Bihar

• 06 Mar 2023

International Women's Day Organized in Patna

Why In News?

• According to the information received from the media on March 5, 2023, the Excellence Award Ceremony-2023 of Let's Inspire Bihar-Gargi Chapter was also organized on International Women's Day organized at Vidyapati Bhawan, Patna, Bihar, in which 150 women from different fields were honored. Awarded for setting the best example in the society by exemplary role.

Key points

• The event also saw some wonderful cultural performances like Jhijhiya and runway walk for the ladies. Apart from this, the best performing members of Let's Inspire Bihar, who have worked selflessly for the society, were also felicitated.
• Gargi Excellence Awards Mumbai were also given to Bihari women living in Noida, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Bengaluru, Delhi and outside the country. Apart from this, Ruhi Singh, who has been Mrs. Kenya from Bihar, Advocate Ilyas Fatima from London, Fashion Designer Nima Kumar from Bengaluru, Actress Rishika Singh Chandel from Mumbai, Folk Singer Hema Pandey were given Gargi Award.
• During the program, IPS Vikas Vaibhav honored all the women and presented their example in front of the common people in Bihar.
• The main attraction of the event was 'Anandi', a play based on the novel written by Bindu Jyoti Jha and directed by Hemant Jha, played by lead actress Mona Jha. Apart from this, stalls of Bihari food items and art-crafts were also set up by women with a view to promote entrepreneurship.
• Let's Inspire Bihar says that our aim is to uplift the women of the society by giving them a platform so that they can inspire by acting as a changemaker and realize their true potential.
• This honour was given for their remarkable contribution to the women doing better work in various fields including education, equality, entrepreneurship, social service, art culture, sports world, acting, literature, medicine.