NLP mini week charges Sundernagar
Sundernagar witnessed a first ever powerpacked NLP miniweek in Himachal Pradesh.NLP workshops were organised under Project ‘LEAD’jointly by Centre for Sustainable Development and Nova Bangalore. Prof. Leo Lobo from Bangalore & Dr. Amit Goswamy from Delhi kept audience mesmerized with their wit, humor & understanding of human behavior.Participants were left wondering about Positive Power,...
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CSD and iMET Global kickstart ‘LEAD’
Centre for Sustainable Development(CSD) and iMET Global kick start project ‘LEAD’ (Leadership in Education for Action and Development). Objective of this program is to enhance functional, and to an extent sector- specific, competencies across levels, but also several –soft skills, such as communications skills, presentation skills, stress management and team building skills. The biggest challenge for...
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Photography Workshop ‘Gram Chitra Katha’
A photography workshop ‘Gram Chitra Katha’ was organised by International Photography Partnerships-US, Centre for Sustainable Development and Samhita at Paryavaran Chetna Kendra, Sahoo in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh from July 25- August 3, 2011. The team had Bhaskar D. Krishnamoorty- an international photographer, Tom Grants, Geetanjali Tiwari, Jitender Verma and Deepak Joshi. We had...
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Workshops on ‘Youth Leadership and Rural Advancement’
Centre for Sustainable Development and National Council of Rural Institutes, Hyderabad jointly organised two Youth Sensitisation Program (YSP) on theme Youth Leadership and Rural Advancement. The first YSP was organised on 22-23 February,2011 at Government Polytechnic, Sundernagar and the other one was organised on 25-26 February,2011 at Abhilashi Group of Institutions, Nerchowk. Off late it is being...
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Regional Seminar of Lok Awas Yatra- Northern Region
Lok Awaas Yatra, a journey to select initiatives in rural habitat development that have improved the quality of life for the rural poor without environmental losses was carried out by basin- South Asia secretariat at Development Alternatives in partnership with its regional partners i.e.Centre for Sustainable Development- Himachal Pradesh, TARN and HESCO-Uttrakhand. The fourth regional Yatra in the series...
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World Challenge team arrive for Project Work
A team of students from World Challenge, a UK based student expedition company, arrived for their project work with Centre for Sustainable Development, one of authorised hosts of World Challenge in India. This is ‘Team Duck’ from Marlwood School, Bristol.During their project work at GSSS Seri Banglow, one of the backward regions of District Mandi, the team would set up a botanical garden in the...
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Chandertal Conservation Society constituted
A team of WWF India and Centre for Sustainable Development visited Chandertal, a Ramsar site at 4290 mts above sea level,under the leadership of Dr. Sanjeev Sharma, Sr. Project Officer, WWF India and the other members of the team were Jitender Verma, Bhupender Singh, Shailender Chauhan, Akshaya Mane and Vijayeta. Chandertal is under threat due to increasing tourism activites and overgrazing...
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World Water Day at Mandi
WWF India, Project Office Shimla and Centre for Sustainable Development organized various activities in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh on occasion of Water Day. Students of ITI Mandi and MG Institute of Engineering and Technology started the day with cleanliness drive at Hanuman Ghat on the Bank of river Beas. The ghats along river Beas are littered with garbage and has been rendered useless due to construction...
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Forest for Sustainable Livelihoods
Jitender Verma discussing impact of socio-economic changes on forests
A seminar on ‘Forests for Sustainable Livelihoods’ was organised today at Govt. Sen. Sec. School( Boys) Sundernagar by Universal Eco Club under National Environment Awareness Campaign (NEAC) of MoEF. The program was attended by students, parents and teachers. Ms. Hemant Sharma, Principal inaugurated the seminar and highlighted the importance of forests in our ecology and economy. Ms. Ritu Sharma, Research Officer, NTFP&FD described the importance of various economically important plants found commonly in our forests. She also discussed the impact of non sustainable extraction of various natural resources on the environment. Jitender Verma, President, Centre for Sustainable Development discussed the impact of changing socio- economic conditions on the management and conservation of forests. He insisted on more involvement of local communities in the management and conservation of natural resources. he said we need to link local livelihoods with forests to make locals a s an important stakeholders in the conservation of forest. It can be done by promoting eco-tourism, adventure sports, food processing, organic farming and crafts from various forest produce.
