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Women's Day celebrated at RRCAT on 16th Mar. 2007


Dr. (Mrs.) Akalpita Paranjpe addressing women staff of RRCAT on the occasion of Women's Day Celebration 2007


The RRCAT women staff participants of the Women's Day Celebration

For last three years, RRCAT has been celebrating women's day every year. This year, Women's Day was celebrated at RRCAT on 16th March 2007. The programme comprised two sessions. In the morning session, lectures by two eminent ladies were scheduled. This was followed by a literature oriented programme in the post-lunch session.

The first lecture was delivered by Dr. (Mrs) Akalpita Paranjpe, a multi-faceted personality who recently took voluntary retirement from BARC, Mumbai. In her presentation entitled "The Mighty Will : A Driving Force for Success", she described her philosophy of life, which was evident in her inspirational and informative talk covering life of Ahilyabai Holkar. After narrating her interesting findings related to homeopathy, she emphasized on the need of the hour for the women to do their part in building the nation. During the lunch and post-lunch session, women staff of RRCAT had discussions with her to know more about homeopathy and her other activities like social work.

The second lecture was by Mrs Rekha Raikar Kumar, Joint Controller of Finance and Accounts (JCFA) at RRCAT. As an IACS officer (1996 batch), she talked about her journey into services. Her narration was listened with rapt attention, as different aspects of the journey got unraveled. She also gave important information about how one can apply and prepare for services and requested all to encourage their children to look at services as one of the career options.

The post lunch session had a literature oriented programme, wherein RRCAT women staff members enthusiastically took to stage for poem reciting, mono-acting, singing, etc. The programme was successfully concluded with a tea session in the evening.

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