“The Empowered Woman, she moves through the worldWith a sense of confidence and grace

Her once reckless spirit now tempered by wisdom.Quietly, yet firmly, she speaks her truth without

Doubt or hesitation and the life she leads is of her own creation.” -Sonny Carroll

Women Empowerment Program is a noble initiative by the State

Government which aims to empower women and give them same status in

society and to make them independent in all aspects from mind, thoughts,

rights and decision. With the same objectives, Government Polytechnic,

Jamnagar organized various activities under the Women Empowerment

Program.

“Mahila Surakha Divas”

Around 40 girls’ students and 10 Female Staff of the institute have

enthusiastically participated in Vijarkhi

Firing Camp, organized by District

Police Suraksha Shetu Society. This

Firing Camp was scheduled from

morning 7:30 am to 1:00 pm. All the

students were given 10 firing rounds.

The entire camp was a great learning

experience for students as well as

faculty members.

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Visit to Institute:

As a part of Women Education Day, Around 60 girl’s students and 7 female

staff of the institute visited

well known institute of

Jamnagar, Indian Institute of

Ayurveda Pharmaceutical

Science (IIAPS). During the

visit, Mr Jignesh Kevaliya

and Ms Jignasha Pancholi,

faculty members at IIAPS

explained Ayurved Medicine,

and various plants and

laboratory process. The entire visit plan was organized by A N Joisar,

Lecturer in Chemistry whose efforts made this program successful.

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Career Counselling Seminar

Career Counselling Seminar was organized on 7th July, 2015 to celebrate

Women Education Day in which more than 34 girls students from all

semesters interestingly and actively participated. This seminar was

conducted by Mr Shabir A

Parmar who was recently

appointed as a lecturer in

English by GPSC. This

seminar is an attempt to

provide guidance to the girls

students about different

accessible opportunities for

job after their studies. Apart

from their respective fields,

Mr Shabir A Parmar explained different areas where woman can

successfully build career. During the seminar, how to prepare for

competitive exams like GPSC and UPSC etc were also discussed. Moreover,

Mr Parmar also covered points like preparation for interview, business

etiquettes and personality development.

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The seminar ended with the question answer session where students

raised their queries. All the girls students demanded to organize such type

of seminars and activities in the college.

Law Awareness Seminar for Women (“Mahila Kanoni Jagruti Divas”)

As a

part of Law awareness for Women, District Suraksha Shetu Society in

collaboration with District Police Office and District Law Service Society

organized seminar for women and children’s law in the Town Hall at

Jamnagar. In this law awareness seminar, 40 girls students with ladies staff

of the institute like Ms K D Mankad (Suraksha Setu officer in Charge), Dr U

M Joshi (Lecturer in Physics), Ms L B Parmar (Lecture in Civil), Ms N D

Thakar and Ms S D Damore of the institute participate. This seminar

enriched the knowledge of various types of laws regarding women’s safety,

rights etc.

Women Health and Fitness Day:

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To celebrate Women Health and Fitness Day, Yoga Training Session was

planned for the Hostel Girls of the institute. The training session was

conducted by Umedsinh Sodha who very actively and practically explained

the importance of yoga in our life and various types of Aashans and

pranayam. To make this program successful Mr V S Tejvani (Lecturer in

Electrical) with Ms S D Damore, Ms L B Parmar and N D Thakar gave their

efforts.

Throughout the celebration of Women Empowerment Program, A K Zala

(Principal) Ms K D Mankad (Suraksha Setu Society Officer in charge) and

member Dr U M Joshi supported and help to organize all the activities.

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