Srinagar:
The inauguralceremony of the seminar which was sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi was attended byHonourable Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Ms. Justice GeetaMittal, who was the chief guest on the occasion while as Vice Chancellor,University of Kashmir, Prof. Talat Ahmad presided over the inaugural ceremony.
Vice Chancellor CentralUniversity of Kashmir, Prof. Mehraj-ud-Din Mir, Vice Chancellor National LawUniversity, New Delhi, Prof. Ranbir Singh, Dean and Head School of Law, Prof,Mohammad Hussain besides other University faculty, students and scholarsattended the inaugural function.
On the occasion,Chief Justice Geeta Mittal, highlighted various issues and challenges faced bythe tribal women of Jammu and Kashmir and stressed on the need of creating asuitable environment in which the tribal women of J&K will have access toall the basic facilities, especially education and health.
Vice Chancellor, KU ,Prof. Talat Ahmad emphasized upon the need for study of legal as well asscientific aspects of the problems faced by the tribal women so as to find waysand means to mitigate the problems faced by them.
Dean and Head Schoolof Law, Prof, Mohammad Hussain underscored the specific problems faced by thetribal communities in the state, particularly by women and suggested reforms inlaw and attitude of authorities towards the tribal community
OrganisingSecretaries, Dr. Iftikhar Hussain Bhat and Dr. Anna Bashir, were also presenton the occasion.