International Women's Day celebration 2025

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY (IWD) - 2025 CELEBRATION AT
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (JNCASR), BENGALURU
THEME: "FOR ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS: RIGHTS, EQUALITY, EMPOWERMENT"

Marathon: A run was organized on March 08, 2025, to celebrate International Women's Day 2025. A total of approximately 50 women members (including faculty members, staff, their children, and students) of the Centre participated in the event.
Talk: A talk titled "Science, Gender, and the Power of Change" was organized on March 10, 2025. It aimed to address gender-based equality issues in the sphere of teaching and research by Professor Prita Pant of IIT Bombay. The professor addressed whether gender equality is still a goal or has been achieved. If not, what is the path ahead to bring gender parity? The talk was attended by the faculty members, officers, staff, and students of the Centre.
Pot Painting Competition: This was organized at the Centre on March 10, 2025, to mark International Women's Day, with huge participation from the members of the Centre.
Women in Nanoscience: One of our JNCASR students, Ms. Surabhi Menon (first author of a research paper published in RSC Nanoscale), along with Prof. Umesh V. Waghmare from the Theoretical Sciences Unit, was highlighted in this year's celebratory collection of Nanoscience publications by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Released on International Women's Day 2025, the collection showcases excellent women conducting research in nanoscience.

Event Date :

Saturday, March 8, 2025 - 15:10

Event End Date :

Monday, March 10, 2025 - 15:30

Place of the event :

JNCASR

Organised by :

JNCASR

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