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The Unnat
Bharat Abhiyan team of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar attended a
workshop on “Aahaar Kranti: Uttam Aahaar-Uttam Vichar” organized by Unnat
Bharat Cell of NITTTR, Chandigarh. While
giving a brief introduction about the workshop, Prof. U.N. Roy, Head, Rural
Development Department stated that it aims at creating awareness about the use
of traditional food and nutritional value of millets as GOI launched the
initiative Aahaar Kranti to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goal 3. Dr.
Vishita Khanna from Anand Agriculture University, Gujrat talked about prospects
of traditional food business and startups. She discussed about some start-ups
such as Swati Snacks, Go Desi, Daddi’s Jeera Khakra etc in the traditional food
industry. Dr. Pummy Kumari from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Hissar
discussed about Millets: Climate resilient grains cultivation and improvement.
She highlighted the benefits of millets since traditional times and the health
benefits associated with the same. Dr. Asha Kwatra from the Department of Food
and nutrition, CCS, Hissar explained about millets and their nutritional value
for better human health. She also focused on the preservative value of millets.
During the workshop, questions regarding millets were also raised by the
participants from college. Principal
Prof. Dr. (Mrs.) Ajay Sareen appreciated the team for attending the workshop.
It was attended by members of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Team comprising Dr. Anjana
Bhatia, Dr. Urvashi, Dr. Minakshi Duggal Mehta, Mrs. Alka Sharma and 51
students.
