World Environment Day      

"Going Green is Healthy and Wise"

Green Economy

School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh celebrated the World Environment Day on 5th June 2012. The programme was inaugurated by Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Head, School of Public Health. Dr. Ravindra Khaiwal welcomed the participants and briefed the  objectives of the programme.

The theme of World Environment Day-2012 was 'Green Economy' and Dr. Ravindra described how green economy results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities. Dr. Rajesh Kumar also stressed that environmental factors are also linked to the quality of life and said that poor environment means poor health, more stress and more social unrest. Dr. A.S. Ahluwalia, Panjab University, Chandigarh informed that environmental protection has become necessary for the sustainable development and it is important to sensitize the youngsters towards the environment related issues. 

Over 60 doctors, nurses, PhD students, researchers and media attended the programme. Many others professors and officials from the PGIMER and Panjab University were also present on the occasion including Dr. Satnam Singh Ladhar from Punjab State Council for Science and Technology. Dr. Ladhar specified the focus of theme of the 'National Environmental Campaign' is 'Forest for sustainable Livelihood' and explained how forests are being conserved in the Punjab by involving local community, to generate employment and creating awareness about the traditional medicinal plants. To sensitize the populace poster, slogan competition and plantations were also organized. The posters and slogans prizes were given to Sunita Singh, Kalzang, Kamalpreel,  Maninder, Pooja, Manisha kaushik and Charan Inder. Special prizes were given to the kids Anirudh Gupta, Vaishali Patro and Lakshya Khaiwal for their active participation. 

The dialogue between media and experts was the key focus of the event. During the press conference, Dr. Rajesh Kumar reported that there is increasing evidence that large number of people are suffering due to the adverse effects of environmental pollutants and considering this PGIMER has created a post of Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, which is first time in any medical institute. Dr. Ravindra Khaiwal has joined this position from University of Hertfordshire, UK having over 10 year of experience and his focus will be to better understand the interaction between environment pollutants and human health to reduce the burden of diseases and disabilities.

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