Chandigarh: 35 schools contribute over 600 short videos

Chandigarh, June 4

Thirty-five schools participated in the Inter-School Short Mobile Video Contest organised by Yuvsatta and the Department of Environment on the occasion of World Environment Day. The contest was based on the theme “Correlation of viruses, environment and Humans”.

“Over 600 short videos have been posted by students from 35 schools of the city,” said Pramod Sharma, coordinator, Yuvsatta, an NGO.

Aishana Kaushal of St Joseph’s School, Ojaswi Agarwal from Bhavan Vidyalaya, Deepanshu Garg of Gurukul Global School, Khushi Puri of Kids ‘R’ Kids and Manya of Manav Mangal School occupied the top-five positions in the junior category.

In the senior category, Shubhdeep Kaur of GMSSS 37-B, Akshit Taneja of St Stephen’s School, Khushi Sheoran from Bhavan Vidyalaya, Arav Singh Kharola of Manav Mangal School, Aavni Agnihotri from Kids ‘R’ Kids, Hunar Nangru of Gurukul Global School and Shivangi Bhardwaj of St Joseph’s School won accolades.

Shivani Sharma, Harmanjeet Kaur, Kanwaljit Kaur and Jagdeep Kaur of Manav Mangal School, Rajyasari of St Joseph’s School and Parminder Kaur of Kids ‘R’ Kids bagged the honours in teachers’ category.

Eco-bricks from plastic waste

Students of St Joseph’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44-D, made eco-bricks with the assistance of the MC Sanitation Department. The initiative was part of the World Environment Day celebrations.—TNS