Celebrated Akshay Urja Diwas

PRAKRITI- The Environment Society of Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector-11, Chandigarh celebrated AkshayUrjaDiwas today. The function was sponsored by Chandigarh Renewable Energy Science and Technology Promotion Society (CREST). Various Inter-college Competitions like Eco-rangoli, Poster Making and Face Painting on the theme “Impact of Akshay Urja in India” were held. About 100 students from 15 colleges of the Tricity registered for the competitions.

A lecture cum presentation was given by Dr. Vasundhara Singh, Professor at Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh and also alumnus of the college. She spoke on solar energy as a renewable source for water treatment and solar cells. She also talked on the usage of titanium compounds on improving environmental quality.

Prof. Anita Kaushal, Principal of the college was the Chief guest on the occasion and gave away prizes to the winners. She congratulated the students and the prize winners for enthusiastically participating in various competitions and being a part of the valuable campaign. Prof. (Dr.) Anita Kaushal stressed that Sustainable Development is the need of the hour and students have a significant role to play in this direction. They can be agents of social change and guide the society to prevent wastage of energy and also motivate them to adopt renewable sources of energy in the larger interest of the future generations.

Volunteers of Prakriti also presented a nukkadnatak to sensitize the students on energy conservation and use of renewable sources of energy. The students along with the faculty members also took a pledge to conserve energy.

Following are the Prize Winners: