Theme "Land Restoration, Desertification and Drought Resilience"
Department of Zoology
along with Department of Botany in collaboration with the IQAC and NSS-Unit,
Namrup College organized a three hour talk-cum-discussion on the theme
"Land Restoration, Desertification and Drought Resilience" on the
occasion of The World Environment Day, 2024. The programme was inaugurated by
Dr. Durga Prasad Gogoi, Principal, Namrup College with a short speech on the
topic.
The programme was
organized by members of Green Life Society, Dept. of Zoolozy, where students
were given opportunity to anchor (Ms. Rini Talukdar) the event and gave some
presentations from their parts.Mr. Pranjal Nanda, Mr. Sourav Tasa and Mr.
Pranjal Dhatumia(all 6th SEM) put their ppt presentations related to the topic,
while Mr. Hijam Homendro Singh, HoD, Dept. of Zoology, gave an overall scenario
on the functioning and deteriorating conditions of the earth's ecological
systems impacted from human's exploitive nature of natural resources for want
of economic returns.
Ms. Pranita Rajkhowa,
Asst. Prof., Dept. of Economics, delivered a short interactive speech on why we
need to study and practically apply the principle of sustainability in all
works of life to save the earth for all of us. Dr. Jayanta Sonowal. HoD, Dept.
of Botany and also Asst. Coordinator, IQAC, Namrup College, opined that our EVS
starts from home, and it is everyone's responsibly that we manage and preserve
biodiversity for our own very existence.
All participants took
pledge that they all would start doing small things to minimize impacts on the
earth by way of using eco-friendly products for their gardens, planting more
trees in their lands and reduce the use of plastics in personal levels. They
also expressed that they will spread the message to friends and neighbours that
we need to minimize non eco-friendly products on day today basis and need of
planting more trees for our better future.
A total of five (5)
teachers and fifty six(56) students participated the event.
The programme came to
an end after Vote of Thanks delivered by Ms. Rini Talukdar