PENN, an organization for Protection and Empowerment of Naari has been formed with an endeavour to educate women to be reactive and to encourage men to be protective rather than to perpetuate. It aims to work for the safety of women and children and to prevent sexual crimes.
The inaugural address for the Udayal Padai, Ezhuchi Pattarai was delivered by V. Sriram Sharma, the Writer and Director of Velu Nachiyar and a Trustee of PENN. The Foreword was delivered by V.S. Sridhar, the Managing Trustee of PENN, while the Acceptance Speech was delivered by Dr. B. Uma Maheswari, Principal of Queen Mary’s College. The students will be taken to visit Sivagangai, the birth place of Rani Velu Nachiyar in an Udayal Padai march.