Roots and Branches: Looking Back at Our First Year
From a handful of volunteers to workshops, awareness drives and a community that keeps growing.
Core Committee / 2 Aug 2026Voices · 4 min read
Gender equality isn't a women's issue. It's a human one, and campuses are where habits are formed.
Campuses are where we first practise independence, leadership and disagreement. They are also where many of us first notice who gets listened to in the room, and who doesn't.
HeForShe started as a UN Women solidarity movement, asking men and boys to stand beside women and girls as equal partners. Kamakshi brings that conversation to KIIT: practical, local, and open to everyone.
Allyship isn't a title. It's the small, repeated choice to interrupt a bad joke, share the mic, and make space at the table.
Equality is not a favour. It is the soil everything else grows in.
Come to one event. Bring one friend. Make one pledge, and keep it for a month. That's the whole programme, and it works better than any poster.
Read, then act.
Plant a leaf on the tree →Keep reading
From a handful of volunteers to workshops, awareness drives and a community that keeps growing.
Core Committee / 2 Aug 2026A plain-language guide to the policies, committees and helplines available to students.
Legal & Policy Cell / 15 Jul 2026