Womens Development Cell

Nirbhayam Launch

A Session on “Gender Equality” was held for the first year students of Electronics, Information Technology and Robotics on 14th Nov 2023 at Ramanujan hall from 10 am to 12 pm.

Women must download this app on their Android phones and submit their details. By implementing this, once an emergency situation occurs, they will be able to quickly receive information at the police control room after hitting a button on this Nirbhayam app.

Personal Health

A session on “Personal Health” was conducted for the first-year female engineering students on 17th December 2021at 1.20 pm at Tagore Hall. It was organized by the Information Technology department in association with the Women’s cell and the Department of Applied Psychology and Counseling.

The session was handled by Dr Reena Madhu, a women cell member and psychologist. In the session topics related to physical health, mental health, personal hygiene, the importance of nutritious food, session regular exercise were covered. Nearly 80 students participated in the session. Towards the end, there was an interactive session in which the students cleared their doubts.

Self Defense Workshop

A workshop was conducted on “Self Defense Techniques” for the final year girl students and fifth semester electronics branch students by the Internal Complaint Committee ( ICC) and the Anti Sexual Harassment Cell and Womens Cell in association with NSS.

The resource person was Mr. Mark Antony who is a K.A.I certified National coach Karate Instructor with II Degree Black Belt. The session was conducted in Ramanujan Hall at 3.00pm on 18/11/21.

Nearly fifty students participated. In the session the girl students were shown simple techniques through which they could defend themselves in case of any sort of assault. Boys also attended the session so that they could pass on the information to their family and friends.

ORIENTATION

Date : 5/11/21, Timing ; 3.00 – 3.45 pm, Venue : TIST Girls Hostel

An orientation was given to the final year inmates of the girls hostel by Dr. Deepa Elizabeth George, convenor of the Women’s cell.

She spoke about the formation of the new cell “Internal Compliance Committee” ICC under the women’s cell wherein any sort of gender bias or injustice faced by the girl students or women staff of the college can be reported so that necessary steps can be taken to avoid such incidents and spreading awareness about gender equality among all.

The convenor also stressed that they can approach the women cell members if they face any problem. One should not remain quiet nor should one not get scared. She also spoke in length about the functions of the women’s cell. The final year inmates were asked to orient their juniors about the Women’s cell and ICC. She was accompanied by Dr. Reena Madhu, women cell member and girls hostel in charge.

Overcoming stigma related to Mental Illness

Date: 1/11/21, Time: 7.30- 9.00 pm (Online mode)

An online session was handled by Dr. Reena Madhu, member of the Women’s cell on 1st November on  “How to overcome stigma related to Mental Health”. It was conducted as part of mental health day. The audience consisted of students, homemakers, and mental health professionals.

She spoke about the stigma that is associated with mental illness and the need to ensure that individuals with mental health difficulties must be treated equally without any discrimination. She also stressed the importance of maintaining good mental health.  After the session, there was an interactive session with the participants wherein all the queries were answered to

• International Women’s day was celebrated on 10^th March with a session on the 2021 Theme “Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a Covid -19 World”. Aswathy Venugopal, Dream-maker, and founder at Avasarshala delivered the Session.

• Organized a session on “Stress Release Tips for Facing Entrance Exams amidst COVID-19 Lockdown Blues” on 4th July 2020 for Plus two students aspiring for engineering and medical entrance exams during the COVID-19 period.

• Organized a session on “Mental Health Challenges and Issues in Post Lockdown – Expanding New Horizons” on 27th July 2020 for the post-graduate students of Psychology and English, Jain University, Kakkanad campus.

• Organized a session on “Engineering and its scope and excitement “ on 30th July 2020 for Plus one student of Global Public school, Ernakulam.

• Organized a session on “Introduction to Yoga on Health and well-being” was organized on Sept 12, 2020, for all staff and parents of students of TIST.

• Organized a session on “Exploring Opportunities for women in Engineering “ in association with WIE, IEEE on 5th Dec 2020.

• Organized two weeks computer training program in “Empowering Women in Computer Education” for housewives from July 1-15, 2019. 25 participants from the nearby locality took part in the training program.

• The 2019 IEEE, Women In Engineering(WIE) summit was organized at Toc H Institute of Science and Technology on 21,22, and 23 July 2019. The three-day-long programs had various workshops that spread technical knowledge on image analysis, natural image process, cybersecurity, and Women in Entrepreneurship. There were 130 participants for the event from all over Kerala..

• A workshop on “ Wing- Women Rise Together”, a capacity development program for women entrepreneurs by Mr. Jibin Jose, CEO, Flipmotion Technologies, was held on Oct 23, 2019, at CS seminar hall.

• A mass thiruvathira of all girl students of S3 was held on Nov 1, 2019, in connection with Kerala Piravi celebrations

• Women Empowerment and Entrepreneurship guidance workshop organized on 6th and 7th Feb 2020 by WING team( in association with Kerala Startup mission

• Organized a session on ‘Reducing Stress in Women’ in the workshop on ‘Status of Women’ organized by Amballur grama panchayat on 18th Feb 2020

• Soft skill session for the girl students of TIST on 5/6/18 – A session on soft skill was conducted for the girl students of TIST by the Women’s cell in association with the TIST entrepreneurship cell. The session was handled by PRAYANA which specializes in providing soft skill training to students.

Computer Training for Housewives. A Ten-day Training in Computer was given to the Housewives of the Mulanthuruthy Panchayath in association with the CS dept.

International Yoga Day was celebrated in TIST by the Women’s cell. Smt Sheeba Vinod, Yoga Therapist, International Hospital, Kochi handled the session. Staff and students of the college participated in the session

Enlighten 2.0 was organized in association with IEEE WIE(Women In Engineering) student chapter of TIST, at St Ignatious HSS, Kanjiramattom for the 9^th & 10^th students on engineering orientation.

Enlighten 2.0 was organized in association with IEEE WIE(Women In Engineering) student chapter of TIST, at St George school, Arakunnam for the 9^th & 10^th students on engineering orientation.

Organized a one-day program on ‘Effective parenting skills’ for parents at SN school, Mamala.

Visit Holy Cross Hospice, Perumpadappu, a center for terminally ill patients.

“Interpersonal Relationship” session by Dr. Joseph Kuruvilla, Psychologist and Former Registrar, College of Nursing, Vellore was arranged for the Fifth-semester female students of B Tech and the faculty.

“Interpersonal Relationship” session by Dr. Vincent H. Wilson, Principal, TIST, for Fifth-semester boys.

Due to the alarming rise in atrocities against women in public places, a general awareness program on  Self Defense was conducted for the  Girls in association with Kerala Police. The session was handled by three women trainers from the police department. The training module was designed and developed by Kerala Police for twenty hours duration to empower women physically and mentally. Fifteen girls from each dept attended the program and participated in the practical session.