PAU students hold women empowerment camp

Ludhiana, October 8, 2024: A women empowerment camp was organised by the final year students of B.Sc Horticulture (2024-25), Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), at village Gahaur, Ludhiana, under the Rural Awareness Work Experience (RAWE) programme. 

The camp was organized under the guidance of the Programme Coordinator Dr Jaswinder Singh Brar, Principal Fruit Scientist; and the Course Incharge Dr Simrat Singh, Scientist, Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, PAU. The primary objective of the camp was to provide a platform to the women entrepreneurs to showcase their handicraft items and explore additional opportunities for skill enhancement in horticulture and allied ventures.

During the camp, Chetna and Jashan apprised the participants of various short term courses and training programmes being provided at the Skill Development Center, PAU, to enhance the required skills and impart knowledge in horticulture and allied subsidiaries such as making of jams, candies, squashes, pickles, etc. In addition, Jahnvi and Riya disseminated information about various government schemes available for the startups. Gurpreet educated participants about the importance of forming the Self-help Groups, to avail the subsidies for women entrepreneurs.

An exhibition of locally made handicrafts was displayed by the farm women namely Sukhwinder Kaur, Harjot Kaur and Gurmeet Kaur. It included diverse range of products comprising embroidery, hand woven folding fans, table fabric cover, knitted sweaters, etc. The students, namely, Sakshi, Harshdeep Kaur, Vishnavi, Himmat Singh, Ranjit Singh and Muskan of the RAWE programme actively participated for the successful conduct of this camp.