It's time we made women e-friendly

never was being a woman so much fun as it seemed at the inauguration of the swift jyoti for women, a computer course developed by niit which also marked the initiation of the international women’s month of niit at swabhumi on march 8. with the stage being shared by the likes of madhu neotia from the gujarat ambuja & ladies study group who was also the chief guest of the evening, actress indrani halder, television personality chaitali dasgupta, kathak exponent and head of the department of dance at rabindra bharati university amita dutta, the largely packed audience of women achievers could give even the best of men a complex.“thanks to niit, i have now learnt to e-mail and use the internet,� confessed a candid indrani halder when she was asked to speak on the occasion. she was referring to the world computer literacy day when she had taken a crash course on internet access again from niit. “i think efforts like this can help to improve computer literacy among women,� she added. “i am thrilled to be here, it is important for women to be conversant with computers if they wish to surge forward in today’s extremely computer dominated world,� said madhu neotia expressing her views. swift programs were given away to eminent ngos like sahay, children international, cinni-asha and friends of tribal who are working for enlistment and empowerment for women and girl children in the society.