STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: National Service Scheme (NSS) campus units, University of Jammu organized a two-day workshop on ‘Cleanliness and Personality Development’ for the distance learners of the Directorate of Distance Education (DDE).
The workshop was attended by 150 post graduate distance learners from different courses running through DDE.
Chief Guest, Prof V.D Singh, Director, DDE inaugurated the workshop. He stressed upon doing such events frequently for distance learners as it motivates the youth towards social services and can inculcate good habits also.
Prof. Jasbir Singh, Chairman, NSS campus units presided over the function.
Dr. Anju Thappa, PO, NSS campus unit welcomed the gathering and participants to the workshop.
The first session was conducted by Prof. Jasbir Singh who informed the participants that this workshop is a part of Swachch Abhiyaan which has been started at the national level in the country.
He also told them that how cleanliness can help to improve the personality of an individual.
The second session was conducted by Dr. Gautam Sharma who gave his talk on dental cleanliness and hygiene. Third session was conducted by Dr. Sanjay Sharma who gave his talk on ‘Environmental Cleanliness and its Impact on the Personality Development’. The last session was conducted by Dr. Anupama Vohra in which activities were conducted by the participants and presentation were made by them.
Earlier in the inaugural function the winner of Poster Making and Slogan Writing competition held on the theme Swach Bharat. In the slogan writing event, Kanika Sharma won the first prize, Bandana Kumari got second and Sahil Khajuria won third prize.
In the Poster Making competition, Jayati Thapa won first prize, Lovely Verma won second prize and Rajani Kumari won the third prize. The judges of the event were Prof. Neeru Sharma, Prof. Anita Billawria and Dr. Sanjay Sharma. Harmeet Singh, NSS volunteers from the DDE was given the Award of Appreciation for representing DDE in state events and winning the consolation prize in B.D Sharma Memorial Debate Competition.
Dr. Neharica Subhash presented vote of thanks. The programme was conducted by Dr.Vandana Sharma. Shiv Dutt, Sumit Kumar and Navjot Bakshi helped in organizing the event.
Prof. Sandeep Tondon, Dr. Seema Rohmetra, Dr. Hema Gandotra, Dr. Jaspal Warwal, Dr. Seema Bhasin, Dr. Raj Kumar, Gopal Sharma, Romesh Chander and other faculty members were also present on the oscassion.
