To
mark the importance of development of renewable energy sources and to promote
awareness about renewable resources among students, HMV Collegiate Sr. Sec. School
celebrated Akshay Urja Diwas 2020, under the benign stewardship of Principal
Dr. (Mrs.) Ajay Sareen. The event began with traditional lamp lighting ceremony
followed by Gayatri Mantra. The inaugural address was given by the school
coordinator Ms. Meenakshi Sayal in which she sensitized students about 3 R’s-
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle and also laid stress on the use of renewable energy
like solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy and biofuels, etc. as it is
helpful to reduce water pollution and global warming. She also mentioned that
the institution primarily focuses on conserving energy through solar
generators, solid waste management, rainwater management, recycling paper
machine and biogas plant, etc. She congratulated the winners and thanked all
the eminent guests presiding over the event. The competitions received
overwhelming response from different parts of India. Total 473 students from 49
institutions of Varanasi, Haridwar, Kolkata, Nepal, Chandigarh, Himachal
Pradesh and all over Punjab participated in the various competitions like
Slogan Writing, Role Play and Quiz Competition. Mr. Rajiv Joshi, Deputy
District Education Officer was the Chief Guest of the event. Mr. Sushil Kumar,
Assistant Prof. in Physics and Mrs. Simmi Garg, Assistant Prof. in Physics,
performed tedious task of judgement. The competition was held in two levels
i.e. school level and college level. Srishti of SSC II Arts recited the poem on
Energy Conservation. A video of posters made by participants about energy
conservation and renewable energy sources was displayed. In Slogan Writing
Competition (school category), Yuvani Madan from Mayor World School stood
first, Manya Jain from Mayor World School and Janvi from Lala Jagat Narayan DAV
Model School won second prize, Jasmeen Kaur from BSF Sr. Sec. School Jalandhar
and Sandeep Kaur from RR Bawa DAV Collegiate Girls Sr. Sec. School, Batala won
third prize.
In Role
Play Competition (school category), Sargun Saini from BSF Sr. Sec. School won
first prize, Gursimran Kaur from BSF Sr. Sec School, Jal. And Taranpreet Singh
from CJS Public School, Jal. won second prize.
Astharajshreshtha from Pathik
Gyaan Niketan, Dhaulagiri, Nepal and Ishita from CJS Public School, Jal. Won third prize. In Quiz Competition (school
category), Saloni Sharma from Atam Vidya Mandir School, Kanech (Sahnewal) stood
first. Shivam Sharma from Mont Fort Children Academy won second prize and
Roshni Bhatia from Mayor World School, Jal. won third prize.
In Slogan
Writing Competition (college category), Manisha Kumari from Millennium B.Ed
College, Saru, Chamba HP won first prize. Avleen Kaur from St. Baba Hari Singh
Memorial Khalsa College of Education. Mahilpur won second prize. Prabhsimran
from Chamba Millennium College and Vaishali Keshari from Sunbeam College for
Women, Varanasi got third prize.In Quiz Competition (college category),
Vaishali from Govt. College for Girls, Ludhiana won first prize. Ankita Sharma
from Mata Ganga Khalsa College, Ludhiana won second prize and Prabhsimran Kaur
from Chamba Millennium B.Ed College won third prize.
On this
occasion. Principal Dr. (Mrs) Ajay Sareen emphasized on the need to dwell on
the importance of renewable energy as it remains non- exhaustible and does not
deplete with usage. Worthy chief guest Mr. Rajiv Joshi also inspired students
to spread awareness about the use of renewable resources and the need to
conserve energy for future generations to sustain on this planet. Vote of
thanks was given by Ms. Protima Mander, HOD (History Dept.). Ms. Richa, Ms.
Nisha and Ms. Avantika were the event incharges.Technical assistance was
provided by Mr. Vidhu Vohra, Mr. Arvind and Mr. Rishabh. The office bearers of
school student council also participated in the event.
