HMV Collegiate School Celebrated Akshay Urja Diwas
Jalandhar/ Chahal
To explore and celebrate the power of renewable sources of energy-Akshay Urja Diwas was organized in HMV Collegiate Sr. Sec. School under the able stewardship of Principal Prof. Dr. (Mrs.) Ajay Sareen. The day commemorates the birthday of former Prime Minister Mr. Rajiv Gandhi and the objective of this event is to generate mass awareness and popularization of need, benefits and uses of renewable energy devices and systems in all spheres of life. The event was commenced with lighting of the lamp to spread divine grace. The Green Champion Awardee Dr. Ajay Sareen conveyed her felicitation of Akshay Urja Diwas to the young learners and motivated them to be considerate towards environment. She put forth the catchword “Save Energy and Make the Earth Greeneer” and emphasized to be highly conscious while using energy resources. She inspires every student to use energy resources prudently by saying that in HMV alternate energy resources are taken into great consideration like Solar Generator, Solar Light, Solar Gysers, Rain Water Harvesting Unit and Recycling Paper Machine are used with the purpose of reducing wastage of energy resources so that these can be saved for posterity. She concluded her words by saying that the progress of any nation depends on the use of energy resources wisely. Dr. Seema Marwaha, School Coordinator congratulated the students and all faculty members and apprised that wind, earth and water are the most precious blessings the mankind has and it is our solemn duty to conserve them and use them with wisdom as they are far better renewable resources than traditional energy resources that are exhaustible and take millions of years to replenish. She told the students to always focus on conserving nature so that we can make our Earth greener and cleaner. The students of Senior Secondary classes participated with great enthusiasm in poster and model making competitions. Different sources of energy were represented creating remarkable models. Students prepared still model as well as working models. Their eye-catching models like water free energy, wind mill energy, harvesting from rain water, ocean wave power generator, agriculture farming working model etc. received appreciation. The judgement was provided by the worthy judges – Dr. Neelam Sharma, Head of Chemistry Department, Dr. Anjana Bhatia, Head of Botany Department and Dean Innovation and Research, Mrs. Saloni Sharma, Head of Physics Department and Ms. VandanaSethi. In Model Making Competition, Ashmeet and Sanvi stood first, Kashish attained second position, Kritika secured third position and Ritika received consolation prize. In poster making competition, Bhawana got first position, Khushi secured second position, Simon attained the third position and the consolation prizes were given to Himani and Muskan. Kiranjeet of SSC 2 Medical shared her powerful views on energy resources and its conservation which is the absolute need of today’s hour. Her thoughts provided an insight to all the students present there. ‘The stage was conducted by Km. Ashmeet and Km. Kiranjeet commendably. All the teaching and non-teaching members were present in the function.
