Nature Club 2016-17

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Paper Bag Making 2016-17

As part of the community outreach programme of the college, students were encouraged to make paper bags using old newspapers. The students were shown how to make the paper bags in a very easy manner and each student made at least 50-70 paper bags of various sizes. These bags were distributed to the local vegetable vendors, and they expressed their support and appreciation by accepting the bags. They promised to use the bags as per the size and quantity of items. It was an enriching experience for the students and teachers as a very useful, environmental-friendly item emerge out of recyclable material.

Tree Plantation Drive 2016-17

The student teachers participated in the tree plantation drive organized by the social forestry department in Navi Mumbai during the Van Mahotsav Festival.

Writing Competition 2016-17

A Caption – writing competition was held this year with “Nature” as the theme. Students of B.Ed. and M.Ed. participated in this competition with various interesting captions emerging from the creativity of the students. The captions were judged by teachers with interest and experience with nature related aspects and with a literary bend.

National Level Seminar on “Environmental Re-Engineering: Series-7 Year of Pulses” 2016-17

Date: 22nd October, 2016

A one-day national-level seminar was organized on Environmental Re-Engineering: Series 7 on 22nd October, 2016. The theme this year was “Year of Pulses” as declared by the United Nations and World Health Organization. Pulses have been part of our diet for generations, but it has gained a lot of attention and importance now as it is one of the most versatile of food groups which can help us fight food scarcity that is staring at us in the near future. Experts involved with the nutrition and production of pulses gave their valuable inputs for the seminar. A lot of misconceptions or misinformation associated with Pulses were removed at this seminar. Many interesting and varied papers were presented ranging from use of pulses, their connection to Indian culture, production of pulses, adulteration of pulses and the role of pulses in combatting food scarcity.