Speakers share stories on importance of women at AAA MDC

Srinagar, March 08: Abdul Ahad Azad Memorial Degree College, Bemina celebrated International Women’s Day Saturday in the auditorium of the college. The event featured two keynote speakers Dr Farzana Gulzar, Professor in the Department of Management Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar and Dr Kousar Majid, Professor in the Department of Chemistry, NIT Srinagar. The speakers shared their stories and highlighted the importance of women in the day-to-day courses of life. A detailed and engaging session on the rights of women, their safety at workplaces followed.
Earlier the principal of the college Prof (Dr) Mudasir Afshan inaugurated the event and as a mark of respect presented saplings to the invited speakers. While delivering the presidential address, she underscored the need to “educate women to see their seamless transition into empowered beings”. In her welcome address, Prof Fauzia Durrani, Head Department of English, spoke passionately about the gender disparity that still plagues our society. The event was conducted by NSS units in collaboration with the Women Development Cell of the college.
Meanwhile, Alumni Meet 2025 was held on the sideways of the event. Prominent alumni attended the meet and gave suggestions on how to augment the existing academic and infrastructural base for a speedy and healthier accreditation by the UGC accreditation agency NAAC.