Dr. Gigi Elias and Renu Susan Samuel attended  a three day National Seminar on Delving into “Missing Women”: A Multidisciplinary Discourse On Emerging Gender Issues sponsored by the Directorate of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala,organized by the Department of Economics, Panampilly Memorial Govt. College, Chalakudy from  9^th -11^th December, 2014. They presented a paper on “WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN KERALA: A STUDY ON THE 
IMPACT OF MGNREGA ACT ON THE WOMEN LABOURERS OF EDAKKATUVAYAL PACHAYATH IN ERNAKULAM”.