BBA (FS) Department conducted two sessions of an Extension activity on Financial Literacy for Comba Women. This initiative aimed at educating and empowering the local women residing in Comba through self employment and by making them aware of the various schemes for the women by Government of Goa, by providing them with knowledge of various other topics like investment, savings, budget planning etc.
The inaugural session on 4th June 2016, was welcomed by the Principal Dr. Prita D Mallya, BBA(FS) Coordinator Mrs. Sneha Lotlikar and the IQAC Coordinator Mrs Sharmila Kunde. Mrs. Prita Mallya expressed the need for holding more extension activities to try and help educating the rural women living in the areas near the college. SYBBA student Seemran Khan introduced the resource person Mrs Deepali Naik for the session. Mrs Deepali Naik, Chief Officer Mormugao, in her inspirational address emphasized the need for all the women to learn management, especially management of funds as she believes that women need management techniques to manage the household work as well as the work outside. She has a team who conducts camps and helps out the women in need. TYBBA student Shaizad Hajiameen proposed the vote of thanks for the session.
The second session was held on 11th June 2016, for which the resource person was Mrs. Jyoti Chede, Child Development Project Officer, Directorate of Child & Women Development. She spoke on various schemes available for self help groups and also for the women by the Government of Goa. According to her all women facing common problems should come forward and form groups to pool funds that would help them out with their basic needs. Mrs Jyoti Chede and her team provided help to 69 SHGs and helped many other ladies to come forward to register for self help groups and to provide them with whatever they needed. Vote of thanks for this session was given by SYBBA student Rajdeep Desai.
