WOMEN DEVELOPMENT CELL

To empower girl students and to make them self-reliant.

The Women’s Development Cell (WDC) was a statutory body for the prevention of and action against sexual harassment of women. The main objective of WDC was to look into the grievances of teaching staff, non-teaching staff and students, especially in cases of gender discrimination.

The formation of a college level Women Development Cell was made mandatory by the University of Mumbai after the Vishaka Judgment in the year 2001. In compliance with this mandate of the University, the Women Development Cell of Sonubhau Baswant College was established in the year 2003. Now the main role of Women Development Cell is to promote general well-being of girl students and teaching and non teaching women staff of Sonubhau Baswant College.

Since 2003 this cell was chaired by Dr. Shubhangi Gore.

  To promote general well-being of female students and teaching and non teaching women staff of Sonubhau Baswant College.
To create awareness about health and hygiene among girl students.
To create social awareness about the problems of women in general and gender discrimination in particular by means of programs like lectures, workshops and seminars.
To develop skills among the girl students by means of workshops and training programmes for their overall personality development as well as for the encouragement of self-reliance among them.
To create legal awareness among women by informing about Women Welfare Laws.
To encourage participation of NGOs working in the area of women’s development in the activities of the Cell.

Women Development Cell Committee: (Year 2026 – 2027)

Sr.No.	Name	Post	Department
1	Dr. S. L. Gaikwad	President, I/c Principal	Hindi
2	Prof. Dr. G.G. Sonwane	Vice Principal	History
3	Prof. Dr. S. S. Waghmode	IQAC Co-ordinator	Library
4	Dr. Seema Partole	Co-ordinator	History
5	Dr. Ashwini Ovhal	Member	English
6	Prof. Yasmeen Shaikh	Member	BAF & BBI
7	Prof. Archana Ghanghav	Member	Maths and IT
8	Prof. Sarala Katkade	Member	Marathi
9	Prof. Nishigandha Jage	Member	Commerce
10	Prof. Swati Jadhav	Member	Commerce
11	Prof. Swati Farde	Member	IT

WDC Activities

Year	Activity	Date of Event & Number of participants	Resource person /Conductor
2012-13	Gender Sensitization	08th December 2012	Women Development Cell
2013-14	Gender Sensitization	January 2012	Women Development Cell
2014-15	Health Check Up Camp	05th March 2014	Women Development Cell
	Gender Sensitization	11th August 2014	Women Development Cell
2015-16	Reading of Feminist Story and Discussion	05th February 2016	Women Development Cell
	One day Workshop on “Sex and Gender”	05th February 2016	Women Development Cell
2016-17	Reading of Feminist Story and Discussion	21st February 2017	Women Development Cell
	One day Workshop on “Sex and Gender”	21st February 2017	Women Development Cell
2017-18	Lecture on “Healty Lifestyle”	21st September 2017	Women Development Cell in coordination with Rangoonwala Foundation.
	Savitribai Phule Jayanti celeberate talked on “The Contribution of Mhatma Phule and Savitribai Phule”	03rd January 2018	Dr. S. R. Gore
	Guidance Lecture to Female Students on “Professional, Technical and Competitive Examination” and “Various Scheme for Women Empowerment”	19th January 2018	Women Development Cell in Co-operation with Panchayat Samiti, Shahapur
	Certificate Course in Jagar Lingbhed Janivecha	10th Febuary 2018 to 20th April 2018	Women Development Cell in Co-operation with Panchayat Samiti, Shahapur
2022-23	Program on “Women's Law Jagar Campaigne”	05th August 2022	Women Development Cell
	Lecture on "Yoga And Womens Health"	23rd August 2022	Women Development Cell
	One Day Seminar on "Cyber Crime and Security”	13th February 2023	Women Development Cell in Co-ordination with IQAC
	One Day Workshop on "Women Empowerment and Small Scale Industries"	10th March 2023	Women Development Cell
2024-25	Workshop on Awareness Programme on Women's Dignity: Need for a Healthy Society	25th September 2024	Women Development Cell in Co-ordination with IQAC
	Lecture on "Significance of Yoga & Diet in Women's Health"	1st October 2024	Women Development Cell in Co-ordination with IQAC
	Blood Donation Camp	5th December 2024	Women Development Cell in Co-ordination with NCC and NSS
	Special Program on account of Birth Anniversary of Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule"	3rd January 2025	Women Development Cell in Co-ordination with IQAC
	Reading Resolution of Maharashtra, Open reading of literature by Women Writers"	13th January 2025	Women Development Cell in Co-ordination with IQAC
	One Day Workshop on Self-employment skills and youth	12th February 2025	Women Development Cell in Co-ordination with IQAC and Vishakha Forum
2025-26	Guidance Lecture on:‘प्रेमात पडतांना...	22nd July 2025	Women Development Cell in Co-ordination with IQAC
	One Day Seminar:Happy Five Days	5th August 2025	Women Development Cell in Co-ordination with IQAC
	Competition : महिला केंद्रित काव्य वाचन स्पर्धा	13th September 2025	Women Development Cell in Co-ordination with IQAC and Marathi Department
	भव्य रक्तदान शिबीर	9th December 2025	Women Development Cell in Co-ordination with IQAC, NSS, NCC, Cultural Committee, Sports Committee, HDFC Bank, J J Mahanagar Blood Bank
	क्रांतिज्योती सावित्रीबाई फुले जयंती’ उपक्रमांतर्गत ‘ग्रंथ प्रदर्शन आणि ऑनलाईन प्रश्नमंजुषा’	3rd January 2025	Women Development Cell in Co-ordination with IQAC, NSS, NCC, Cultural Committee, Sports Committee, HDFC Bank, J J Mahanagar Blood Bank
	Books Exhibition	12th January 2025	Women Development Cell in Co-ordination with IQAC, NSS, NCC, Library
	One Day Workshop: मी उद्योजक होणार	30th January 2025	Women Development Cell in Co-ordination with IQAC, NSS, NCC, Library
2026-27	Workshop on Physical Fitness Awareness	31st July 2026	Women Development Cell in Co-ordination with IQAC