Outstanding women in journalism, education, sports and social work felicitated
Role of media and photojournalism in encouraging girl child education is
Commendable: Brahm Mahindra
ANU(ChandigarhCityNews)
A three-day long exhibition of Photojournalists Welfare Association today concludes with a seminar themed on Girl Child Education today at Punjab Kala Bhawan, Sector 16,Chandigarh. The event also witnessed the felicitation of the
outstanding women in the field of journalism, sports and education.
Archana Sethi of Punjab Kesari, Monika Sharma, Sukhdeep Kaur and
Manraj Grewal from Hindustan Times, Shayda Bano from Dainik Bhaskar,
Ranju Aeray from Dainik Tribune, Nisha Sharma from Rashtriya Sahara,
Kamla Sharma from Chahrdikala were honounred during the occasion
Felicitated teachers includes Anuradha Sood, Rakesh Sahota, Rajinder Pal Jindal, Rajeev Kumar, Satnam Singh and Prakash Singh from various govt schools of Chandigarh. These teachers apart from their routine teaching jobs, are propagating the girl child education in society. Nitu Sarkar, a wrestler and Amrit Kaur, a basketball players were also honoured during the occasion.
Thirty under privilege girls from Govt Model High School, Sector 25
were also given the free school kits and stationary
According to Akhilesh Kumar, President, PJWA, this felicitation is a
meager and humble attempt to encourage these under privilege school
girls. We wish our efforts will make them to continue their studies
further. He appeal from society to come forward for the cause of girl
child education.
