Participants at the 4th National Women’s Science Congress called on Monday for a change in the mindset of girl students, their parents and institutions towards research and development. They also appealed to students to choose a career of their interest.
At a panel discussion on ‘Women in engineering, technology, entrepreneurship and industry’, they said that apart from bringing in a change in attitude and giving more freedom, family members should support girls and women who want to pursue career seriously.
The two-day Congress was organised by the Swadeshi Vijnana Andolana-Karnataka and Entrepreneurship Development Centre, MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology.
It honoured Dr Vaidehi Ganeshan, senior scientist of IGCAR, Kalpakkam, with Marie Curie Mahila Vijnana Puraskara and Dr Rohini Godbole, of Centre for High-Energy Physics, IISc, with CV Raman Mahila Vijnana Puraskara. The recipients of the awards shared their experiences as scientists with participants of the congress.
Twelve scientific themes on various science topics and 135 research, review and study papers will
be presented during the conference.
