NOIDA/GREATER NOIDA: Following the week-long ‘Mission Shakti’ program of UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, which culminated on Sunday (October 17-25), Sharda University announced 50% concession in admission fees for girls till October 31 with the aim to have 50% seats reserved for women from current 44% from next academic year in 2021.
While nodal officer Ritu Maheshwari CEO Noida Authority presided over the program, in another program CDO Anil Kumar Singh and DPO Atul Kumar presided over the DDRWA online zoom meeting which proposed 33% reservation of seats for women in various RWAs and AOAs of GB Nagar district.
“Apart from announcing 50% concession in admission fees for girls as part of Mission Shakti initiative, on the culmination day of the program today, our chancellor YK Gupta has taken a decision to further empower women and has proposed 50% seat reservation for women from the next academic year. Efforts are being made to keep it in the next academic council meeting. Currently, out of the 11,000 students at our institute, 44% of them are girls. The thought behind the move is that by supporting education and providing job opportunities to women, we help improve the living conditions of an entire family as women are generally homemakers, powerful influencers and at the work place they are thorough professionals. The work culture improves with more women professionals,” said Ajit Kumar, joint registrar Sharda University and medical college, Greater Noida.
The one-week program at Sharda University which was flagged off by Noida Authority CEO Ritu Maheshwari, had all faculties participating in it. These include departments of medical, dental, basic science, engineering, pharmacy, management, nursing, education etc. “CEO Maheshwari called for a safe and just working environment for women and apprised them of their rights on the occasion,” said Singh.
In another programme on Sunday, chief development officer (CDO) Anil Kumar Singh and district prevention officer (DPO) Atul Kumar participated in an online zoom meeting of District Development Resident Welfare Association (DDRWA) where Singh urged all RWAs present in the meeting “to honour and respect women and ensure no discrimination of daughters at home.”
On the occasion, DDRWA chief advisor AN Dhawan proposed that there should be some seats reserved for women in RWAs and AOAs of the district. Following this, Vishnu Saini another member proposed 33% seat reservation for women in RWAs and AOAs for which an amendment in bylaws of RWAs was proposed to be taken up with deputy registrar Meerut. “We will seek an amendment in RWA bylaws with the deputy registrar Meerut to implement 33% reservation for women in RWAs and AOAs of the district,” said Saini.
“In view of the safety of women and girl child, women's convenience and sensitivity in the Mahila Shakti Abhiyan program was discussed in Sunday's meeting while detailed discussion was done on the topic of propagation of laws related to women crime,” said Sanjeev Kumar, vice-president DDRWA.
CM Yogi on launching Mission Shakti on October 17, had called for respect to all women with no place for people in society who harm their dignity. "Woman is a symbol of power. In our Sanatan tradition, the woman is revered. The ritual of Navratri signifies this. It is necessary that in the changing times, the new generation should carry the tradition of their eternal culture towards the woman. Spread the spirit of respect, security and self-reliance. 'Mission Shakti' is an effort in this direction," said the CM.
While Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh has adopted 20 girls from the economically weaker sections of society under the Central government’s Sukanya Samridhi Yojna (girl child welfare scheme) under beti bachao, beti padhao program (educate a girl child to safeguard the girl child) on the occasion, he also opened their bank accounts for financial assistant every year under the program.
Also, establishment of women help desks in all the police stations and tehsils of the state is another part of this campaign.