Ritu Sharma, Research Officer, HPFD giving information on local flora
National Symposium on ‘Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development’
Session on Sustainable Development Model in the Symposium
A two day national symposium on ‘Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development’ was organised by Department of Studies and Research in Social Work, Davangere Univeristy Karnataka on 19-20 March,2012. The Symposium drew researchers, practitioners, scientists and technocrats from different parts of India. They exchanged scientific analysis of the forms of energy technologies and the impact on sustainable development. The themes of symposium were Solar energy technology, Wind energy technology, Bio-gas technology, Biomass technology, Gasifier technology, Bio-diesel technology, Energy audit, Energy economics, Management of natural resources, Decentralization (off-grid) of renewable energy technologies, State support for renewable energy technologies, and Sustainable development .
Jitender Verma delivering his lecture on Sustainable Development Models
Jitender Verma from Centre for Sustainable Development presented a paper on Sustainable Development Models . He discussed how our changing life style has increased our per capita energy consumption from 2Kcal to 200 Kcal putting huge pressure on our natural resources. Greenhouse gases like CO2 are clogging up our atmosphere and making it warmer. The rate of warming is increasing dramatically and unless we reduce our emissions significantly it will continue to heat up. Climate change is already impacting ecosystems and communities around the world. The impacts that we will see in the future put everybody at risk. The more climate change advances and accelerates, the closer we come to serious, irreversible changes and large-scale alterations to our climate system. He suggested developing decentralized development models suiting local conditions with the local communities as major stakeholders. We need to think at habitat level and every habitat has to be self sufficient in terms of energy and resource requirement. He said we need to revive conventional wisdom and supplement it with latest technology to keep earth habitable for human beings. We need to be more efficient in the way we use energy.
Participants in the symposium
The national symposium served the academic, research, collaboration and extension domains of the higher education. Interdisciplinary domain of knowledge and disciplines ensure meaning to university education. The symposium for the students delivered –
• Exposure to emerging interdisciplinary knowledge
• Dissemination of renewable energy technologies
• Collaboration and network of the agencies advancing renewable energy technologies
• University – Industry interaction
• Advancing renewable energy technologies to rural mass
• University – Community engagement
• New vistas of Solid Waste Management
Students Workshop: Unleash Your Latent Power
Inauguration of workshop with invocation of Saraswati, Godess of Learning
A workshop for students was organised under CSD’s flagship program ‘LEAD’ at DAV Sundernagar. Students Workshop: Unleash Your Latent Power was inaugurated by Er. S.P. Sachdeva by lighting a lamp in the august presence of Mohit Chug, Principal of DAV Sundernagar. The workshop aimed to empower and inspire the students to enable them to handle their studies and career more efficiently. The biggest challenge with the studies in present time is that students have lot many options and distractions. The options available create lots of confusion in students mind to keep track with their studies and career. The workshop engaged students in various exercises and sessions to help them plan their studies and career.
Dr. Pawanesh guided taught them how to remain positive and motivated, visualisation, and mindmapping. These techniques will help them to study smartly and will also them handle stress.
Abhishek Awasthi took the students on a tour of vital personal attributes in his session on ‘Capability Framework’. He told them about determination, self-discipline, resilience, flexibility, honesty and creativity.
It was,probably, first such opportunity for local students to introspect into themselves and discover themselves. Kritika Sharma one of the participants said,” Todays program was awesome. I had lots of fun. . . . It was one of the most memorable day of my life”. Sachin Mandhotra says,” I would like to thank all the members of team LEAD who has come to give knowledge about the special abilities of our mind.Now I am feeling very confident about my exams. Now I can concentrate in my studies”. Ritvik Salaria,”Today I attended your workshop I really loved your relaxation technique …”
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