Amity celebrates International Women’s Day

Amity University Celebrated International Women’s Day with great enthusiasm by conducting a series of webinars and events in the university. The week-long celebrations saw a number of webinars on topics such as Women in Logistics Leadership, Women in Nuclear Cancer Management and Treatment in women, Colloquium on the Theme Achieving Milestones: Grace, Glory and Generosity with the participation of many International speakers and eminent personalities.
 
Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Balvinder Shukla was invited as a panelist for the webinar on “Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19World” which was organized by University Grants Commission (UGC), under the aegis of Ministry of Education. In her address, she talked about the engagement of women during the Covid times as health care workers, caregivers, or innovators. Covid crises have accelerated the earlier battle of women and widen the inequality for underprivileged girls to access education in remote areas. It added to the emotional and financial burden on the women who support families with minimal income who are battling for day-to-day living. Women’s leadership roles have significantly increased in all the domains. Dr. Shukla stressed three areas that need immediate attention i.e. attitudinal bias towards women which has been  existing since ages, enabling a conducive work system so that women can take care of their family as well as professional engagements and increasing the women’s participation in the leadership role.
 
On the occasion of International Women's Day, CII Institute of Logistics in partnership with Amity University  launched the Inaugural event  of WLL ( Women in Logistics Leadership). In India and worldwide  Logistics has been traditionally considered  to be male dominated industry with the image of moving heavy boxes from one place to another or truck drivers bring on the road for weeks. However, with the changing scenarios, this industry has become more organized and process driven. Technology has  played a big role in changing the perception of the industry.
The objective of the webinar was to give 'voice' and 'wings' to women wanting to make a long-term career in this sector. The participants of the panel discussion included-
Some of the key thoughts that emerged from the hour-long discussion were:
1) women have the ability to undertake leadership tone as they can mutltitask, have a strong EQ and can handle cross-functional responsibilities.
2) the job roles in this sector are changing as the processes get automated hence women can play an active role.
3) women can also become entrepreneurs not driven by need or necessity but by choice.
4) the logistics industry, not considered safe previously due to long hours, night shifts and isolated warehouses, is making extra effort to encourage gender diversity.
5) the industry should offer more internship opportunities to young girl students so that they can have a first hand experience before they commit to a long term career in this field
6) Finally  the Government of India and apex bodies like CII can provide incentives and reservations to encourage young girls to come forward in this field.

The session closed with the Moderator, Dr.Bhanumathi, COO of CII Institute of Logistics promising to play an active role through seminars, training and workshops for girls students and working professionals. The panelist during the session were Dr. Malini Shankar, Vice Chancellor, Indian Maritime University; Ms. Saroj Ayush, Senior Transport Specialist, Transport Global Practice Thw World Bank; Ms. Puja Jain, Partner, Mckinsey & Company; Ms. Femina Premkumar, Chief Human Resource Officer, Uniworld Group.
 
Another webinar on Cancer Management and Treatment in women was conducted with Dr. Tejinder Kataria, Chairperson, Radiation Oncology, Cancer Institute Medanta Hospital. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Kataria said that Cancer is not a new disease which is dependent on many risk factors. She also mentioned that smoking, lack of exercise, natural hormones, UV rays, bad lifestyle, and diet can initiate cancer formation. She also explained that cancer cell has autonym to growth signals. There were a lot of stigmas 20 years ago but now awareness has come up and people have to understand that most cancers are preventable,  but one has  to be aware. By giving good care and treatment we can give good quality of life to the patients and therefore advised women to look after themselves, make themselves strong and live a healthy lifestyle.