Faculty of Pharmacy and Faculty of Legal Studies in collaboration with Women Grievance Cell, Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh organized an expert talk on the topic “Surrogacy: Social and Legal Aspects” through online mode.

Dr. Rajinder Kaur Randhawa, Associate Professor, School of Law, Delhi Metropolitan Education affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, was the eminent speaker of the day. The objective of the lecture was to describe the identity of the newborn and make all the audience understand the social and legal understandings of parenthood, which are redefined in the changing situation, and about the remark of the apex court on the necessity of a law regulating surrogacy that made mostly considering the ambiguities on the identity of the newborn.

The speaker was welcomed digitally by Dr. Puja Gulati, Principal, School of Pharmacy, and Prof. B. D. Dhiman, Principal, S. Lal Singh Memorial College of Pharmacy, Desh Bhagat University. The speaker explained that infertility threatens the social acceptability of women and legitimizes the role of the wife in ensuring marital stability, security, bonding to family, and the role of women in the family, community, and other social spaces. Motherhood is portrayed as central to the social construction of womanhood. Thus, childlessness becomes a social problem or a social crisis in patriarchal societies. This has an impact on the growing demand for medical treatment for infertility. She told about the emergence of the market as a key role player in the field of new reproductive technologies makes the debate further intricate. She told about the recent academic works which clearly suggest the inter-linkage of patriarchy and market forces.

All the faculty members and students of the Faculty of Pharmacy Faculty of Legal Studies learned a lot from this excellent talk. At the end of the event, Dr. Inderpreet Kaur, HOD, Faculty of Legal Studies delivered the vote of thanks to the eminent speaker.

Dr. Zora Singh, Chancellor Desh Bhagat Universit,y and Pro-Chancellor Dr. Tejinder Kaur congratulated Staff, students, and members of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Faculty of Legal Studies for the successful conduct of the lecture.

Dr. Shalini Gupta, the Vice-Chancellor, acknowledged and appreciated the efforts of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Faculty of Legal Studies and conveyed best wishes in the future to organize these types of lectures.