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Under the Clean Campus Green Campus campaign of Doon University, a plastic bank was established in the campus under the joint aegis of Social Development for Communities (SDC) Foundation, Dehradun in order to make the varsity pollution free.
Addressing the students of the University on this occasion, Vice Chancellor Prof. Surekha Dangwal said Doon University is an important educational institution of the state, hence it is our moral responsibility to develop it as an ideal institution. She said that environmental crisis is a big challenge in the society today. “Collective efforts will have to be made at the global level to solve this problem, but as a responsible citizen, a student, it is our responsibility to keep the environment around us pollution free,” she said.
Prof. Dangwal said in this sequence, a plastic bank is being established in the university by the Social Development for Communities Foundation. “All of us, members of the university family, should join this campaign and help in getting the university free from single-use plastic on the occasion of this holy festival of Independence and spread awareness in the society for pollution free so that Devbhoomi Uttarakhand becomes free from single-use plastic,” she said.
Addressing the program, Mr. Anoop Nautiyal, Founder of SDC Foundation said that the country whose youth is aware will be free from any problem and I am happy that today the students of the university have joined this campaign, which will definitely give momentum to this campaign.
Nautiyal said that SDC Foundation is working towards setting up 300 plastic banks in Dehradun in collaboration with Airbus, till now more than 160 plastic banks have been set up in various educational institutions and establishments and thousands of students and youth have joined this campaign. He added that our target is to set up all the designated plastic banks in the next few months.
On this occasion, Prof. R.P. Manmgai, Dean, Department of Economic expressed his gratitude and Prof. S.S. Suthar, Dean, Department of Environment welcomed the guests. The program was conducted by Dean Student Welfare Prof. H.C. Purohit, Prof. Reena Singh, Dr. Prachi Pathak, Dr. Himani Sharma, Vaishali, Dr. Priyank Kumar Singh, Dr. Ankit Nagar, Dr. Ajit Panwar, Prashant Mehta, Sachin Panwar, Tajwar Gusain, and all NCC cadets, NSS, Cultural Council, Environment Department students etc. were present in large numbers from Don University. Dinesh Semwal, Pyare Lal, Praveen Upreti, Abhishek Bhatt, Bittoo and Subhash were present on behalf of SDC Foundation.