The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, presented prizes to school children who won the National Painting Competition 2017 at the National Energy Conservation Day Celebrations held in New Delhi on Thursday. The competition invites children between the 4th and 9th standards across the country to depict sustainable living and their vision for a clean, green and energy efficient future.
While addressing, Ram Nath Kovind said, “The spirit of energy conservation is an intrinsic part of the Indian ethos. I would like to extend my best wishes to all the school children who have participated and made sincere efforts in creating imaginative paintings that aptly illustrate the level of their engagement with energy conservation activities and concerns for environmental sustainability. As the demand for energy in the country is steadily increasing and whereas the limited energy resources are rapidly depleting, it is vital to involve our youth, as decision makers of tomorrow, to join these initiatives to avoid energy crisis and enhance energy security.”
Present on the occasion, RK Singh, Minister of State (Independent charge) for Power and New & Renewable Energy stated, “Our effort on sustainable development rests heavily on the optimum use of energy and curbing its wastage. The efficient utilisation of energy needs to be an integral part of our lifestyle in our quest for energy security. “
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Seminar to spread awareness of cancer held
It was a colorful and Musical finale of 2-day of celebration for Sparkles and HOPE-2017 by CD Foundation in collaboration with ONGC. The 2-day had Painting Exhibition-Whispering Hues by Artist Bula Sarkar and Gayatri Tandon, Seminar for Cancer Awareness, by ICS Delhi & Dr Mohit Aggarwal. Makeover session By Gunjan Gaur, School Initiative (Apeejay Noida & Amity School), Panel discussion by Doordarshan, Musical celebration and fashion show at the Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, New Delhi. Finally the grand finale of glamour, colour and beauty - the fashion show by young designers from WlCI, Delhi, and the show stopper was Universe Rashmi Sachdeva. The evening began with lamp lighting by Chief Guest Adwaita Gadanayak, Director General National Gallery of Modern Arts, The Cultural Counsellor from Chinese Embessy Zhang Jianxin, Ex-Ambassador of India Amarendra Khatua.
SS RAO, AGM (PR), PFC Receives ‘BEST NODAl OFFICER’ AWARD IN UT CATEGORY
RK Singh, Union Minister giving away the Performance Award to SS Rao, AGM (PR) PFC in the category of ‘Best Nodal Officer (Union Territory category)' in respect of the Painting Competition on Energy Conservation-2017. This Award has been given in appreciation of the excellent performance in conducting ‘Painting Competitions' on ‘Energy Conservation' for school children in Delhi/NCR. AK Bhalla, Secretary (Power) and Raj Pal, Economic Advisor, Ministry of Power were also present.
The annual painting competition is organised by the Ministry of Power and Bureau of Energy Efficiency in association with 11 Central Power Sector Undertakings with the objective of encouraging school students to portray their inspiring ideas on energy efficiency and climate change. This year, total 19 student winners from across the country were given prizes at the national level. In 2017, a record number of 1.226 crore students participated in the school level painting competition, as against the 1.14 crore students in 2016 and 60 lakh students in 2014.
Through the combined actions of BEE, state governments and related agencies to promote adoption of energy efficiency and conservation measures, so far India has saved 385.2 billion units of energy through concerted efforts and mitigated CO2 emissions by 319.7 million tonnes, from reduced energy consumption and avoided capacity generation.