{"id":272750,"date":"2025-10-26T01:14:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T19:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=272750"},"modified":"2025-10-26T01:14:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T19:44:32","slug":"nerist-launches-wistem-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/26\/nerist-launches-wistem-club\/","title":{"rendered":"NERIST launches WiSTEM Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NIRJULI, 25 Oct:<\/strong> The North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) launched its Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (WiSTEM) Club here on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event marked a significant milestone in promoting women&#8217;s participation, leadership, and innovation in STEM fields.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the inaugural ceremony, which was attended also by NERIST Director Prof Narendranath S and Dean Prof Sarsing Gao, Mechanical Engineering Department Assistant Professor Dr Sohini Chowdhury, who is also the founder and faculty coordinator of the WiSTEM Club, in her address emphasized that &#8220;WiSTEM is not just a club\u00a0 but a movement to foster mentorship, interdisciplinary collaboration, and leadership among young women in STEM.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She highlighted the club&#8217;s mission to build confidence and create opportunities for girls to connect, create, and lead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event featured two speakers &#8211; IAS officer Pamela Satpathy and Prof Usha Ananthakumar from IIT Bombay &#8211; who delivered inspiring talks on leadership, education, and women&#8217;s empowerment in science and technology, encouraging students to pursue their goals with determination and vision.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the ceremony, the winners of various competitions organized under the WiSTEM &#8211; drawing, essay writing, and logo design &#8211; were felicitated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ananya Baishya, Shailja Kaushal, and Ritika Debnath received awards for their outstanding creativity and participation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The formation of the WiSTEM Club reflects the NERIST&#8217;s continued commitment to fostering diversity, inclusion, and excellence in education and research. It aims to create a vibrant platform where women in STEM can exchange ideas, gain mentorship, and lead with purpose, the NERIST stated in a release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIRJULI, 25 Oct: The North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) launched its Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (WiSTEM) Club here on Saturday. The event marked a significant milestone in promoting women&#8217;s participation, leadership, and innovation in STEM fields. During the inaugural ceremony, which was attended also by NERIST Director Prof [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-272750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}