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2025-26

A.Y: 2025-2026

Women Development Cell (WDC)

Women Development Cell (WDC) is a committee formed in colleges and institutions to promote gender equality, empower female students, and create awareness about women’s rights, safety, health, and overall development. It works to build a supportive and safe environment for women on campus.

Objectives:

  • To empower women students and encourage their participation in academic and social activities.
  • To create awareness about women’s rights, health, and safety.
  • To promote gender equality and respect among students.
  • To provide guidance, counselling, and support to female students.
  • To organize seminars, workshops, and awareness programs related to women’s development.

Convenor

  1. Prof. Akshada Mestry.

Members

  1. Asst . Prof. Pooja Gupta
  2. Prof. Premkala Yadav

 

SR. NO. LIST OF ACTIVITIES DATE OF ACTIVITIES
1. Fitness – Your Super Power 29/11/2025
2. Mental Health Awareness 06/01/2026
3. Self-  Defence Session 18/02/2026
4. Menstrual Health Hygiene 06/03/2026
5. International Women’s Day 07/03/2026

Event Report

Name Of the Activity Fitness – Your Super Power
Date 29th  November, 2025
Venue College Classroom
Department / Committee Women Development Cell
Time 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Resource Person / Chief Guest

(Name, Designation, Name of the Organization, Contact No and E-mail Id)

 Dr. Hiral Shah

All India Women’s Conference
Number of Participants 70 Students

The Women Development Cell of Niranjana Majithia College of Commerce organized an event titled “Fitness: Your Superpower” for the students on 29th November, 2025. The objective of the program was to create awareness among students about the importance of physical fitness and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Session was attended by 70 students.

 

The session was conducted by Dr. Hiral Shah, a member of the All India Women’s Conference. During the session, she guided the students on the significance of fitness in daily life and explained how regular physical activity contributes to both physical and mental well-being. She also highlighted various health benefits of maintaining fitness, such as improved energy levels, better concentration, stress reduction, and overall wellness.

 

Dr. Shah encouraged the students to adopt healthy habits, maintain a balanced routine, and include exercise as an essential part of their daily lifestyle. The session was informative and motivating, inspiring the students to understand that fitness can truly be their superpower in leading a healthy and productive life.

The program was successfully organized by the Women Development Cell of Niranjana Majithia College of Commerce, and it was well-received by the students, making the event both informative and inspiring.

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Name Of the Activity Mental Health Awareness
Date 06th January, 2026
Venue College Classroom
Time 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Resource Person / Chief Guest

(Name, Designation, Name of the Organization, Contact No and E-mail Id)

 Ms. Archana Padhye
Number of Participants 50 Students

Under the Women Development Cell and Seminar Committee of Niranjana College of Commerce, a seminar titled “Mental Health Awareness for Girls” was organized on 6th January 2026 from 9:00 a.m. onwards with the objective of creating awareness about the importance of mental well-being among female students.

The session was conducted by Ms. Archana Padhye, who served as the resource person for the seminar. She shared valuable insights on the importance of maintaining good mental health, managing stress, and coping with emotional challenges faced by young women in their academic and personal lives.

During the seminar, Ms. Padhye discussed various aspects of mental health such as self-care, emotional balance, and dealing with anxiety, and the importance of seeking help when required. She also motivated students to openly express their feelings and work towards breaking the stigma associated with mental health issues.

The session was informative and interactive, where students actively participated and gained a better understanding of how to maintain a healthy and positive mindset. The seminar proved to be highly beneficial for the girls of our college as it helped them understand the importance of mental well-being, stress management, and maintaining a positive outlook in both academic and personal life.

Overall, the seminar successfully created awareness among the students and encouraged them to prioritize their mental health.

