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Jammu, Sept 1: Govt. College for Women, Parade Ground is going to organize the 2nd J&K Women's Science Congress on the theme "Empowering Women through Science and technology" from 24th to 26th Oct. 2013.
The Science Congress is sponsored by the J&K State Council for Science and Technology, Department of Science and Technology, J&K, this program is likely to be a grand venture and is designed to spread the understanding of the need to empower women who constitute nearly 50% of the population and involve them effectively in nation building activities tapping their potential as innovators and implementers of innovations other than being beneficiaries of innovations.
While Science and Technology can be powerful tools in empowering women, Science and Technology can be vastly enriched by women's involvement. Thus, women's science congress will also showcase the contributions of women in science and Technology.
Leading women scientists will deliver lectures on their contributions.
The Sceince Congress will help in breaking the myth that still persists that women are less suited to pursue science and encourage more women to pursue the field, said Dr. Hemla Aggarwal, Principal of the College and Patron of the Congress.
Dr. Pragya Khanna, Organizing Secretary of the Congress enumerated the objectives of the congress that included advancing and promoting the cause of science in India; the publication of Souvenir, Proceedings and more importantly the Directory of Women Scientists of J&K; and to bring women scientists of the state all together and instill a sense of pride, confidence and camaraderie amongst them and guide youngsters on to the positions of power and leadership by covering the entire spectrum of Science, Engineering and Technology.
The Congress shall include Technical Sessions, Plenary Sessions, Vision Talks, Panel Discussions, Public Lectures, Pride of J&K Expo Children Science Congress and Cultural Programme.
The major thrust areas of the Congress will be Food & Nutrition, Rural Technology, Atmospheric Sciences, Nanotechnology, Agriculture, Green Building Technologies and Alternate Building Materials, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Environment & Forest, Medical Sciences, Climate Change, Space Science and Technology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Transportation, Maternal & Child Health Care, Water Management Technologies for Differently Abled, Science Education for Women etc.
With a view to encourage, popularize and inculcate scientific temper among the children of the state, a science exhibition shall also be organized simultaneously where children from schools will showcase their talents in science and mathematics and their applications in different areas related with the everyday life.
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