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The
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Team and Institution Innovation Council of Hans Raj Mahila
Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar organised a workshop on Millets in Gillan Village
under the able guidance of Principal Prof. Dr. (Mrs.) Ajay Sareen. As the year
2022-23 has been declared as the International Year of Millets, the workshop
aimed at educating the villagers about the nutritional benefits of millets and
also to explain them different recipes of millets. UBA Coordinator Dr. Minakshi
Duggal Mehta addressed the students of Government School, Gillan and other
villagers. She explained that health problems are on rise these days and the
main reason is wrong eating habits of people. She further said that besides
having nutritional values, millets also have taste value. They help to boost
our immunity level and hence are instrumental in having a healthy life. The different types of millets were also
explained to the participants. The students from Home Science Department gave
live demonstration of the different food items made from millets like snacks
and shake made from Raagi. Dr. Minakshi Duggal Mehta expressed gratitude
to Mrs. Balwinder Kaur, Sarpanch Gillan Village for always being cooperative
and for providing an opportunity to interact with the villagers. The workshop ended with an interactive session with the villagers.
They expressed their interest to introduce millets in their diet and requested
to organize such programmes in future also. College Principal Prof. Dr. (Mrs.)
Ajay Sareen appreciated the efforts of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Team, Dr. Anjana
Bhatia, Incharge Institution Innovation Council and Ms. Vandana from Home
Science Department. Mr. Parminder Singh from English Department was also
present.
