TERI ENVIS resource partner celebrated World Environment Day at Vigyan Bhawan on 3rd June 2018 in collaboration with Centre for Media Studies (CMS), ENVIS and Thiyagarajar College of Engineering (TCE) ENVIS under the umbrella of Environment Information System (ENVIS) of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC).
The programme comprised of final round of EnviroQuiz competition, interactive sessions on practical solutions to plastic pollution, film show and felicitation. About 120 school students, teachers and other professionals participated in the programme. The programme started with addresses by Dr N Bhaskara Rao, Chairman, CMS and Mr Prabir Sengupta, Director, Knowledge Management Division, TERI and followed by the EnviroQuiz competition and interactive sessions from Dr A Chandrasekar, TCE, Ms P N Vasanti, Director, CMS and Dr Ajay Mathur, DG, TERI. Valedictory address was given by Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The Honourable minister also felicitated the winners of the EnviroQuiz and Poster competitions. The felicitation ceremony was attended by many esteemed personalities including Mr C K Mishra, Secretary, MoEFCC; Dr Anandi Subramanian, Senior Economic Advisor, MoEFCC; Dr Ajay Mathur, DG, TERI, Dr P N Vasanti, Mr Prabir Sengupta and many others. The programme was highly appreciated by the Honourable minister and the participants.