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® VIDYA PRASARAK MANDAL'S K.G. JOSHI COLLEGE OF ARTS & N.G. BEDEKAR COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, THANE Re-Accredited 'A' Grade by NAAC Best College Award (University of Mumbai) Community College (University of Mumbai) NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON Women’s Quest for Equality in India Promises, Problems & Prospects 9th and 10th January 2015 Venue Kattyayan Commerce Building, Third Floor, K.G. Joshi College of Arts & N.G. Bedekar College of Commerce, Chendani Bunder Road, Thane 400 601, (MS), India. Organized by Women Development Cell VPM’s Joshi-Bedekar College “Jnanadweepa”, Thane College Campus, Chendani Bunder Road, Thane 400 601, (MS), India, Website : www.vpmthane.org i Women Development and Grievance Redressal Cell 1. Dr. (Mrs.) Shakuntala A. Singh President 2. Mr. Subhash G. Shinde Member 3. Dr. (Mrs.) Smita Bhide Member 4. Mrs. Monika Deshpande Member 5. Mr. N. S. Barse Member 6. Dr. Anil Dhawale Member 7. Dr. (Mrs.) Suja Roy Abraham Member 8. Mrs. Nomita Kolnoorkar Member 9. Ms. Neelam Shaikh Member 10. Mrs. Manali Ambokar Office Representative 11. Mrs. Alpana Bapat Member (NGO) 13. Mrs. Priyamvada Tokekar Convener/Member Secretary Steering Committee 1 Dr. (Mrs.) Shakuntala A. Singh Principal & Chairperson 2 Mr. Subhash G. Shinde Vice Principal 3 Dr. (Mrs.) Smita V. Bhide Vice Principal 4 Mr. Narayan S. Barse Librarian & Co-ordinator (BLIS) 5 Mrs. Gauri P. Tirmare Vice Principal (Jr. College) 6 Mr. D.M. Murdeshwar Co-ordinator (Unaided Courses) 7 Mrs. Priyamvada Tokekar Convener 8 Dr. Suja Roy Abraham Co-Convener Please Note: Published by : The Authors of the papers are alone Vidya Prasarak Mandal’s K. G. Joshi College of Arts & responsible for technical content of the N. G. Bedekar College of Commerce, Thane papers and references cited therein “Jnanadweepa”, Chendani, Bunder Road, Thane (W) 400 601. Maharashtra Tel. : 2533 24 12 Fax : 2533 24 12 Website : www.vpmthane.org Printed at Perfect Prints 22, Jyoti Industrial Estate, Nooribaba Darga Road, Thane 400 601. Tel. : 2534 1291 / 2541 3546 Email : [email protected] ii Editorial Committee Accounts Committee 1 Dr. (Mrs.) Shakuntala A. Singh Chairperson 1 Mrs. Manali Ambokar Chairperson 2 Mrs. Priyamvada Tokekar Member 2 Mr. Sanjay Patil Member 3 Dr. Anil D. Dhawale Member 3 Mr. Rupesh Zagade Member 4 Dr. Suja Roy Abraham Member 4 Mr. Parag Shinde Member 5 Mrs. Sangeeta Dixit Member 6 Mrs. Archana Nair Member Stage and Hall Arrangement Committee 7 Ms. Tanvi Raut Member 1 Mrs. Archana Doifode Chairperson 2 Mrs. Kalpana Ramdas Member Sponsorship Committee 3 Mrs. Geetanjali Chiplunkar Member 1 Mr. Narayan S. Barse Chairperson 4 Mr. Vinod Chandwani Member 2 Mrs. Priyamvada Tokekar Member 5 Ms. Jharna Tolani Member 3 Mr. Y.S. Prasade Member 6 Mrs. Sadhana Singh Member 4 Dr. D.P. Sable Member Anchoring Committee Technical Committee 1 Dr. Suja Roy Abraham Chairperson 1 Ms.T.N.Nadgauda Chairperson 2 Mrs. Anjali Purandare Member 2 Mr. Sagar Thakkar Member 3 Mrs. Nomita Kolnoorkar Member 3 Mr. Shashikant Waghere Member 3 Ms. Tanvi Raut Member 4 Mr. Ranjeet Varma Member 4 Mrs. Archana Nair Member 5 Ms. Pooja Mule Member 6 Ms. Kranti Doibale Member Catering Committee 1 Mrs. Pradnya Rajebahadur Chairperson Certificate Preparation Committee 2 Dr. (Mrs.) Indrani Roy Member 1 Ms. Madhavi Arekar Chairperson 3 Mr. Shivaji Naik Member 2 Mrs. Neeta Pathak Member 4 Mrs. Trupti Kautikwar Member 3 Ms. Mohini Nadkarni Member 5 Mrs. Swati Bhalerao Member 6 Ms. Seethalakshmi Iyer Member iii Registration Committee Reception Committee 1 Mrs. Sindhu Natuvetty Chairperson 1 Mrs. Rashmi Agnihotri Chairperson 2 Mr. N.R. Wadvinde Member 2 Dr. Jayashree Singh Member 3 Mrs. Kalpana Nayar Member 3 Mrs. Mohini Kulkarni Member 4 Mrs. Archana Prabhudesai Member 4 Mrs. Suchita Joshi Member 5 Ms. Gayatri Gor Member 5 Ms. Mugdha Keskar Member 6 Mrs. Shefali Kondewar Member 6 Ms. Vedavati Paranjape Member 7 Mrs. Neha Malkhare Member Hospitality Committee 8 Mr. Nitin Pagi Member 1 Dr. Anil Dhawale Chairperson 2 Mr. Praful Bhosale Member Publicity Committee 3 Mr. Avinash Waghmare Member 1 Mr. Santosh Rane Chairperson 4 Mr. Prakash S. Jangle Member 2 Mr. Prashant Dharmadhikari Member 5 Mr. Atul Raut Member 3 Mrs. Vimukta Raje Member 6 Mr. Bhalchandra Karbhari Member 7 Ms. Priyamvada Joshi Member 8 Mrs. Sangeeta Mohanty Member iv Chairman’s Message I have great pleasure in presenting this volume of papers presented in the Conference on ‘Women’s Quest for Equality in India- Promises, Problem and Prospects’ under the auspices of VPM’s Arts and Commerce College on 9th and 10th January 2015. Vidya Prasarak Mandal has a tradition of organising various conferences, seminars and workshops at National and International level. Recently we had organised an International Conference on 900th Anniversary of Bhaskaracharya. One of our institutes K.G. Joshi College of Arts and N.G.Bedekar College of Commerce is