AKSHAY URJA CELEBRATIONS IN GOVERNMENT HOME SCIENCE COLLEGE

Date: 20 August, 2019

Government Home Science College celebrated Akshay Urja Diwas in order to sensitize our young generation regarding the need of harnessing renewable sources of energy while conserving renewable ones by various creative media. Various Inter-college and intra-college competitions were held namely Poster Making, OHP Sheet Painting, Placard Making, Face Painting, Poetry recitation, Group song and T-Shirt Painting on the theme "Impact of Akshay Urja in India". About 125 students from 11 Government and Private Colleges of Chandigarh participated in various competitions. Winners of Poetry recitation and group song mesmerized the chief guest and audience with their final performance. Principal of the college, Prof. Sudha Katyal introduced and welcomed the chief guest with great fervor and spearheaded the inter-college competition in the college.

Shri Debendra Dalai, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden Chandigarh, CEO CREST was the chief guest on the occasion.

Prizes were distributed by the Chief Guest to the winners for the various inter-college and intra-college competitions. The Chief Guest congratulated all the students and faculty members and advocated the importance of educated and enlightened manpower as the greatest asset to the nation and emphasized on the use of solar energy. He appreciated the efforts of the college in order to encourage the students to use renewable sources of energy. Convener of "Harita" – Environment Society of the college, Mrs.Ranjana Sharma delivered the vote of thanks.