Smt. Madhuri Nallapaneni, Group Director, Cadence-Invecas India graced the International Women’s Day celebration held at SRM University-AP. The celebration was organised by the Directorate of Student Affairs and featured esteemed dignitaries including SRM Group Advisor Prof. V S Rao alongside Vice Chancellor Prof. Manoj K Arora; Registrar Dr R Premkumar; Associate Directors Ms Revathi Balakrishnan and Dr Ramesh Vaddi; Deans of the 3 schools, Directors, Faculty, Staff and students.
Vice Chancellor Prof. Manoj K Arora in his address stated, “A woman in her lifetime assumes many roles, the role of a mother, daughter, wife, sister, friend, a daughter-in-law, a mother-in-law and more. She is the ‘Janani’ (nurturer) and deserves utmost respect.”
He also referenced the recent conference on Population Dynamics, wherein the concept of population management emphasised the welfare of women to effectively manage population. Prof. Arora also stressed on the theme of this year’s women’s day celebration – “Accelerate Action”.
During her address, Ms Nalapaneni remarked that, “Women’s day celebration should not be just that, beyond mere celebration it should be a checkpoint for us to analyse the challenges women face and to overcome them.” She also added, our precursors have paved the way for us to be here today. She encouraged everyone present to be a lifetime learner, because life never stops teaching.
Ms Nalapaneni empahsised the need to continue advocating for women’s empowerment and support other women because when a woman is empowered the entire society is empowered. The celebration featured several engaging games including tug of war, push-up challenge, debate competition, cooking without fire and arm wrestling. The winners of the competition were felicitated.
The competition winners were presented with certificates. The highlight of the celebration was the presentation of the Uttama Mahila Prathibha Award, an initiative of Advisor Prof. V S Rao Foundation. The awards were presented across various categories such as landscaping, security, mess and so on. The event also featured a heart touching video featuring the women of SRM AP and honouring their achievements and contributions.
SRM University-AP remains committed to empowering women and looks forward to organising more events that celebrate and support women’s contributions within the community.
