Women achievers from Leh meets female engineers of POWERGRID

By Reach Ladakh Correspondent Leh, Sep 16, 2021
Leh :

A program-themed ‘My Story’ was organised by the Northern Region- II of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) in coordination with the Social Welfare Department of UT Ladakh on September 15. 

Women executives of POWERGRID and women achievers of Ladakh met and interacted with each other. 
 
Chief Guest of the occasion, Secretary, Higher Education & Social Welfare, Ladakh, Padma Angmo welcomed the delegation from Powergrid to Ladakh and said it was heartening to see the women in the engineering field which was a decade ago was considered a male bastion. She hailed the invited women achievers from Leh and said that Ladakh had a long list of women achievers, not confined to career women, who are an inspiration not only to girls but also to boys of Ladakh. 
 
Dr. Tsering Lhadol (retd) the first Gynaecologist of Ladakh, a Padma shri and Padma Bhushan awardee; Dr. Tsering Dolma (retd.) first woman Chief Medical Officer of Ladakh; Nilza Wangmo (Entrepreneur and founder of Alchi Kitchen), Rinchen Dolma (the young Indian Woman Ice Hockey Team Captain) were present.
 
The women addressed the students of EJM College and inspired them with the stories of their struggles and achievements. Several women from POWERGRID including Pratyaksha, Senior GM Fin, NR-II & Nyla, and Engineer presented their stories. 
 
Earlier, women executives of POWERGRID visited Eliezer Jolden Memorial (EJM) College for interaction with the students and illustrated their learning regarding breaking the barriers and achieving their dreams. The students were also taken to 220/66kV GIS Phyang Sub-station of POWERGRID for an educational tour.
 
The program was concluded with a Q&A session where students of EJM College interacted with the women achievers of Leh and POWERGRID.