International
Women’s Day
Celebrated on 9th March, 2010
The Centenary celebrations of the International Women’s Day were held at the Institute of
Engineering and Management, Kolkata on 9th March, 2010 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM at the Satya
Sai Auditorium.The idea of an International Women's Day first arose at the turn of the century, which in the industrialized world was a period of expansion and turbulence, booming population growth and radical ideologies. This year - 2010 was the 100th year of International women's day.
The theme of this year’s IWD was: EQUAL RIGHTS, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES: PROGRESS FOR ALL
The Guest of Honour at the programme was entrepreneur Smt Sujata Dey- much acclaimed for her
boutique- Darbari as well as her unique brainchild- her creative arts school- Alphaville.
The programme started with a medley of inspiring songs sung by members of the Faculty
at IEM. This was followed by the inauguration of the Women's Cell of I.E.M.- "INSPIRATION"
and the official launch of its web-site. The Welcome addresses of the two Principals of Engineering and Management campuses, Prof Dr Dipak Chatterjee and Prof PK Mishra, respectively were followed by the address of the
Chief Guest, Smt. Sujata Dey.
After this was a Presentation on International Women's Day by I.E.M.,Women's Cell. The last
two items were a skit by students of I.E.M. - "V is for Victory" and a Debate between the 1st
year and 2nd year students of I.E.M. The topic for the debate was- "Behind every successful
woman is herself". The first year team spoke for the motion, while the second years were
against the motion. The second year team was judged the winner and the best speaker award went to
Avishek Chakrabarti of second year. The programme ended with the distribution of prizes and certificates and the vote of thanks.
Women's Cell Members
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