Celebration of International Women’s Day
On the occasion of International Women’s Day on 8th March, 2022, Women Health Camp was organized at ICAR-NIASM, Baramati. The programme was initiated with the felicitation of chief guest Smt. Rohini Taware (Member, Zilha Parishad, Pune) and Smt. Sangita Patole (President, Samajik Nyay Vibhag, Baramati). Initially Dr. Vanita Kokare (BAMS, DGO), Medical officer attached with ICAR-NIASM, addressed the importance of woman health in day to day life. “Historically women are back bone of human existence” mentioned by the chief guest of the function. In the health camp, besides measurement of weight, blood pressure, and pulse rate, blood samples were collected from 60 women staff including students, YPs and SRFs under the supervision of Dr Kokare. The samples will be analysed for CBC & Himogram analysis and the reports will be distributed accordingly. The programme was followed by an online lecture from Dr Amelia Henry, renowned women scientist from International Rice Research Institute, Philippines on “Phenotyping Rice for drought tolerance” who mentioned about different advance technologies for assessing soil and plant moisture status in rice. The programme was successfully organized by Dr. Vanita Salunkhe, Dr Aliza Pradhan, Smt Purnima Ghadage & Smt Noshin Sheikh under the guidance of Director, NIASM, Baramati.