The Seminar was inaugurated  under the presidentship of Rev. Sr. Yesu Thangam, Prinicipal of the college with the blessings and good wishes of Rev. Sr. M. Rajeenal the Secretary of the College Mrs. M. Nabisa, convener of the Seminar & Head of the Dept. presented the chief guest to the gathering and elaborated the need & the scope of the topic chosen for academic deliberations. The presidential address of the principal pointed out the stigmatization, marginalization and humiliation suffered by women and the need to do away with the maladies to make them fully productive.  The key note Address of the Chief Guest Dr. Sankaran Ravindran, Prof. of English (Rtd), Calicut University, & visiting Professor, Mangalore ,on “Obstinate Sense of the hierarchy :Post Colonialism & Feminism” focused on the prevalence of gender discriminations in the society & the responsibility of the educated to break the ideology by analysing and contemplating the problems and finding the means to tackle them for the creation of a better world.  Dr Lakshmi, Professor of English, Gandhigram Rural University, highlighted the concept of feminism, the rejection and victimization of the voiceless and their righteous demand for their rights by striking at complementality in her lecture on “Establishing Rights the contemporary way: a study of the Bone People” in the morning session. Dr.Thyyal Nayaki, Reader in English, G.T.N. Arts College, Dindigul, presented the features of Post Colonial literature & the discriminations of the male in the society under the dominant imperialistic Whites from Britain and those of the female under male domination within the country in her lecture on “Gender Discrimination in Indian Diasporic Writing” in the noon session.

The second day of the seminar commenced with Lead Lecture III on “Gender Discrimination in Post Colonial Indian Writing in English” by Dr. Elizabeth Lucy.  She analysed the causes of Gender Discrimination carried on to the Post Colonial period in India.  She pronounced the need for Gender perception to be provided to women to demand for their freedom, assert their individuality and work towards psychological and intellectual growth.  Lead Lecture IV on “Gender Discrimination in Post Colonial Fiction” by Dr. N. Geetha, Head, Dept. of English, M.T.W. University, Kodaikanal,  focused on the exclusion of women writers, contemptuously termed as Third World Women Writers, in the canon that includes only the works of men writers.  She insisted on active reading to experience the book.  She advised the participants to define the life of their choice, plan and work for its realization.  The valedictory address by Dr. Raja Govindasamy, Principal, Thiagarajar College, Madurai  highlighted the havoc caused by racial and gender discriminations, the absence of gender justice and the forbearance of women to put up with suffering.  It is consoling to note that the anti colonial stand was taken by the great saviours of women, Mahakavi Subramania Bharathi and Swami Vivekananda.  The speech promised that the inner identity of women may bring about the identity expected of the society in the near future.  The feed back from the participants recorded the use and relevance of the topic chosen for the seminar.  The seminar came to a close with the presentation of the consolidated report of the proceedings followed by National Anthem.