With the motive of empowering women and bringing in the concept of inclusion and diversity, Accenture chose JECRC Foundation as one of the twelve colleges all over India to host their event for celebrating women‘s day.
On March 24, 2017, Accenture arrived at JECRC to hold a special program only for girls of the college to promote and express their companies‘ liberal thoughts for empowering women. The event took off with multiple exciting and fun competitions like writing down their thoughts on the wall, clicking selfies with the #leadinginthenew tag, Whatsapp quiz and others such as gif photo booth and freebies were distributed to the winners.
Later the event proceeded with a very intriguing skit performed by Steps Drama group based on the concept of life and work environment for girls at the company. Also, the actors in interacted live with the audience and addressed their queries on the same. Primarily, the ideas of gender diversity and inclusion were put forward which helped in broadening the thinking horizons of the audience and break the clichéd biases and notions that are general in professional work environment.
Also, the audience had the great opportunity to interact and solve their dilemmas with none other than Mr. Kanwar Mohan Singh, MD, Accenture. He told about his journey at Accenture and cleared the doubts of the student and talked about the growth and development of women and overall workforce of the company.
To conclude the event, the best part was saved for the end. A prize distribution ceremony was held and all the winners of the contest were awarded. Also, there were special awards for female teacher and students who have contributed a lot for the betterment of the society and women. Overall, the event was very reviving yet fun in its own way and more such programs are expected in the future.