Women Development Cell

The Women Development Cell of Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Chandigarh is dedicated to promote social, legal, educational and health awareness and rights amongst women. The cell has primarily been established to address women’s personal and social issues and sensitize them towards the fundamentals of a healthy individual and social existence. The cell believes in the holistic development of women and advocates the principles of universal rights to education, health and sanitation as well as social, cultural and legal awareness for essential wellbeing. The cell comprises of faculty members from various departments of humanities, social sciences and sciences as well as the students of the college. The members of the cell are committed towards attaining its objectives of addressing various social, educational, legal and health issues amidst women as well as promoting charity work amongst the underprivileged sections of women. The principles of empowerment and inclusion of the rural, under-privileged and semi-urban strata of women through life learning skills and dissemination of education are the foundational cornerstones of the Women Development Cell.