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Name Of the Activity Self Defense Session
Date 18th  February, 2026
Venue College Seminar Hall
Time 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Resource Person / Chief Guest

(Name, Designation, Name of the Organization, Contact No and E-mail Id)

 Mr. Rahul Bajpai

Mr. Atul Sharma
Number of Participants 40 Students

The Women Development Cell of Niranjana Majithia College of Commerce organized a Self-defence Session for girl students on 18th February 2026 in the College Seminar Hall at 9:00 a.m. onwards. The main objective of the session was to create awareness about personal safety and to teach basic self-defense techniques to the students.

The session was conducted by Mr. Rahul Bajpai and Mr. Atul Sharma, who demonstrated various self-defense techniques and guided the students on how to protect themselves in unsafe situations. They also shared important tips on staying alert and confident in public places.

Approximately 40 girl students actively participated in the session. The program was very informative and helped the students gain confidence and awareness about self-protection. The session was successfully conducted and proved to be beneficial for all the participants

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Name Of the Activity Menstrual Health Hygiene
Date 06th  March, 2026
Venue College Classroom
Time 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Resource Person / Chief Guest

(Name, Designation, Name of the Organization, Contact No and E-mail Id)

 All India Women’s Conference
Number of Participants 70 Students

The Women Development Cell of Niranjana Majithia College of Commerce, in association with the All India Women’s Conference, organized a Menstrual Health Awareness Session for all girl students on Friday, 6th March 2026, from 11:00 a.m. onwards in the college classroom.

The session was conducted by the team of the All India Women’s Conference, who explained the importance of menstrual health and hygiene, proper sanitary practices, and addressed common myths and misconceptions related to menstruation. The session aimed to create awareness and encourage students to maintain proper menstrual hygiene.

During the program, sanitary pads were distributed to the girl students to promote healthy hygiene practices. As a remarkable initiative, the team also installed a sanitary pad dispensing machine in Niranjana Majithia College of Commerce, which will help students easily access sanitary pads whenever required.

The initiative created a very positive and meaningful impact on the girl students, promoting awareness, confidence, and better menstrual health management. The session was highly informative and beneficial for all the participants

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2024-25

A.Y: 2024-2025

WOMEN DEVELOPMENT CELL

The Women Development Cell (WDC) aims to foster an empowered, safe, and equitable environment for female students and staff, focusing on gender sensitization, legal awareness, and holistic personal development. Key objectives include preventing sexual harassment, promoting mental/physical health, and enhancing self-confidence, leadership, and skill development for career advancement. 

Committee Members

SR.NO. NAME
1 Dr. Reshma Vaja Chairperson
2 Asst. Prof. Akshada Mestry Convenor
3. Asst. Prof. Premkala Yadav Member
4 Asst. Prof. Pooja Gupta Member

 

List of Activities

Sr. No. LIST OF ACTIVITIES DATE
1 Mammography Test (Breast Cancer) 18/06/2024
2 Seminar on Anemia & Thalassemia Awareness 19/09/2024
3 Self Defense Program 11/02/2025

 

Objectives of a Women Development Cell (WDC):

  • Promote Safety and Equality:Create a secure and inclusive campus environment by implementing measures that prevent harassment, sexual abuse, and discrimination, upholding the dignity of women.
  • Gender Sensitization:Organize workshops, seminars, and campaigns to raise awareness about gender issues, women’s rights, and legal protection.
  • Empowerment and Skill Development:Enhance the skills of female students and staff through training programs in communication, leadership, and entrepreneurship to foster self-reliance.
  • Health and Well-being:Promote the physical, mental, and emotional health of women by organizing health check-ups, self-defense workshops, and sessions on mental well-being.
  • Grievance Redressed:Act as a dedicated forum for addressing complaints of sexual harassment or discrimination, providing guidance, counseling, and support.
  • Networking and Mentorship:Facilitate opportunities for women to connect with professionals and mentors to foster career growth and collaboration.

