University of Jammu to conduct JK women science congress from 11th to 13th Feb, 2024

Vice chancellor Prof Umesh Rai launches the website for the congress

University of Jammu in collaboration with J&K Science Technology & Innovation Council (JKSTIC), Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir, is organizing JK Women Science Congress from 11th to 13th February, 2024. University of Jammu aims to bring together women scientists, researchers, academicians, and students from diverse backgrounds and disciplines through this event. To facilitate the participation in the congress, a dedicated website was launched by the honourable Vice Chancellor Prof. Umesh Rai, in the presence of Dean Academic Affairs and convenor of the congress-Prof. Anju Bhasin (online), Dean Research Studies-Prof. Neelu Rometra, Registrar-Prof. Rahul Gupta, Director IT-Er. Anik Gupta and Co-convenor-Prof. Jyoti Vakhlu.

The aim of the congress is to create a platform for networking, collaboration, and the exchange of ideas, fostering a supportive community for women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Women remain underrepresented in many fields including STEM. Organizing such events helps in recognizing and celebrating the achievements made by women scientists in their respective fields. Such events play a very important role in inspiring and motivating young girls and early-career researchers to contribute and excel in their respective domains. The challenges often faced by women such as work-life balance issues, gender bias, unequal opportunities and limited access to resources will be openly discussed so that strategies can be made ways to overcome these challenges.

The website for JK Women Science Congress will serve as a centralized platform to provide comprehensive information about the dates, venue, agenda, speakers, and about the registration details. The speakers from diverse backgrounds have been invited. The online registration process will start from 5th January, 2024. After registration, participants can upload their abstracts either for poster or oral presentation. As a part of its institutional responsibility and first of its kind citizen registration to attend the congress is also available on the website that is free but with limited seats.