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School of Management Sciences (SMS), keeping up with its
tradition of conducting programme towards fulfilling its
social responsibility, organised a one day program on National
Energy Conservation Day. Prof. P.K. Mishra, Deptt.of
Chemical Engineering, IT,B.H.U. was the Chief Guest
of the functionand Dr. S.K. Panda, Associate Prof.,
Mechanical Engineering Deptt., IT, B.H.U. was the
Guest of Honour.
Speaking in the inaugural function, Dr. P.K. Mishra, asked
the audience to lead that life which is in synchronization
with the environment. He said that imitation of the western
culture and life style is adding to the problems of energy
in India. We must use the energy according to our requirements
and its availability without disturbing the ecological balance.
While interacting with the students, Dr. S.K. Panda, in
his talk entitled "A technical paradigm on Energy Harvesting,
Conservation and Expedition" said that we should be more
cautious about saving energy. He also emphasized on how
energy harvesting contributes towards a cleaner world. He
was comparing India and China with the EU, USA and Japan
through which he focused on the need for utilizing the unconventional
sources of energy.
 On
this occasion a national online Essay Competition "YOG
(Youth on Green)" was also launched. This essay
competition is unique in the sense that right from essay
submission to declaration of the winners and certificates
distribution, all would be "On-Line". A New Website Development
Initiative at SMS was also launched. The details of this
online competition is available on the website of SMS, Varanasi.
Earlier welcoming the guests in the inaugural function Prof.
P. N. Jha, Director, SMS said that management is a diverse
discipline and one of the aims of management is to work
towards sustainable development where the environmental
an energy conservation concerns are significant and inevitable.
Prof. Jha further said that such an academic discussion
regarding energy conservation will help to instill among
students the responsibility,they have towards the environment
and conservation of energy. The theme of the programme was
presented by Mr. Anupam Kumar (Reader, SMS) while the programme
was coordinated by Mrs. Anjana Harish (Lecturer, SMS). Later
the Guests were felicitated by Dr. M. P. Singh,
(Executive Secretary,SMS Group) and Prof. P.N.Jha (Director,
SMS). The Vote-of-thanks was given by Mr.
Sanjay Gupta,(Registrar, SMS). On this occasion,
students, staff and other faculty members were also present.
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