The Department of Chemistry of B.A.M Khalsa College, Garhshankar in collaboration with Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) and Mahatma Gandhi National Council for Rural Education (MGNCRE) under the aegis of III Society of Science organized one day workshop cum seminar on the topic “Discard plastic, Adopt Innovative Alternatives” on 22-Feb-2023. In this event, the key speaker of the event Mr. Neeraj Virdi delivered a talk on the topic in which various environmental problems arising due to plastic were discussed. He also proposed other innovative alternatives so as to reduce the use of plastic. Also, the students of B.Sc./B.Sc.B.Ed. and M.Sc. Chemistry have participated in the PowerPoint presentations in which First position was bagged by Manisha Rani and Anchal of MSc (Chemistry)-2nd year, Second position was secured by Lishika and Jashan of B.Sc. (Non-medical)-3rd year and Third position was nailed by Kirandeep Kaur and Sohani of B.Sc.-1st year. Also, Mansi Rana, Riya, Ishika Verma, Simran Kaur, Harmanpreet Kaur, Kirti, Lovepreet Singh and Karan Singh Mann got consolation prizes. This event was also attended by Prof. Jaspal Singh (Principal), Dr. Manbeer Kaur (H.O.D life sciences), Dr. Kuldeep Kaur, Prof. Jaswinder Kaur (H.O.D Mathematics), Dr. Janki Aggarwal, Prof. Preetinder Kaur. Organizing committee members are Dr. Mukesh Sharma, Prof. Baldeep Kaur, Prof. Aayna Cheetu, Prof. Sakshi. Prof. Jaswal Singh (Principal) appreciated the PowerPoint presentations given by students and advices the students to minimize the use of plastic. The event has been attended by 9 teaching faculty of different departments and 54 students of science of the college.
