Karnataka State ENVIS Centre along with the host Institution EMPRI has taken an initiative to celebrated World Ozone Day on 20th September 2018.
Competitions such as Drama Competition, Drawing Competition and Slogan Writing Competition were conducted for school students in which the following schools have participated.
1. Government High School, Jayanagar, Bangalore
2. Government High School, Sarakki, Bangalore
3. Government High School, Puttenahalli, Bangalore
4. Dayananda Kannada High School, Kumarswamy layout, Bangalore
The function commenced with the Inaugural session Chaired by shri. N.L. Shantha Kumar, IFS, Secretory, Ecology & Environment, GoK, Prof. J. Srinivasan, Scientist, Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Bangalore, Dr. B.S Nagendra Praksh, Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, UVCE, Smt Ritu Kakkar, IFS, Director General, EMPRI & Dr. K.H. Vinay Kumar, IFS, Director, EMPRI.
The ozone day celebration also included the Key note speech on “Importance of Ozone Day” by Prof. J. Srinivasan, Scientist, Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Bangalore. The celebration concluded with distribution of prizes to Competition winners.
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