Environment Club

In charge: Dr. Divya Jain

 

21.07.2021 – 25.07.2021: Van Mahotsav Celebration (5 days-5 Tasks)

The national-level event was conducted online. The event involved performing five eco-friendly tasks and sharing the pictures. The 5 tasks were to plant a tree, shout out for your planet, eat your greens, attract, house, and feed the birds, and sort and manage your waste. The participants were given certificates of recognition.

16.09.2021: Ozone Day Celebration:

The principal, 30 staff members, and sixty students including YRC & NSS volunteers participated in the event. Vice president of SD College Society and Ex-Principal of the college, Dr. Deshbandhu was the chief guest. On this occasion, a plant propagation unit " Podha Bank" was inaugurated and 40 self-propagated plants and vermicompost prepared from college tanks were distributed to the staff members. In the afternoon session, a workshop on managing non-recyclable waste at the source was conducted by Dr. Divya Jain, Head Dept of Botany.

1.10.2021 to 8.10.2021: Wildlife Week Celebration

Nature Photography Competition. To commemorate the Wildlife Week Environment Awareness Club organized a Nature Photography Competition at the college level. Chanakya Kapoor of B.Sc II (C.Sc.) got first prize, Mohit of B.Sc. I (Medical) got second prize and Arti Sharma (Admin Staff) got third prize.

28.12.2021:  Save Environment Campaign

The event began with the pledge to save the environment. An Eco-Army was created for the session and groups of students were deputed as Water warriors, Energy Saviours, and Green Goblins. Ad-Mad contest and tattoo designing competitions were organized on the theme of environment. In the Ad-Mad contest Harsh Sharma of B.Sc. III (Med) got first prize, Ritik B.Sc.II (C.Sc.) got second prize and Jaspreet of BCA III got third prize. In tattoo design Mannat of B.Sc. II (Med.) got first prize, Sonam of B.Sc. II (Med.) got second prize and Lalitesh of B.Sc. III (Med.) got third prize.

Activities of Environment Awareness Club for the session 2020-21:

In-charge: Dr. Divya Jain

    1. 5th June 2020 National Online Event was organized in which following activities were conducted.
      • It’s Debatable: A debate on the topic “Technology is that which separates us from environment”
      • Meme-for-Green: Meme designing competition on the theme “Environment”.
      • Green-a-licious: Cookery competition with healthy dose of greens.

Event

Prize Winners

•Debate

 

First: Jessica Sehgal, SD College, Ambala Cantt.

Second: Gursimran, SD College, Ambala Cantt

Third: Jasmita, SD College, Ambala Cantt

• Meme-for-Green

 

First: Komal Rathee, Jat Kanya Mahavidalya, Rohtak

Second: Gursimran, SD College, Ambala Cantt.

Third: Sukriti, SD College, Ambala Cantt.

•Green-a-licious:

 

First: Srishti Sachdeva, ICFAI Business School, Bombay

Second: Shikha Oberoi, SD College, Ambala Cantt.

Third: Harmeet Nagra: SD College, Ambala Cantt.

 

  1. Conducted following National online activities on 20th February 2021:
  • Infographic Designing Competition
  • Biodiversity at your doorstep: A short report writing competition

Event

Prize Winners

•Infographic Designing Competition

 

First: Amandeep Kaur, KVA DAV College, Karnal

Second: Orooj Zehra, Daulat Ram College, DU, New Delhi

Third: Ananya, NMIMS, Bangalore & Aparna, SD College Ambala Cantt

 

•Report Writing Competition

First: Pratyush Dhattarwal, University of Warwick, UK

Second: Lovepreet Kaur, SD College Ambala Cantt.

Third: Sourabh Vaish, SD College Ambala Cantt.

