Chandigarh, sunita shastri:NITTTR Chandigarh celebrated International Women’s Day on the theme ‘Choose to Challenge’ on 8thMarch 2021. The program began with the address of Prof. S.S. Pattnaik, Director, NITTTR Chandigarh who talked about importance of cohesiveness in the workplace and at home maintained by women. A challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes the change. Collectively everyone everywhere should strive for women’s equality and continue to make positive gains.Nandita Gupta, IAS, Joint Secretary at Ministry of Food and Public Distribution,GOI, New Delhi delivered her talk through online mode focusing on Women empowerment and striving to be EachforEqual – because an equal world is an enabled world, and voiced for consistentcommitment to calling out inequity.
The event also included the launch of a short film ‘Nari – A Woman’s Quest for Identity’ by Art Infinitii directed by Mr.Jyotirmya and produced by Dr. Rita Dutt along with the creative team of Mr. Sarvpriya Nirmohi and Mr. Chaitanya. The short film portrays the struggle of women and depicts their journey from confinement to freedom.Various other events as Essay writing competition and Thought sharing were also organized by Dr. Meenakshi and Dr. Garima as International Women’s Day celebration coordinators. Faculty, staff and students of the institute participated in variouscompetition, and thoughts were shared on International Women’s day theme by faculty members, staff, Ph.D.& M.E. students.
