<p class="title">Transgender rights activist and motivational speaker Akkai Padmashali was felicitated by the Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya Deemed to be University.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yenepoya Deemed to be University Vice Chancellor Dr Vijaykumar urged participants to strive towards a casteless and genderless society where our attitudes towards people should arise from mutual self-respect and not on gender, caste, creed and religion one is born in. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Accepting the felicitation, Akkai shared her experiences and gave an account of her life journey and about the sufferings faced by the transgender community. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Scriptwriter and director Beluru Raghunandan who has recently directed a drama, a biopic on the life of Akkai, gave an eye-opening account of the gap between calling ourselves human and not following up with humane actions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also touched upon the inclusion of such values in the formal education system.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics was present. </p>
<p class="title">Transgender rights activist and motivational speaker Akkai Padmashali was felicitated by the Centre for Ethics, Yenepoya Deemed to be University.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yenepoya Deemed to be University Vice Chancellor Dr Vijaykumar urged participants to strive towards a casteless and genderless society where our attitudes towards people should arise from mutual self-respect and not on gender, caste, creed and religion one is born in. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Accepting the felicitation, Akkai shared her experiences and gave an account of her life journey and about the sufferings faced by the transgender community. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Scriptwriter and director Beluru Raghunandan who has recently directed a drama, a biopic on the life of Akkai, gave an eye-opening account of the gap between calling ourselves human and not following up with humane actions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also touched upon the inclusion of such values in the formal education system.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr Vina Vaswani, Director, Centre for Ethics was present. </p>