Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 30: We The Human – a Public Charitable Trust working for conservation of Environment in J&K since January 2018, released its News Letter ending November-2018 here at K L Sehgal Hall.
Prof R D Sharma, Vice-Chancellor, Noida International University and former Vice-Chancellor of Jammu University was the chief guest on the occasion, whereas the function was presided over by Amit Sharma, Director Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), Jammu.
Ali Afsar Khan, Controller, Legal Meteorology Department, J&K and Mohammad Shahid Saleem Dar, Additional Commissioner, State Taxes (Administration and Enforcement) Jammu were guests of honour. Among others present were K Y S Manhas, Retd Principal District & Session Judge, Capt Lalit Sharma, Sadiq Nargal (Senior Food Technologist) and Retd Deputy Commissioner B S Jamwal.
Speaking on the occasion, KYS Manhas, vice chairman of the executive committee of the Trust, said the News Letter of We The human depicts field activities of the organization, besides informative articles and write ups of various experts.
“The articles on ‘Rural Prosperity through Aromatic Plants’ by K K Sharma (Consultant CSIR-HIM), ‘Organic Farming’ by Puja Gupta (MD, Himalayan Bio Organic Foods), ‘Zero Budgeting Farming’ by Dr Parvani Sharma (Assistant Professor, Shoolini University, Solan) and ‘Organic Agriculture’ by Prof Haroon Naik (SKAUST Kashmir) are appreciable both in terms of contents and social message,” he added.
Manhas said that the Editorial by M Sadiq Nargal (chairman, Editorial Board) on vital Environmental issues is thought provoking while the article about Shilpa Mahajan an educationist, social activist and national award winner from Akhnoor, provides information about a girl in rural area; how she fulfilled dream of her mother in law and provided international level schooling in Akhnoor, apart from working continuously for women’s empowerment.