 

Event: Mammography Test (Breast Cancer)

Date: 18/06/2024

Venue:College Campus – Ground Floor

The Women Development Cell and IQAC in association with Rotary Club organized a Free Mammography Test in NiranjanaMajithia College of Commerce for women above the age of 30 years. This was organized to examine the early breast cancer. The test procedure began from 10:00 am onwards. A bus equipped with latest testing techniques and a team of doctors and nurses was stationed at the college campus for the same. The camp was inaugurated by Principal Dr. ReshmaVaja& Vice-Principal and IQAC coordinator Dr. Sweta Kumar.

Awareness and timely diagnosis could help in treating and overcoming the challenges of Breast Cancer. Rotary Club president added, this van could help women of remote areas and underprivileged sections of the society to get their disease detected and treated in time. 12number of people got tested for the mammography test.

Event: Seminar on Anemia & Thalassemia Awareness

Speaker: Dr. Nilima Inamdar

The Women Development Cell and IQAC in association with Rotary Club organized a seminar on Anemia & Thalassemia Awareness in Niranjana Majithia College of Commerce for students. This was organized to raise awareness and conduct screening for these conditions among students and staff. The test procedure began from 11:00 am onwards. A medical setup of well-equipped latest testing techniques and a team of doctors and nurses was stationed at the seminar hall of college for the same. The seminar was inaugurated by Principal Dr. Reshma Vaja& Vice-Principal and IQAC coordinator Dr. Sweta Kumar.

Anemia& Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder characterized by less oxygen-carrying protein and fewer red blood cells in the body than normal. This disease usually remains unknown to the patient and therefore poses a greater threat to his/her health with potential harm for their progeny. The medical staff from The Rotary Club raised the necessary awareness among the students. They also shared their vision of spreading awareness about thalassemia (minor and major), its consequences and its treatments.

The aim was to provide free assistance to students suffering from thalassemia major. The medical staff was providing with adequate facilities. The camp was resounding success and step forward for the medical well-being of students.

Event: Self Defense Program

Date: 11/02/25

Venue: College Campus

The Women Development Cell and IQAC organized a Self – Defense Program in Niranjana Majithia College of Commerce for students. This consisted of a series of interactive training sessions. The curriculum designed to cover various aspects of self-defence including Martial arts experts and self-defence professionals, led the sessions, ensuring comprehensive and effective training for the participants.Pratical sessions focused on teaching basics strikes, blocks and grapping techniques tailored for real life scenario’s. All the sessions was commenced by experts.

Principal,  Dr.Reshma Vaja expressing gratitude to the instructors, participants and supporters for their enthusiasm and engagement throughout the program. She underscored the importance of equipping individual especially students, with navigate today’s world confidently. Dr.Reshma Vaja, present the certificate to each participants, recognitions their diligence and perseverance in mastering self-defense techniques.

2022-23

Women Development Cell Report
2022-2023

Event:- Self Defence Program
Date:- 8th September 2022
Department:- WDC
Venue:- Seminar Hall

Objective:
This training emphasize on various methods and strategy that can be used to self -defence
themselves against violent attacks.
To empower women with different techniques to handle attack independently.

Outcome: Motivate girls students to show their full participation and learn self- defence to
protect themselves.
Niranjana Majithia College of Commerce has held a workshop on 8th September 2022,
Thursday a Self – Defense program. The program was started with introduction regarding self
defense and its importance which has given by Prof. Hafiza Gazi and further Mr. Dev Mehta
who is the resource person for the event has enlighten the with techniques of self defense. Mr
Dev is a over sea representative of India from England. he has more then 40 years of experience
in this area. He emphasize of various methods and strategy girl students can use to self defense
themselves against violent attacks.
Also principal ma’am and vice principal ma’am has also shared their views points regarding
self defense program and motivate girls students to show active participation in the program.
They help girls to understand that if a person is capable enough to protect themselves then the
confident level of the same person increase with better personalities. The workshop was
attended nearly by 63 girls student. which includes students from all department i.e BMS ,
B.COM & BSCIT.

