Shanti Devi Arya Mahila College, Dinanagar(Punjab)

7.2 Best Practices

BEST PRACTICE -1: NSS Activities

There are five units of NSS in SDAM College run under the guidance of following programme officers Mrs. Sangeeta Puri, Co-ordinator, Dr. Sushma Gupta, Mrs. Sunita Verma, Dr. Reena Talwar, Mrs. Deepik Jyoti and Mrs. Jyoti Saini. These units are rendering service to society. This Department organized 10 one day NSS Camps each year. Important days like National Youth Day, Republic Day, International Women Day, World Health Day, World Environment Day, World No Tobacco Day, World Population Day, Sadhbhawna Divas, NSS Day are also celebrated by these units. The Units are actively engaged in several activities within and outside the college. Some of these are:

• District level Youth Parliament was organized by the NSS units in which Ms. Suniana Thakur Student of B.Sc (BT) Sem IV of our College was selected at Ist position. She got the opportunity to visit Vigyan Bhawan on 26^th -27^th Feb, 2019 and got opportunity to interact with Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi.

• NSS Department organized a lecture on “Personal Hygiene and Heathy Life Style under mission Tandrust Punjab” on 22^nd Feb, 2019.

• NSS Department organized District Youth Parliament on 24^th Jan, 2019 as per the directions given by Director, Youth Services, Punjab and Director, NSS Department of GNDU, Amritsar. Sardar Saktar Singh Bal, SDM, Gurdaspur/Dinanagar was the Chief Guest.

• NSS Department organized District level Youth Mock Parliament in which 309 students spoke on the given topics for 2-3 minutes in front of jury on 18^th Nov, 2019. Selected students participated in DYP on 24^thJan 2019.

• NSS Department organized seminar on "SAY NO TO DRUGS" on 22^nd Nov, 2018.

• NSS and Science department organized blood group determination camp on 8^th Sept., 2018 during which more than 100 students got their blood group determined. Principal Mrs. RatnaSharma told that everyone must know her blood group for safe blood transfusion.

• The college adopted Village Deeda Sanian and NSS \co-coordinator delivered lecture to the women of Deeda Sanian village on "Self-employment" on 14^th Aug, 2018.

• NSS students took out rally against drugs and female foeticide. DSP Sh. Manoj Kumar Ji Flagged off the rally on 11^th Aug, 2018

• Dr. Sushma Gupta, Dr. Reena Talwar, Programme Officer of NSS along with NSS Volunteers planted medicinal trees in Dayanand mathh. Swami Sadanand Saraswati Ji addressed volunteers on how to protect the environment by planting trees. NSS Department also planted trees on 2^nd August 2018 in Govt. Girls Sr. Sec. School. Principal of the school, Mrs. Rajwinder Kaur appreciated the move under Swatchh Pakhwara.

• Mrs. Sunita Verma , Mrs.Deepak Jyoti, and Mrs Jyoti Saini NSS Program Officers along with NSS volunteers visited Village Taragarh Near Dinanagar for Tree Plantation under the Mission of Swatch Bharat Abiyaan-Tree Plantation 2018 with motto "Each One Plant One" on 31^st July, 2018 and Mrs. Sangeeta Malhotra and Dr. Reena Talwar Program Officers along with NSS volunteers planted Ornamental, Medicinal And Fruit Trees at various sites of the village with the help of eminent people of village. Mr. Kuldeep Raj Saini Director of Saransh Public School delivered the lecture on Green and clean India and villagers were told to nurture nature to save future

BEST PRACTICE -2 : Maintenance of Environment Friendly campus

The institution has adequate physical facilities to run the educational programmes effectively. The growth of the infrastructure keeps pace with the academic growth of the institution. The institution strives to promote value based education, social responsibilities and good citizenry.The college has three main areas or campuses, all of which are environment friendly green campuses. The campuses have lots of perennial and seasonal plant species. The college regularly maintains these plants species. Campuses are swachh (clean) campuses. The Green Audit is in progress.. The campuses are tobacco and plastic free zones. The college hostel waste is disposed of systematically. All chemical fertilizers are replaced by bio-fertilizers for use in the college campus.

BEST PRACTICES