DAV students remember Swami Virjanand

The morning assembly of DAV Public School echoed with hymns and shlokas as students paid obeisance to the learned scholars and philosophers, Swami Virjanand and Mahatma Anand Swami, here today. The students paid tributes to Swami Virjanand on his birth anniversary and remembered Mahatma Anand Swami with reverence on his death anniversary. A havan was performed on the school premises for peace and contentment. A special assembly was held to enlighten students about the inspirational lives of these Vedic scholars. Swami Virjanand gave up the materialistic world and became a saint by joining Ram Krishana Mission. He was the celebrated teacher of Swami Dayanand. It was Swami Virjanand, who helped Dayanand, realise the true meaning of life and understand the hidden and inner meaning of Vedas.

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Workshop discusses waste management

Department of Botany and the Department of Chemistry of BBK DAV College for Women organised a workshop here today. Dr Adarsh Pal Vig, associate professor, Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), was the chief guest on the occasion. Dr Vig apprised students how to make best use of bio-degradable waste by converting it into manure through vermin composting. He discussed in detail how earthworms were helpful in creating the heterogeneous mixture of decomposing vegetables or food waste and bedding materials. He said, “Vermicast mixture is an excellent, nutrient rich organic fertiliser and soil conditioner. This process also reduces the synthesis of harmful gases such as methane and carbon dioxide, which are produced on decomposition of organic waste.” — TNS