ICAR-CIRCOT celebrated International Women’s Day- 2022

International Women’s Day is celebrated on 8th March every year to commemorate the cultural, political, and socio economic achievements of women. The day also calls for action to accelerate women’s equality. This year, the International Women’s Day theme was “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow” #Break the bias. ICAR-CIRCOT celebrated this occasion by organizing a guest lecture on 8th March, 2022 at 4:00.pm at its headquarters at Matunga, Mumbai through hybrid mode.

Dr. (Smt.) Sujata Saxena, Director, In-charge in her welcome address congratulated all the women staff members and opined that on this occasion every woman must not forget to appreciate herself for the roles she is playing while balancing her family, her workplace and society. Talking about this year’s theme, she stressed upon the key role that parents especially mother can play in inculcating the concept of gender equality among their children.

The guest speaker Dr. Sujata Chavan, Assistant Professor at Advanced Centre for Women Studies, School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai delivered a talk on “Women in Dual Role: A Sociological Perspective” through online mode. In her lecture, she talked about the various roles played by the women in their life and how their traditional role has got changed in recent time. She accentuated that the woman of new era can perfectly balance her working life by stress, time and relationship management as well as by adopting three “A” formula (Acceptance, Adjustment, and Appreciation).

Dr. Kanika Sharma, Scientist (CBPD) compered the programme. Dr. Sharmila Patil, Scientist (QEID) delivered the vote of thanks. The program was attended by all staff members at Head Quarters as well as regional units of the institute through hybrid mode.