March 15, 2018

March 15, 2018- An awareness program on Sexual harassment and Post traumatic stress disorder management was conducted at Pragjyotish College on March 15, 2018. Subjects discussed were- Women sexual harassment, its forms, places of occurrence, its types, its effects, what to do, what not to do, Legal options and Post traumatic stress disorder management. 37 girls participated in the program. A significant interactive session between our resource people Nimi Borgohain, Chief Clinical Psychologist of GNRC, Psychiatric Social Worker Dhruba Jyoti Kalita and the Girl students consequently revealed that 43% among the girls were abused once or more during their lifetime and majority of them were an outsider. Subsequently counseling was done to the girls suffering from traumatic experience. Respected attendees of Pragjyotish College present in the program were Dr. Paramananda Rajbongshi, Principal; Dipika Roy Medhi, Associate Professor, Philosophy; Namita Das, Associate Professor, Economics; Manjula Dutta, Sr. Associate Professor, Anthropology; Niva Deka, Associate Professor, Philosophy; Indrani Kalita, Assistant Professor, Assamese; Karabi Khaklari Bodo, Assistant Professor, Assamese; Mridusmita Devi, Assistant Professor, Education.