2020-21

Invitation send to students 

Dear students, 
Women’s development cell of Niranjana Majithia College of Commerce On the occasion of National Women’s Day week Presents

A cyber Sakhi program on  1st March at 11 a.m. at Zoom platform. All the girls have to join the session to be a digitally empowered Sakhi.

Date: 1st March 2021
Time: 11:00 am- 12:30pm

Session link:   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82068432096?pwd=OGZTKzR6L1lYZVBVdEJ1ZWhzUEx2QT09  

Please fill in the Google form provided in the message.
Google form link: https://forms.gle/akjG7VTNd2UWksAV9

 

DATE 01 March, 2021
EVENT WEBINAR ON ‘Cyber Sakhi’’

Women development cell in association with Responsible Netism has organized webinar for all girl students. Around 56 students participated. The guidance was given by Mrs. Manisha Salvi is an Facilitator and Trainer at Responsible Netism

 

OBJECTIVES OF WEBINAR

For female college students  to foster digital empowerment, a safe cyber experience and ensure mental well-being in cyberspace.

2019-20

WDC REPORT
(2019-2020)
 

Health and Nutrition
08th August, 2019

Women Development Cell had organized a seminar on Health and Nutrition    on 8th August, 2019 at 9 a.m. in Room no.11 .It was very informative seminar on how Growing Students require good nutrition to build healthy bodies and fight diseases. Students were educated through Visual aids the importance of correct nutrition required for healthy growth. They were made aware of main nutrients in food, their importance for the body & for prevention of malnutrition nearly about 48 students attended the seminar.

 

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
21st DEC, 2018

Women’s development cell had organized a seminar on entrepreneurship development by Mrs.Priya Soni on 21st December, 2018 a 8.30am in classroom. The seminar was about how to be an entrepreneur. In the seminar the speaker highlighted on the basic steps required for entrepreneurship development and how women entrepreneurs can grow. The seminar was for 1 hour and was attended by 60 students.

 

 

Sexual Harassment
23rd  August, 2019

WDC has organized a guest lecture on Sexual Harassment on 23rd  August, 2019. The lecture was conducted by Mr.  Onil kulkarni who is the founder and president of the Swadhisthan Foundation.

The lecture unfolds about how women are eve teased and harassed in society and how it can be prevented. The speaker also explained the various  legal provisions under the “The Sexual Harassment of women  at Workplace” (Prevention, prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 which seeks to protect women from sexual harassment at their place of work.

There were appx. 64 degree college students from first & Second year were present in the seminar hall who were actively participating with the speaker.

The lecture was beneficial to our students as it would help them to tackle the situations of harassment in future and it would help to create a better world to live in.

2018-19

WDC REPORT
2018-19
KANYA BRUN HATYA
25TH SEPT, 2018

WDC has organized a seminar on Kanya Brun Hatya on 25th September, 2018 at 9 am in the seminar hall it was very informative seminar on how female feticides are killed inside the womb of the mother and how it can be prevented nearly about 80girls attended the seminar the session was for 1hour and 30min.

 

AWARENESS ON CERVICAL CANCER
03RD OCT, 2018

WDC had organized a guest lecture on awareness of cervical cancer on 3rd October, 2018 at 9 am in seminar hall. DR Harsha Hathi, President of inner wheel club Bombay North with 25 years of experience was the guest lecturer for the event. It was very informative session as the awareness was created on how it is spread? What are the methods of prevention? How it is been detected? And many more questions being solved. At the end of the lecture there was question answer session in which girlsw students cleared their doubts. Nearly about 100 girls attended the lecture. The session was for 1 hour 30m. It was a very useful lecture.

 

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
21st DEC,2018

Women’s development cell had organised a seminar on entrepreneurship development by Mrs.Priya Soni on 21st December, 2018 a 8.30am in classroom. The seminar was about how to be an entrepreneur. In the seminar the speaker highlighted on the basic steps required for entrepreneurship development and how women entrepreneurs can grow. The seminar was for 1 hour and was attended by 60 students.