The Medicinal Plant Board, UT Chandigarh in association with the Yuvsatta-NGO honoured winners of ‘Short Mobile Video Contest’ on “Medicinal & Aromatic Plants of Chandigarh”, at a formal prize distribution function organized today with all COVID protocols at Paryavaran Bhavan,

Chandigarh.30 March,2021:The Medicinal Plant Board, UT Chandigarh in association with the Yuvsatta-NGO honoured winners of ‘Short Mobile Video Contest’ on “Medicinal & Aromatic Plants of Chandigarh”, at a formal prize distribution function organized today with all COVID protocols at Paryavaran Bhavan, Department of Forest & Wildlife, Sector-19, Chandigarh. During the event, a large number of participants from over 20 prominent Schools and Colleges of the city participated. Shri Debendra Dalai, IFS, Chief Executive Officer, Medicinal Plant Board and Chief Conservator of Forests, Department of Forest & Wildlife, UT Chandigarh was the Chief Guest on this occasion.
Addressing the winners on the occasion, Shri Debendra Dalai shared that medicinal plants have long been utilized in traditional medicine and worldwide. India’s wealth of medicinal plant species have been used in traditional Indian health systems for millennia. Fortunately, we find them in abundance across hundreds of acres of forest land and city sectors in Chandigarh. It won’t be wrong to call Chandigarh as Medicinal Plants City. No wonder, the city denizens are greeted by these old, loyal friends—the trees– who give them lifesaving gifts across the sectors. And there is a need to promote the medicinal plants and herbs to save the human lives.
The following winners of the Short Mobile Video Contest were awarded with a cash prize of rupees one thousand each, a trophy and a merit certificate:-
School category (Top Five Entries);
Avani, AKSIPS 41 Smart School, Garima Tandon, The New Public School, Suhani Sharma, Delhi Public School Chandigarh, Shivam Vats, GMSSS 35D&Sanjana Charlotte, Class XI, Carmel Convent School, Chandigarh.
College category (Top Three Entries);
Divya, BCA I, Nishita Aggarwal, Class BA-II & Apoorva Pant, Class-BSC (CS) II of Post Graduate Govt. College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh.
Teachers category (Top Five Entries);
Seema Rani, Principal, GMSSS, Dhanas, Jyoti Tewari, ShardaSarvhitkari Model Sr. Sec.School, Naveed, Chitkara International School, Seema Chaudhary, GMSSS 37B and Subalakshmi P. Durga, Principal, Adarsh Bal Vidyapeeth, Chd.