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A special course to empower women

Bindu Shajan Perappadan

NEW DELHI: Housewives no longer need to fret for want of something rewarding and educative to do in their free time. "Millennium Mams" -- a national forum for empowerment of women -- is offering a special course titled "Capital Markets" aimed at empowering women with the most powerful tool: knowledge.

A presentation by the outgoing batch about the course has been organised on Friday at the PHD Chambers of Commerce and Industry to give a peek into what to expect from the course. Selected students would be taught about the economy and its changing features.

The two-year course aims at educating women about various facets of the industry and the economy of our country and the rest of the world.

The topics include a detailed explanation of how companies and markets function, accountancy procedures (finer details of the balance sheet, AGM reports), investment trends, a thorough analysis of the Budget and its implications (tax and policies), growth and changes in the economy (inflation and impact of oil prices), and various other economic matters.

"The objective is empowerment of women through knowledge. The course started over a decade ago and the founder members believed that women can contribute significantly and more actively towards growth of the economy and they will surely find avenues to do so if given a forum to learn,'' says Millennium Mams president Shweta Kedia.

The course, conducted by specialists in the field of investment and business, takes in 35 students each year, the criteria being that they should be housewives who are interested in exploring other avenues of learning and are able to commit themselves to the course.

These women join the course to understand various facets of the markets in order to help them become investors, entrepreneurs or even to just learn.

"With a growing number of women entrepreneurs and investors this course has proved an ideal platform for learning the nuances of the economic scenario in informal surroundings. Classes are held once a week. Each class is divided into groups and once a week the group meets to discuss related topics and prepare for quizzes or presentations,'' says Ms. Kedia.

"At present there is a growing demand for these classes. There was a special request from Delhi because of which last October the faculty organised a three-month weekend crash course. There have been requests from Mumbai and Bangalore too,'' she adds.

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