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Manipal : Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) celebrated International Women’s Day on Fridayat the Dr TMA Pai auditorium here. The theme this year was #Balance for better. Following a brief inaugural function, chief guest for the event Prof Dr Indira Chakravarthy, Chief Advisor to Public Health Engineering Department, Government of West Bengal gave the keynote address.

She shared her views on Balance between Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and improvement in health and nutrition. She also presented the results of various case studies done in different parts of the country in this direction.The welcome address was delivered by Dr Poornima Baliga, Pro Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Health Sciences, MAHE.

During the inauguration, a short film made by the students of School of Communication under the guidance of Dr Shubha HS, Head Media Studies on the theme #Balanceforbetter was presented. Dr H S Ballal Pro Chancellor MAHE and Mr Bhaskar Hande General Manager, Syndicate Bank Manipal also spoke. The guests of honor were; Ms Sheetal Taluja Rimal, COO, Publication Company, Nepal, Mr Purushottam Shetty, Proprietor, Ujwal Developers, and Dr Parvathi Bhat, Medical Superintendent, Dr TMA Pai Memorial Hospital, Udupi.

A video on the activities of Team WOMAN conducted in 2018 and prepared by the School of Communication was shown to the audience. The prizes for the winners of the photography, poetry and poster competitionswere also given away.

The vote of thanks was delivered by Mrs Hilda Cornelio, Management Executive, MAHE. The master of ceremony for the inaugural programme was Dr Anitha Shivaji, Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, KMC, Manipal

MsSheetal Tanujaset the tone for the event with her session on ‘Smile-for better balancing’. Dr Virupaksha Devaramane, Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr A V Baliga Memorial Hospital, Udupi spoke on how to deal with stress and anxiety, balancing work and home, importance of communication and good parenting.

‘Stigmatization of the Woman Drug User: Perceptions, Challenges and the Way Forward’, a talk by Ms Lakshmi Radhakrishnan, Deputy Commissioner Mangalore Customs was interesting. This was followed by a panel discussion on ‘Women and Drug Abuse’ moderated by Dr Gayatri Prabhu, Coordinator, Student Support Centre, Philosophy and Humanities.

The closing session was based on the theme ‘Why not balance physical fitness?’ conducted by the Centre for Sports Science and Medicine Research, MAHE.  The Session overview was provided by Dr Fiddy Davis, Associate Prof and Head, Dept of Exercise and Sports Sciences, SOAHS. The resource persons for the session were Ms Mayuri Joshi and Ms Shifra Fernandes from the Dept of Exercise and Sports Science, MAHE.