 

 

  1. 22th April 2021 Earth Day Celebration 
  • Workshop on Nest Making: – Dr Rakesh Khatri from EcoRoots Foundation was the resource person. 
  • Workshop on Grow your Greens: Microgreens: – Divya Jain and Mr. Sumit Chhibber from the Dept of Botany, SD College Ambala were the resource persons.
  1. 29th May 2021
  • Webinar & Interactive Session on “Boosting Immunity and Health”. Chhavi Goel Senior Nutritionist with Team Rujuta Diwekar was the resource person.
  1. 5th June 2021 Environment Day Celebration  
  • Webinar: Living with Nature Resource Person Mr. Abhilash Damodaran, IFS Lecturer, CASFOS, Dehradun

 

 

Activities of Environment Awareness Club for the session 2019-20:

In-charge: Dr. Divya Jain

The Van Mahotsav was celebrated on 28-Jul-2019. Plantation Drive, Making of Soda Bottle Bioreactor, Treasure Out of Trash Competition and Planter Making Competitions were organized. Competitions like Skit, Eco-Quiz ,Caption Writing, Treasure Hunt and Plantation Drive was organized on the occasion of “Eco- Fest 2019” on 17-Sep-2019. A Pledge to save environment was taken by all the members of the association.

Activities of Environment Awareness Club for the session 2018-19:

Organised a multi activity event Eco-Fest 2018 on 19-Sep-2018. A number of activities like Quiz, Skit, Eco-Pledge, Reusable bag designing, Short story writing, Plantation drive and caption contest were organized. More than 120 students participated in this event.

S. No. Date Name of Event Results
1. 19-Sep-2018 Short story Writing Ist- Position- Anjali Sharma (B.Sc.II Med.)   2nd Position-Unnati Walia (B.Sc.III Biotech.)   3rd Position- Rimpy (BCA-II)
2. SD got Talent Ist- Position- Aditi (B.Sc.I.Med.)   2nd Position-Muskan (B.Sc.I Med.)    3rd Position- Dimple (B.Sc.-III)
3. Temporary Tattoo
Designing		 Ist- Position- Sonia (B.Sc.III Med.)   2nd Position- Bhagyashree (B.Sc.III Biotech.)    3rd Position- Sneha (B.Sc.-III Med.)
4. Caption Contest Ist- Position- Shivsi Handa (M.Com.Final.)   2nd Position-Bhavya Gulati (B.Sc.III Med.)   3rd Position- Shivani Sharma (B.Sc.-III)
5. Eco-Quiz Ist –Position-Team Darwin: Akhilesh(B.Sc.III Med.) Kapil (B.Sc.III Med.)
Aditi (B.Sc.III Med.)

Activities of Life-Science Association and Environment Awareness Club during the session 2017-18

Teachers In-charge: Dr. Divya Jain, Ms. Zeenat Madan and Mr. Sumit Chhibber

• A guest lecture on ‘Waste Segregation at Source’ was delivered by Mr. Suraj Nand Kumar, Director, RECITY Network on 04-Aug-2017.
• A ‘Plantation Drive’ in the college campus was conducted on 21-Aug-2017.
• A multi-activity event ‘Save Environment, Save Life’ Campaign was organised on 01-Sep-2017 and during this campaign, many competitions like “Plantation Drive, PPT Presentation, Caption and Poster Making Competition, Composting of Kitchen and Garden Waste in Plastic Bottles and Best Out of Waste” were conducted
• A multi-activity fest ‘Eco-Fest’ was organized on 16-Sep-2017 (World Ozone Day) and during this fest, activities like Eco-Pledge, Skit, Poster and Slogan Writing, Eco-Quiz, Installation of Colour-Coded Dustbins and Plantation Drive were conducted.
• 4 students of B.Sc. III Biotechnology presented Botany and Zoology Models in Inter-District Science Exhibition held at DAV College, Ambala City on 06 & 07-Oct-2017 and won second prize in Botany.
• A Local Plant Identification and Collection Drive in Ambala region was conducted on 06-Nov-2017.
• A multi-activity fest ‘Science-Fest 2K18’ was organized on 19-Mar-2018 in which activities like Quiz, Slogan Writing, PPT Presentation, Rangoli, Nutrifacts, Hemoglobin and Blood Group Testing camp was organized.
• Zoological Excursion to Jim Corbett National Park, Nainital was taken on  27& 28-Mar-2018.