On 27th July, 2018, the Centre for Women's Studies in the University of Hyderabad, inaugurated the one week Gender Sensitisation Program with forty participants. I was very happy to see a large number of men and many from the Science stream, Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Life Sciences attending this program. Majority of the participants are from Maharashtra, though we have representation from Karnataka, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra and Telengana too. It is nice to know that this program has been made mandatory by the UGC and through these teachers from different parts of the country one can reach a large number of students and this can be a precursor of change. I am very thankful to Prof. Gyan Mudra, the Head of the Hyman Resource Development from National Institute of Rural Development, NIRD who gave a beautiful Key note address and the participants liked the talk very much and had a large number of questions and many participants asked me to call her back for another lecture. Our Dean Prof. Venkat Rao an anthropologist also gave an in depth scholarly talk on the beginnings of Gender discrimination and dwelt at length some of the issues related to Gender including matriarchal, matrileneal societies, dowry, bride price etc. I also met two of my history students, Aruna who is teaching at Osmania University and Shivaji, from NEHU University. This is going to be a week full of hectic activities from nine in the morning to five thirty in the evening. I am very thankful to my Ph. D. students Pooja Chetry and Pabitra S who are helping with this program and the logistics of organising this and taking care of the day to day issues that arise. Indeed a great boon to have such students on whom we can bank completely.
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