Staff Reporter
Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ today presented the AICTE Lilavati Awards 2020 on women empowerment to the winners in New Delhi.
Mr Pokhriyal welcomed the initiative of All India Council for Technical Education, AICTE for instituting the Lilawati Awards and stressed that such innovative steps shall be great motivation for girls to join higher education.
He said, this initiative will pave a path towards equality in education and innovation for women.
He also informed that Government has launched Udaan scheme which aims to enable girls of weaker socio-economic status at school level to gain access to higher education.
He said, the government has also started Pragati Yojana to give young women opportunity to further their technical education.
The Education Minister highlighted that the new National Educational Policy has greatly emphasised on gender equality and students should participate in such initiatives to promote women empowerment.
Based on the theme ‘Women Empowerment’, AICTE finalized the winners from a total of 456 entries who competed across 6 sub themes, which include, Women’s Health, Self-Defense, Sanitation and Hygiene, Literacy, Women Entrepreneurship and Legal Awareness.