WOMEN’S DAY

The International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th

every year throughout the

world. The WIE Affinity group of IEEE SB, MVSREC celebrated Women’s day on

March 7th

,2015 .The theme of the day was Cancer Awareness and Health issues of

Women.

Student Branch Mentor: WIE Student Branch Advisor:

Dr. Atul Negi, Ms. Dr. G. Kanaka Durga,

Professor, School of CIS, Head, IT Department,

University of Hyderabad. MVSR Engineering College.

Student Branch Advisor: Student Branch Counselor:

Mr. V. Ashwini Kumar, Ms. A.V.Vahini

Assoc. Professor, IT Dept., Asst. Professor, IT Dept.,

MVSR Engineering College. MVSR Engineering College.

Student Branch Executive Committee: WIE Affinity Group:

Ch. Vinay Kumar – Chairman K. Akshitha Reddy - Chairman

E.Sanjana - Vice Chair A. Shivani Reddy – Vice-chair

Soumya Reddy – Secretary K. Pooja - Secretary

G .Vinay Kumar - Joint Secretary A. Manideep – Joint Secretary

P. Sushma – Treasurer D. Sreeya Reddy- Treasurer

Event Details:

Date: 07-03-2015

Time: 10:30 AM-03:00 PM

Venue: AV Room, IT Dept., MVSR Engineering College

Number of Participants: 80

Speaker: Dr.Sowjanya Kurakula, MD(OBG)

The celebrations started with a welcome note by Mrs.A.V.Vahini, Student Branch

Counselor followed by lighting of lamp by the chief guest Dr.Sowjanya Kurakula ,

Dr.G.Kanaka Durga, Student Branch Advisor,WIE AG.

Mrs.A.V.Vahini, Student Branch Counselor,IEEE SB,MVSREC

From left to right: Chief guest Dr. Sowjanya Kurakula, Dr.G.Kanaka Durga ,

Advisor,WIE AG,MVSREC , Mrs.A.V.Vahini ,Student Branch Counselor.

We started our celebrations with a prayer song by Ms.S.Apoorva.

Song by Ms.S.Apoorva

Since the UN theme for International Women's Day 2015 is "Empowering Women,

Empowering Humanity, Dr.G.Kanaka Durga , Advisor WIE AG,MVSREC, addressed

the gathering by her wishes for women’s day and she spoke about how the betterment of

Women’s social status can lead to a better society. As a part of this, she reminded about

several schemes like Sabla, Priyadarshini, Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana

(IGMSY) etc that were launched for empowering women in India.

Dr.G.Kanaka Durga , Advisor, WIE AG, IEEE SB,MVSREC

Later on ,we had a session on Cancer Awareness addressed by Dr. Sowjanya

Kurakula, MD, Gynaecologist.

Objectives of the Session:

(a) Introduction to Cancer and its causes

(b) Types of Cancer common in women

(c) Measures to prevent cancer

(d) Treatments available for different types of cancer

During the session, Dr.Sowjanya spoke about Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer in

Women .She also mentioned the statistics about the Cancer victims in different parts of

the World and the reason for the spread of disease in those areas.

Chief guest Dr. Sowjanya Kurakula, Gynaecologist giving the seminar

Students and Faculty listening to the seminar

After explaining about Cancer, its Causes & Symptoms, there was a questionnaire

session where the faculty and students asked questions regarding Cancer and health

issues in Women.

Student asking a question and interacting with the Guest and Faculty

Mrs .Ch.Srujana ,Faculty of IT Dept., appreciating and thanking the Guest for

the information about Cancer.

Later the WIE AG of IEEE Student Branch, MVSREC along with the chief guest and

participants celebrated Women’s day by cutting a cake.

Chief guest Dr. Sowjanya Kurakula, Gynaecologist cutting the cake

Right to her : Dr.G.Kanaka Durga , Student Branch Advisor, WIE AG ,

Mrs.A.V.Vahini ,Student Branch Counselor

Ridha khan ,IEEE Student

member, MVSREC asking

questions in Quiz.

At the end of the session the Chief Guest was presented a token of gratitude by

Dr.G. Kanaka Durga , Student Branch Advisor ,WIE AG, IEEE SB, MVSREC.

Chief guest receiving the token of gratitude

From left to right: Mrs.A.V.Vahini , Student Branch Counselor, Dr.Kanaka Durga

Advisor of WIE AG, Chief guest Dr. Sowjanya Kurakula, Gynaecologist.

Later , a quiz on general knowledge and current issues of the country was conducted for

both faculty and students .

Students and Faculty taking part in Quiz

Prizes were given by Dr.G.Kanaka Durga , Advisor,WIE AG, to those who answered

maximum number of questions and also to the active participants.

Mrs.Ch. Srujana,Faculty of IT Dept.,receiving the prize from Dr.G.Kanaka Durga ,

Advisor ,WIE AG for answering maximum number of questions among faculty.

P. Niharika , student from IT Dept., receiving the prize from Dr.G.Kanaka Durga ,

Advisor, WIE AG for answering maximum number of questions among students .

Mrs. S.Janaki, Asst Prof, EEE Dept., and Mrs.S. Amulya, Asst Prof, CSE Dept.,

MVSREC receiving prizes for active participation.

At the end of the celebrations, the active participants among the faculty were gifted

by Dr.G.Kanaka Durga , Advisor, WIE AG, IEEE SB,MVSREC.

Finally, Dr.G.Kanaka Durga , appreciated Mrs.A.V.Vahini ,Student Branch Counselor,

for her efforts in organizing several events under IEEE SB,MVSREC.

Mrs. A.V.Vahini , Student Branch Counselor, IEEE SB, MVSREC receiving the

token of appreciation from Dr.G.Kanaka Durga , Advisor, WIE AG.

She also received a token of gratitude from IEEE Students for her constant support and

encouragement in organizing several events of IEEE SB in the College.

From left to right: Mrs A.V. Vahini ,Student Branch Counselor, IEEE SB ,

D.Sreeya Reddy, B.L.Sushmita , K.Akshita Reddy , K.Pooja , E.Sanjana, Soumya

Reddy, Ravali , T.Sowmya , K.V.Sirisha.