‘Kanya Kiran’ Celebrates National Girl Child Day | KalingaTV

Bhubaneswar: National Girl Child Day was celebrated by ‘Kanya Kiran’, a singular initiative of KIIT & KISS, throughout 34 locations together with 30 district headquarters of Odisha on twenty fourth January 2021.
On the event, a nationwide digital webinar on ‘Kanya Kiran – Educating Girl Child for Building an Equitable Society’ was organized at KIIT. Dr. Sunitha Krishnan, Founder, Prajjwala; Dr. Smita Premchander, Head, Sampark & Adjunct Professor, IIM Ahmedabad; Suryamani Roul, Veteran Development Professional and Dutee Chand, Sprinter & KIIT pupil  joined as audio system and addressed individuals.
In her keynote speech, Dr. Sunitha Krishnan stated, schooling is a way to create a gender-just society. It provides energy to every one to dwell with the desires every one has, she said.
Speaking on the event, Dr. Smita Premchander stated, “Education should aim towards breaking the shackles of inequality in a patriarchal society. Skill Development and life skills in particular need to at the core of one’s focus while deploying education as a tool of empowerment”.
Mr. Roul stated, public funding in schooling and particularly within the area of lady baby schooling must be prioritized. Action based mostly analysis and coverage based mostly intervention to combine data, ability and angle must get launched in coverage making, he added.
In his welcome handle, Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Founder, KIIT & KISS stated, Kanya Kiran is a platform to advertise the lady baby, to guard the ladies, to empower the lady baby by schooling. “Education is the third eye of a child”, he added.
Among others, Prof. H. Okay. Mohanty, VC, KIIT Deemed to be college; Prof. Sasmita Samanta, VC-in-Charge, KISS Deemed to be University; Prof. Gyan Ranjan Mohanty, Registrar, KIIT and Dr. P. Okay. Routray, Registrar, KISS additionally spoke on the subject.
On the event lady achievers Abhilipsa Bhol, Sushri Divyadarshini, Yasoda Pandey and Sarita Kolaka have been felicitated. The district stage toppers within the Matriculation Exam (amongst Girls) in 2020 and others ladies who’ve excelled in numerous spheres of life have been felicitated with money prizes in every district.
The main aims of Kanya Kiran Campaign have been to make sure empowerment of lady youngsters and ladies, their social rights, to stop vicious violence towards them, to generate consciousness about totally different schemes for the sake of girls and lady youngsters and to cease girls trafficking. Kanya Kiran Mission commenced in 2018 on the behest of Dr. Achyuta Samanta.