organising A Two Day National Conference on ‘Women’s Quest for Equality in India- Promises, Problem and Prospects’. Such programmes provide platform to researchers to express their opinions and share their research findings with likeminded people, scholars and students. It is through such conferences that we get an opportunity to know, exchange and expand our universe of ideas, concepts and understanding of the subject. In a way intellectual churning is the motive behind such programmes. The male and female social reformers of the 19th century India played an important role in emancipating women and created awareness in them. As a result women entered the public domain. Some of them even joined the National Independence Movement. After independence, constitutional and legal safeguards were provided to women. Rather the first fundamental right guaranteed to the citizens of India is Right to Equality. But is this right translated into reality? The subject of this conference is indeed critical to the current times for our country. Women are yet to achieve equal status. They are deprived of life expectancy, access to health and medical services, inheritance and educational opportunities. They are underrepresented in political and economic fields. Atrocities like dowry harassment; eve teasing, wife beating, and rape are inflicted upon them. This conference will raise a number of such problems and issues faced by women and deliberate to find solutions to some of them. It will seek to address issues about how women can overcome barriers of society and empower themselves. I wish them success in this objective. Dr. Vijay V. Bedekar Chairman Vidya Prasarak Mandal, Thane, Maharashtra, India. v From the Principal’s desk I am delighted that a National Conference on Women’s Issues called, “Women’s Quest for Equality in India- Promises, Problems and Prospects” is being conducted under the aegis of our Institution, VPM’s K. G. Joshi College of Arts and N. G. Bedekar College of Commerce, Thane. At an Age and Time when gender equality and women’s empowerment have been set firmly on course by activists, thinkers and feminists, it is right and proper for us to deliberate on the course they have followed till date and the direction they need to pursue in the future. While a number of issues have been successfully tackled, a great many of them still stare us in the face. We need activism as much as we need reflection. Therefore, the need for such a Conference, where both activists intimately involved with furthering the cause, and thinkers whose enlightened vision can show the way, meet and share experiences and ideas to shape current and future strategies. I also look forward very keenly to the deliberation of this Conference and the direction it projects for the future, since, as a woman and an administrator, I am respectively both a participant and a potential propellant in this direction. I wish the Conference all success. Dr. Shakuntala A. Singh Principal vi Convener’s Message I am indeed delighted and privileged to be the Convener of the Two Day National Conference on ‘Women’s Quest for Equality in India-Promises, Problems and Prospects’. Women Development Cell of our College was established in the year 2003. The primary responsibility of the Cell is to operate as the redressal mechanism against sexual discrimination at college level. The Cell is playing a positive role by inculcating a sense of gender equality among the students of the college. In the last decade, the Cell has organised a number of programmes towards this objective. This Two-Day National Conference is being organised by the Cell to address issues related to women. Indian society is essentially a male-dominated society, in which the ascribed status has been low. While the Constitution provides safeguards and legal measures, women are yet to achive equal status. The Two Day Conference will raise a number of problems faced by women and find answers to some of these problems. It will also seek to address how women can overcome barriers of society and empower themselves. As a Pre-Conference activity, various inter-collegiate competitions such as Street Play, Documentary or Short Film, Powerpoint Presentation, Slogan and Poster Competitions were organised, that received good response. The winners in all these competitions will be given an opportunity to present in the upcoming National Conference. We received an overwhelming response in the form of research papers, from all over the country. Therefore, we will have parallel technical sessions in which, these papers will be presented. Along with the Technical Sessions, two Plenary Sessions, two Panel Discussions and an interaction with the Activists titled ‘Towards Equality’ will be conducted. Thus, different avenues of expression will be used to address the issues related to women. We had conducted a Cover Page Design Competition for the book of the Proceedings of the Conference. Our student, Kumuduni Kudalkar of T.Y.B.M.M.