S.No

Date of the Event

Title of the Workshop/Seminar/Webinar/FDP

Category (National/International/State)

Name of expert(s) invited along with name of Institution(s)

September 2016

Rights of women for the students of Quaid – e – millet college, Medevakkam 

State

Students, Department of Human Rights and Duties Education

13th October 2016

Workshop on Human Rights advocacy through short film

State

Mr. Ganesh, Cinematographer, I-Cut Studio

14th October 2016

A workshop on Human Rights advocacy through street theatre

State

Mr.Kalaivanan, Street Theatre Expert,  Kalai Trust

21st October 2016

Workshop on Gender and Sexuality

State

Ms. Kavya Menon, Eco Feminist 

9th October 2017

Training program on Basics of Human Rights

National

Dr. R. K Maya, Controller of  Examinations, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Ethiraj College for Women

Dr. Ranjith Oommen Abraham

Registrar, Dr. Ambedkar law University

Dr. Bharathi Harishankar, Professor and Head, Department of Women’s Studies, University of Madras. 

Prof. Chandra, Retd Professor, Department of Economics, UD College of Arts and Science, Trichy, dealt with the sessions in the program 

18th December 2017

Interactive workshop on Vaccines and Bio medical ethics

International

Dr. R Gowri Sankar, Research Scientist, CDC, USA  

3rd March 2018

Workshop in Association with Tech Diva on Rebooting women’s career after a career break and its importance

State

Ms. Manu, Tech Diva

August 2018

Workshop on stage play techniques by experts

State

Mr.   John Pradeep

28th November- 3rd December 2018

Workshop on Advocacy through stage play and street play

State

Mr.Suthan and Mr. Bharath – Theatre expert

13th March 2020

Workshop on Disaster Management CDRRP

State

Faculty, Department of Human Rights and Duties Education

16th March 2020

Workshop on Disaster Management CDRRP

State

Professor Dr. Mada Suresh and Professor Mr. Hussain- Dept of Disaster management, University of Madras

Professor Dr. Gautham, Geology, Presidency College

26-29 May 2020

A webinar series on “Key Human Rights Concerns  of covid-19 lockdown

State

Faculty, Department of Human Rights and Duties Education

5th June 2020

webinar on “Job opportunities for Human Rights Education”

National

Ms. Arul Janani, Program Coordinator, NAAZ Foundation

17th June 2020

A webinar on “Understanding body, voice and agency”,

State

Ms. Kavya Menon, Eco Feminist addressed the audience and the session was co-presented by Ms. Shirly Grace Nirmala, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Rights and Duties Education.

18th June 2020

“Protection of Human Rights in times of the pandemic”

State

Dr. Sriranjini Sivasubramanian, Advocate

8th March, 2021

Webinar on “Women and Health”

National

Dr. Mala Raj, Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Firm Hospital. She delivered an inaugural address creating  an awareness about the importance of women’s health. Ms. D. Kavitha, Women and Health Rights Researcher, delivered a special address. 

4th May 2021

“Neoliberalism and worker’s Rights”

National

Mr. Amanullah Khan, Former President, All India Insurance Employees Association and Secretary, South Asia Chapter of Southern Initiative on Globalization and Trade Union Rights, Perth, Australia

9th October 2021

Human Rights and Mental Health 

National

Dr. P Poorna Chandrika, Director, Institute of Mental Health, Chennai

Prof. Dr. M. Malaiappan

Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai

30th November 2021

Advancement of Human Rights in the Cyber Space

National 

Prof. Dr. Debarati Halder

Professor of law, Parul Institute of law, Parul University, Gujarat

Dr. Ranjith Oommen Abraham

Registrar, Dr. Ambedkar law University

13th December 2021

Special Lecture on Human Rights 

State

Justice. K Chandru, Former Advocate, High Court of Madras

YEAR

DETAILS OF THE ACTIVITY 

2016-17

  JAGRITI – The Human Rights Association was conducted on 22.02.2017 at the College Auditorium.

Mrs. Chandradevi Thanikachalam, Vice President, Indian Council for Child Welfare and Member of Ethiraj College Trust, Inaugurated the programme and spoke on “Legal Remedies on Violence Against Women”.  A Panel Discussion on ‘Sexual Violence Against Women’ with eminent speakers – Mr.Karunanidhi, Retd. SP; Advocate Suseela Anand;  Ms. Nancy Thomas, Tulir  and Ms. Durga, Student as panelists. The Discussion created awareness on Sexual violence against women among students of Ethiraj College. Choodamani  Memorial Trust sponsored – Madras Players’ ‘Choodamani’ , a play on Rights of Women was organized in the afternoon, which was very well received by the student audience. 

