Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 22: Department of Dean Students Welfare, Cluster University of Jammu and Law School, Jammu University, in collaboration with YAKJAH Reconciliation and Development Network, organised a two- day Virtual Hackathon for the students of PGI schools, CLUJ and JU Law School.
Prof Manoj Dhar, Vice Chancellor, Cluster University of Jammu was the chief guest at the valedictory ceremony of the event. He said that it is pivotal to include women in decision making and also in key peace negotiations at all levels to ensure lasting peace.
Prof Bhopinder Singh , Dean Academic Affairs, CLUJ announced the winning team. Prof Satinder Kumar , Director, Law School was the special invitee at the event.
Ashima Kaul, Managing Director and Founder, Yakjah Reconciliation and Development Network , emphasised that the objective of the Hackathon is to introduce and bring into public space, the concepts of peace building, inter- sectionality of peace building with women, peace and security agenda. She elaborated the role of women peace builders in strategizing for peace, and reconstructing societies to rebuild social structure, institutions and relationships.
Dr Sapna Kamal Sangra of Sociology Department in JU, dwelt on the documentary film ‘Pray the Devil Back to Hell’ which chronicles social unrest in the West African Republic of Liberia, where civil war has torn the nation apart and left hundreds of thousands of dead or displaced.
Following the brief on the film, the participants were given guidelines for building a successful campaign. They were asked to focus on content (one issue in the context of women’s equality, inclusion, leadership and barriers), clarity about the content, vision, mission, sustainability, practicality, challenges and risks, how would they overcome them, what social media platform will they use and who would be their audience, partners or stakeholders.
Garima Dutt, Media Consultant and freelance journalist stressed on the need to build successful campaigns around anger, fearlessness, forgiveness and nexus of power. She urged the participants to dig deeper into the root cause of women’s exclusion, discrimination and inequality.
Sanjay Kumar, Founder Pandies Theatre and an Associate Professor, University of Delhi; Mona Parthasarathi, senior Journalist , Press Trust of India and Manish Pandey, Research and Brand Head at Josh Talks, were the jury members for Hackathon. Dr Twinkle Suri, Dean Students Welfare, CLUJ presented vote of thanks.
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