PU student gets national award

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 2

Ritika Verma, Panjab University’s outgoing student of the Department of Anthropology, has been conferred with the National Service Scheme Award, 2019-20, by President Ram Nath Kovind in the presence of Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur in New Delhi.

She is the first student from the Panjab University campus to get this prestigious award. Ritika was selected for this award after she provided services related to various social issues and causes as a NSS volunteer attached to Panjab University.

She, along with her team, organised various activities for sensitising students on swachhta, menstrual hygiene management, solid waste management and water conservation. She contributed to plantation of saplings and cleanliness drives in the adopted village. Her activities in creating awareness on gender sensitisation, literacy campaign, health awareness camps, etc., were commendable.