PUNE:
MIT School of Government
will be organising a four-day National Women's Parliament from January 11 to 141 with an objective to promote the social, political and economic empowerment of women. The virtual conference will have nine sessions and the theme of the conference will be 'women in leadership 4.0: power, progress and change'.
The second edition will be addressed by around 60 eminent speakers from all walks of life and will be attended by women student leaders. The inauguration ceremony of this virtual conference will be held on January 11 fom 2 pm onwards and will be addressed by Sushree Debasree Chaudhuri, minister of state,
Women and Child Development
,
Anandiben Patel, governor of
Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh among others.
The Valedictory Session of the 2nd National Women’s Parliament is scheduled on January 14 from 6 pm onwards and will be addressed by Dr. Ela Ben Bhatt,
Padma Bhushan and noted Gandhian.
Swati Shinde is a senior correspondent at The Times of India, Pun...
Read MoreSwati Shinde is a senior correspondent at The Times of India, Pune, and covers school education and research institutes, and keeps in touch with researchers involved in various disciplines. She is a sports enthusiast, plays badminton and loves trekking.
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