Yashaswini Samat spoke about how a woman’s most productive years are also the ones coinciding with hectic family life, navigating through life while staying true to yourself. Rupa Athreya spoke of her time as one of the first women students at IIM Calcutta, her work at Glaxo Laboratories. She talked about her job as a nutrition officer at Unicef, promoting iodized salt, universal child immunization, leprosy control, diarrhoea control, HIV aids, and anaemia control.

The Alumni Cell also hosted Mrs. Sharmila Pande for a talk centred on “Using mindfulness to overcome anxiety” to mark the International Women’s Day celebration. She spoke on how society puts enough pressure on women to act and be like men because men hold most positions of authority. She then shared her experience with ICICI Ltd and how the company has supported female employees. Her family extended enough support for her to follow her passion. Women are synonymous to sacrifice and perfection. But it is okay to have imperfections. It is imperative to let things go. In Order to undo one bad thought, you need to have three good thoughts. To deal with it, you have to first figure out what triggers anxiety and where it shows in your body. Having figured this out, see how you want to deal with it. Do what makes you comfortable, or one can follow meditation too. Begin by accepting that yes, you are anxious, and then work on it. Finally, she led a meditation session with incredibly refreshing results.