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Advisory Committee
Diwakar Shastri
President, Banasthali University
Paola Bernardi
Rector,Rettrice College, Pavia,
Italy
Beverly Danial Tatum
President, Spelman College, Atlanta
Nancy O. Grey
President, Hollins University, US
Devaki jain
Feminist Economist, Banglore
Sulbha Kulkarni
Professor, Dept of Physics, Pune
University, Pune
Chitra Purohit
Secretary, Banasthali University,
Banasthali
Manju Sharma
President and Executive Director, IIAR,
Gujarat
Usha Thakkar
Vice President, Banasthali Vidyapith &
Hon. Director, Gandhi Sangrahalaya,
Mumbai
Sandy Walsh
Regional Manager, CISCO Systems, San
Jose, CA
Programme Committee
Aditya Shastri
Vice Chancellor, Banasthali University
Indu Bansal
Faculty of Home Science, Banasthali
University
Ipshita Bansal
Faculty of Management, Banasthal
University
Claudia Chang
Professor of Anthropology, Sweet Briar
college,USA
Rekha Govil
Professor, Comp. Sc., Banasthali
University
Jaya Indresan
Advisor, ACORD, New Delhi
Anupma Kaushik
Faculty of Social Science., Banasthali
University
Jyoti Pareek
Computer Sc. Dept., Gujrat Univ.,
Ahemdabad
Nirupama Prakash
Director, WSRC, BITS, Pilani
Pam Rajput
Ex. Director, WRC, Chandigarh
Alka Sharma
Co-Ordinator, WSRC, Banasthali
University
Sheel Sharma,
Faculty of Home Science, Banasthali
University
Ina Shastri
Faculty of Fine Arts, Banasthali
University
Siddartha Shastri
Professor in Mgmt. & Social Sc.,
Banasthali University
Reeta Sonawat
Professor, Human Development, SNDT
Uni., Mumbai
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About the Conference:
Banasthali University, a national institution for women’s education is one and only of its kind university located amidst picturesque rural setting in Rajasthan, offering an integrated comprehensive system of education extending from the primary to the doctoral level through to its fully residential campus. Vidyapith has always been conscious of its role and responsibilities as a university for women. As we know, old order changes yielding place to new. So is the women’s role today. Therefore, the time has come to redefine the vision and mission of women universities in the era of globalization and to understand what women’s education would mean in years to come.
To this end, the Vidyapith is organizing an International Conference, Jubilee Conference on Women’s Education : Vision and Mission of Women’s Universities in Global Society to commemorate the Jubilee year of the establishment of the university. The conference intends to reexamine the following issues:
1- Role of Women Universities in Empowering Women
· Providing Educational Access & Excellence
· Building Capabilities: Academic, Physical, Psychological, legal and social
· Developing Leadership
· Creating Role models
· Addressing Gender Issues
2- Rethinking Women’s Education in a global society
· Globalization and Cultural Identities
· Balancing Private and Professional responsibilities
· Towards equality : Bridging Gender divides
3- Women in Science and Technology
· Remapping Women in Science and Technology in Global era
· Redefining curricular Aspects
4- Partnering a world of opportunities : The road ahead
· Partnership with Community, NGO’s and Industry
· Role of ICT in bridging the Gender gap
· Harnessing global opportunities
· Policy Framework
5- Women Universities : Present Status and Future Agenda
Paper submission:
In addition to plenary talks, invited talks and Panel discussion, Participants are invited to contribute their full papers for paper presentation as well as for poster presentation. The electronic submission of the paper will be accepted through the conference website or through e-mail (jcwe@bv.banasthali.ac.in; jcwe@banasthali.ac.in). The papers will be reviewed and the authors of the short listed papers will be notified. They will then be required to send a camera ready manuscript in the prescribed format to be included in the conference proceedings which is planned to be kept ready at the time of the conference.
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