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• Special self-defense workshop for female students in their hostels

• Special sports promotion programs for female students – for instance VIT has a female
football and cricket teams that takes part in inter University Competitions

• Exclusive swimming pool and gymnasium for female students

• Exclusive professional counsellors for female students
• Common room for female students in all academic blocks

• Motivating to take up core and dream offers in top ranking industries
• Exclusive placement drive for female students by inviting companies like IBM,

Capgemini, Vestas-Preference, CGI-Thought works, Amazon, Cisco, Ingersoll Rand,

Saint-Gobain and Hero Motors
• A mandatory workshop on Prevention of Sexual Harassment in workplaces was

organized for all faculty members to create and maintain an environment free of sexual
violence, harassment, exploitation and intimidation

• A daycare center to cater to the needs of young kids of faculty and staff members
• The entire campus is covered with 3,016 CCTV cameras to provide a sense of security

to inhabitants particularly women

• The institution employs 48-women security guards

The Institution also conducts many awareness programs for female students. Some of the
programs organized include

• Celebration of International Women’s day every year

• Early stage entrepreneurship development programme organized by Climate Collective
• Workshop on economic empowerment of women

Thus the Institution ensures to a gender-sensitive ambience, gender-sensitive people and special
drives for women empowerment.

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