The School of Pharmacy, Vishwakarma University had the celebration of National Girl Child Day at Vishwakarma Vidyalaya, Bibewadi with the collaboration with Legal Aid Clinic for the 8th, 9th, and 11th (Science and Commerce) girl’s students. The celebration was coordinated by Prof. Dipali Talele and Prof. Yogita Shinde on 20th Februray 2024, aimed to provide the knowledge about the inequalities faced by a girl child in Indian society and rights of a girl child and addresses issues like child marriage, discrimination, and violence against girls in the form of skit. Later it was followed by the guidance session on menstruation health, good hygiene practices to be exercised and the importance of healthy lifestyle. All students were given the guidance of importance of laws which are necessary to know regarding the rights in the society. The session was followed by the health check up camp where weight, height, BMI was checked, and necessary advice was given to be physically fit. In this activity, total one hundred seventy-two students plus 10 faculties, health check was performed. The camp concluded with the distribution of pens and Frooti drinks. The 11th science girl’s students had the tour of School of Pharmacy which was guided by the Prof. Dipali Talele, Prof Yogita Shinde, Vandana Miss, Prof. Sonali Manwatkar, Prof. Poonam Taru. During the tour, they visited laboratories for Pharmacognosy and Pharmacology, as well as the machine room. The Dean had also addressed them regarding the importance of college education and maintaining good health.
