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One day workshop on “Emotional Intelligence and Gender Equity”
on 10.09.2014
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| Dr. (Mrs) Uma Kannan, Vice President & Secretary, Thiagarajar College addressing the audience in the workshop |
The Women’s Studies Centre of Thiagarajar College organized a one-day
workshop on “Emotional Intelligence and Gender Equity” in which the girl students of the college were oriented
towards the techniques that promote emotional intelligence. The director of the centre Dr. Eyini, in her welcome speech,
briefed on the activities of the centre aimed towards empowering the girl students of the college. Dr. T. Rajasekar,
Principal (i/c) reminded the students of their inherent power and how they could harness it for their progress in life.
Dr. Uma Kannan, Vice – President and Secretary of the college,
in her Inaugural address elaborated on the conditions of gender inequality prevailing in various countries of the world.
She explained that gender equality is a social condition whereby women and men share equal rights and a balance of power, status,
opportunities and rewards and that gender equality can be broadly operationalized by men and women having (1) equitable access and
use of resources(2) equitable participation in relationships, the household, the community and political arenas and (3) safety
or freedom from violence. She pointed out that gender equality does not imply that women and men are the same,
but that they have equal value and should be accorded equal treatment. She motivated the students to empower themselves
with emotional intelligence and other
life skills so that they can empower others that are less fortunate.
In the workshop on “Yoga for Health and Wellbeing” Swami Sachidananda and
Mr.Yashpal Singh of Sivananda Ashram and Yoga Centre demonstrated to the students the eight steps of Surya
Namaskar and some of the easy-to-practice asanas for the beginners. The Swamiji expounded how yoga can be used
to bring harmony between the mind, body and soul and how it can uplift a
person to a higher state of consciousness by making them physically fit and mentally alert.
In the second session of the workshop on “Meditation for Emotional Intelligence”, Brahmakumari
Rani held the attention of the participants through an interactive mode using short spells of meditation
and taught them how to watch and read the mind and to get rid of the waste, negative thoughts by feeding them
with positive instructions and inputs.
Dr. V. Subathra Devi, Head of the Department of English proposed the vote of thanks.
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