BGSBU organises symposium on Women’s Day

Rajouri : To celebrate International Women’s Day 2022, the Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University Rajouri organised a symposium on ‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’. The symposium was organised by the Cultural and literary Club of the University.
Prof. Akbar Masood said that International Women’s Day comes with an opportunity to highlight the many extraordinary women amongst our staff, students and alumni, who continue to push for equality in all its forms to make this planet a much better place to live. congratulating the female employees and students of the University on the occasion , Prof. Akbar mentioned the various measures to ensure gender equality and a congenial environment to the female folks in the campus. Prof Akbar Masood said that recently the University has decided a 50 percent waiver of tuition fee for top two rank holder girl students based on the admission merit list in all Postgraduate programmes offered by the University from forthcoming academic session which will spur our young women to strive towards higher levels of excellence and make themselves and the country proud. Around 40 female candidates will be benefitted by this decision, he added.
Dr. Danish Iqbal , Convener, Cultural and Literary Club of the University congratulated the participants of the symposium for sharing their valuable ideas on the occasion. He said that women play an important role in building homes, societies, countries and the world.
Dr. Farkhanda Ana, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering and Technology highlighted the theme of the symposium and introduced the topic to the participants. Mohd Sayed from department of Arabic secured first position whereas the second position was shared by Snobar Fayaz of EVS and Nabeeha Dhar of Management Studies. Umar Bashir of EVS secured third position. Other students who participated in the symposium included Hiba Mir, Haseena and Nadeema Bashir from Centre for Hospitality and Tourism, Atiqua , Qurat and Asima from School of Biosciences and Biotechnology and Bisma Gulzar from Department of Urdu. Among faculty members who spoke on the occasion included Dr. Manzar Alam Assistant Professor ,Department of Arabic and Dr.Rizwana Shamsi ,Department of Urdu.
Dr. Mamta Bhat, Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences conducted the proceedings of the event and presented the vote of thanks. Students, Reserved Scholars and faculty members of various Departments of the University were present on the occasion.