2017-18

JAGRITI The human rights association was organized on 26th September with the theme ‘Celebrating feminism’. Ms. Amrutha Karayil, Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Criminology, DG Vaishnav College inaugurated the program. A stage play was organized on women rights as a part of awareness creation agenda. It was followed by screening of short films on ‘consent’ and a discussion on Sexual Harassment was conducted with the students headed by Ms. Amrutha Karayil.

2018-19

JAGRITI was organized on 1st October 2018 , Director PS Mithran inaugurated the event on the theme Cyber Issues. The post graduate students of the department performed a stage play on cyber rights violations happening in cyber space. A panel discussion on the topic “Violations in cyber space: what needs to be done?” was held. Violations in cyber space with reference to women and children was discussed by Dr. Prince Solomon, Assistant professor, Department of social work, Madras christian college, Tambaram, Chennai. Dr. Latha Subramanian, Assistant professor, Department of criminology, University of madras made a speech on Cyber crimes. Dr. Ranjith Abraham, Assistant professor, Dr. Ambedkar law university, Chennai talked about Cyber laws. Human rights violations in cyber space with reference to transgenders was dealt by Delfina, Activist

2019-20

JAGRITI was conducted on  19th February 2020. Jagriti 2020, Mr. Erode Mahesh, inaugurated the program and delivered the inaugural address. Dr. K. Deepmala, Founder and Chairperson, Research and Action Center for Local Democracy and Former Director, CII, delivered the special address on social responsibility. A panel discussion on the ‘Need for social responsibility’ was held with the panelist mentioned below.

Moderator: Dr. K. Deepmala, Founder and Chairperson, Research and Action Center for Local Democracy and Former Director, CII

Panelist:  Ms. Jaya Bharathi. K, Director, Bright Corporate Solutions Pvt. Ltd

               Mr. Prasanna Gandhi, Director, Aram porul, NGO

               Ms. Sushmitha Ramakrishna, Senior reporter, The New Indian Express

               Ms. Neha Ramesh, IIIBA Business Economics

Intercollegiate and inter departmental competitions on photography, T-shirt designing, street theatre and 60 seconds to frame were held and prizes were distributed to the winners

2020-21

JAGRITI was held on 10th December 2020. The association day was organized with the theme ‘Covid-19: the refugee crisis’. The event was organized in collaboration with YUVA Active Advocacy Forum. Dr. S. Kothai, Principal, Ethiraj College for Women delivered the Presidential Address, Ms. Aishwarya Kalpathi, CEO and Founder, YUVA Active Advocacy Forum,  inaugurated the program and delivered the key note address, Special address were delivered by Mr. D. Ignatious Jayabalan, Project Manager, ADRA India, on “The dynamics of pandemic: citizenship governance and the refugee crisis”, Dr. Gladston Xavier, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Loyola College, on “Status of refugees in south asia during the pandemic”, Dr. Florina, Chief Zonal Officer, CASA, on “Psychological crisis for refugees in south asian context”, Mr. R. Pathmanathan, Education Program Coordinator, OfERR, on “Identities and intersectionality with standpoints and challenges of refugees”. 

Inter collegiate events were organized as a part of aware creation by the students of the department. An oratorical competition and a poster making competition were held and prizes were awarded to the winners of the events and certificates to all the participants.

2021-22

JAGRITI  was organised on 13th December 2021. Justice K. Chandru , Former Judge, Madras High Court served as Chief guest and gave special lecture on ‘ Need for Human Rights Education’

Batch

No.of Students Placed

Company Name

2016-2018

6

University of Liecester, 

Lakshmi Palliative care, 

IIKM (the corporate B-School) , T2s software soution, DLF cyber city, Manapakkam

2017-2019

17

Lucas TVS, Axis Bank, University of Leicester, Karunalaya social service society, ICCW,Bhoomi Trust, NAAS Foundation, Media Artist, University of Madras,SBI CSR, Byju’s.

2018-2020

4

Atchayam trust, Bioscoops Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., Covenant Ltd., XL Management Services

2019-2021

6

Helpline 1098, CWDR, PCVC, CTS, ProAdapt Lab,Aalayam Trust.

SI.NO

ORGANIZATION

NUMBER OF STUDENTS

MSUM

7

SHRC

5

THUVAKKAM

3

YUVA

15

BIOSCOOPS  ENTERTAINMENT PVT LTD

1

ICCW

1

PEOPLE’S WATCH 

41

KARUNALAYA

8

PREMIER CENTER FOR COMPETENCY TRAINING

1

IJM

2

YOUNG INDIANS

1