encourage involvement through academic, cultural and outreach activities such as talks, seminars, workshops, community action, drama, street theatre, poster-making etc.
  • To become a resource centre for women and provide a forum for exchange of ideas.
  • To review safety and security measures for female employees and girl students at Mahendra college of Engineering campus.
  • The cell intends to bring girl students to the forefront of different activities in the college by offering various facilities and benefits to them. It provides a platform for the female students to explore their co-curricular abilities.

Composition:

The members of the committee for the current academic year 2022 - 23

S. No Name of the members Academic Designation Position Phone/WhatsApp Number Mail ID

Faculty Members

1

Dr.M.Suganthi

HoD/ECE Co-ordinator 9443304386 hodece@mahendracollege.com
2

Dr.H.Lilly Beaulah

HoD/CSE Member 9487792406 hodcse@mahendracollege.com
3

Dr.T.Akila

HoD/IT Member 9894857325 hodit@mahendracollege.com
4

Dr.S.Rajalaxmi

HoD/BME Member 9865147730 hodbiomed@mahendracollege.com
5

Prof.A.Naseem Banu

HoD/English Member 9384930487 hodenglish@mahendracollege.com
6

Prof.Helan Margret Joy

HoD/Chemistry Member 9791619710 hodchemistry@mahendracollege.com
7

Prof.P.Parameshwari

HoD/Maths Member 9578186809 hodmaths@mahendracollege.com

Student Members

1

Mosika.S

IV Year, ECE Student Member 9843947076 621519106046mosika.ece@gmail.com
2

Anusuya R

III Year, EEE Student Member 9865373021 2020anusuyarajan@gmail.com
3

Nija.M

III Year, IT Student Member 9944484794 Nijamichael003@gmail.com
4

Kiruthika.C

IV Year, BME Student Member 8925443937 kiruthikachinnasamy129@gmail.com
5

Mathumitha.R

IV Year, CSE Student Member 6374930271 mathumithumitha@gmail.com
6

Charulatha.S

III Year, ECE Student Member 8110970789 rechelcharu@gmail.com

Programme List:

Categories

Title of the Programme

Resource Person

Duration

No of Participants Attended

Seminar

Cyber security : How to keep your data safe for women?

Mr.M.Rajkumar
Founder and CEO Pargavan, Cyber Solution.

21.03.2023

90 (Internal Participants)

Womens Day Celebration

International Women’s Day Celebration

Mrs.Anna Bharathi
Actress. Speaker, Video Jockey, Chennai.

20.03.2023

370  (Internal Participants)

Seminar

Make innovation a core value for women

Mr.V.Rajkumar
Scientist ‘F’ Grade, Defence Research and Development Laboratory(DRDL), Hyderabad.

15.02.2023

90 (Internal Participants)

Webinar

Secret’s of Women’s on Balancing Job and Personal Life

Ms.Saveetha,
Corporate Trainer, Bangalore

28.11.2022

69 (Internal Participants)

Webinar

Women’s Do’s & Don’t on Uterus Health

Dr.V.Dhavasree,
Obstetrician-gynaecologist, SKS Hospital, Salem - 636004

18.11.2022

91 (Internal Participants)

Workshop

The Significance of Menstrual Hygiene Management and Gender Sensitization on Psychosocial Outcomes for Adolescent Girls in and around Salem District

1.Dr.S.Durgalakshmi
Principal, Govt. Law
College, Salem.
2.Mrs.Menaka Vivek
Clinical Dietitian &
Nutritionist, Stophaltgo,
Coimbatore.
3.Dr.P.SathyaSudhakar
Consultant Obstetrics
and Gynecology,
Kauvery Hospital,
Salem
4.Mr.R.Arunkumar &
Mrs. Geetha Rajendran
VJ Prana Nutrition-
Fitness-Yoga Studio),
Salem.

29.08.2022 & 30.08.2022

120 (Internal and External Participants)

Webinar

Women's Political Empowerment and Leadership

Dr.S.Durgalakshmi
Principal, Govt. Law College, Salem.

18.08.2022

85 (Internal Participants)

Seminar

Empowerment of Women through Legal Rights, Issues and Challenges

Dr.S.Durgalakshmi
Principal, Govt. Law College, Salem.

06.04.2022

200 (Internal Participants)

Webinar

Awareness on Female Urinal Device

Dr.Dhavashree.V
Senior Obstetrics   Consultant, Fertility Specialist and Gynae-Laparoscopic Surgeon, SKS Hospital, Salem.

01.04.2022

114 (Internal Participants)

Womens Day Celebration

Women’s Participation and Leadership in Society

Dr.K.Karlin Mary,
President, Jenny’s Educational and Charitable Trust, Salem.

12.03.2022

380 (Internal and External Participants)

Seminar

Psychosocial Support for College Children during COVID-19

Dr.S. Raj Arul Mercy
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Govt. Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem

25.02.2022

134 (Internal Participants)

Guest Lecture

Health, Hygiene and Well-being among adolescents

Dr.M.Gowri
Deputy Director Family Welfare, Coimbatore and Thiruppur.

28.01.2022

85 (Internal Participants)

Webinar

Empowering Girl Child Education for National Development

Ms.Poonam Sherawat,
Peace Education Program Training Facilitator, The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF), New Delhi.

26.01.2022

100 (Internal Participants)

International Webinar

Empowerment of Research culture for
Teachers

Dr. Rowena Cristina L.Guevara,
Undersecretary for Research and Development
Department of Science and Technology, Bicutan, Taguig City , Philippines.

22.01.2022

100
(Internal Participants)

Webinar

Rise and shine give them a chance

Dr.J.Helan Margret Joy
Head of the Department Chemistry, Salem

27.12.2021

90 (Internal Participants)

Guest Lecture

The Contribution of Women in Engineering

Dr.L.Jayanthi Kesavan
Director Centre of Excellance for Next Generation Networks, Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science Technology , Thanjavur.

21.12.2021

69 (Internal Participants)

Webinar

Awareness of Women Upliftment

Mrs.C.Gilda Saroja
Head Mistress, Panchayat Union Primary School, Salem.

02.12.2021

69 (Internal Participants)

Webinar

Role of Women in Economic development

Dr.Raj Arul Mercy
Professor, Govt. Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem.

16.11.2021

69 (Internal Participants)

Webinar

Stay Strong With Resilience And Hope

Dr. Manjula Sularia
Life Skills Coach Director – Prasanchetas Foundation
CEO- The Transformers Value Creators Chandigarh, India.

14.06.2021

89
(Internal and External Participants)

Womens Day Celebration

Womens Day Celebration

Mrs.R.Sasikala,
Director, The Accent,
English Communication Academy

13.03.2021

79
(Internal Participants)

Webinar

My Journey – From Village Girl to
Toxicologist

Dr.Santhini Ramasamy
Senior Advisor and Program Support Coordinator
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Centre for Public Health and Environment ,
Washington, District Of Columbia

13.06.2020

89
(Internal and External Participants)