SMT. AKHILA SRINIVASAN

AkhilaSrinivasan believes that the conference is all about celebrating womanhood in all its aspects. Technology is the making and the knowledge of various techniques to help man to solve a problem or perform a specific function. Today all aspects of our life are permeated with uses of various types of technology. It removesdrudgery of work,it enhances a woman's productivity, aids in decision making and improves her output. Women and technology there is definitely a great fit here – because a nation that wants to progress cannot afford to ignore women's development. For the last 17 years the Sriram group has done a lot of work amongst marginalised children and in the field of women. For the children, the IT component is very strong, they now offer a plethora in technical education for those who have passed the classes 10th and 12th, for underprivileged sections of society. They have offered 400 villages microcredit, where they work closely with women, use technology, mobile application and have been able to empower them to prosperity. She feltthat everybody has a tremendous responsibility on their shoulders to reach out to women who do not have such benefits and that is the only way one can impact this world and leave it as a better place.

Sound Bites

• Empowerment is the answer, education and exposure to the right kind of education is what will free women from poverty and ignorance and empower them.
• The broad dictum is that any technology that is not appropriate for women cannot be useful and what technology does to women we all know.
• So the only answer for India's development is to empower women, give them the right education and bring them into enterprise creating streams of activity.
• More than an emotional quotient the spiritual quotient is equally important and as we know, a spiritually centred woman can make a tremendous contribution to the community.
• Guruji has said that spirituality is the technology of consciousness and we will have to focus on mind management techniques. The key take-away of this conference for all us is to internalise this message, introspect on it.