Law College Dehradun, Faculty of Uttaranchal University, organised the third online “National Elocution Competition 3.0 on the topic “Can Artificial Intelligence be used to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals” on 27 November 2022, under the aegis of Vasundhara– the Green Society. The aim was to bring together brilliant minds from all across the nation on a single platform, allowing them to speak on this relevant issue and encourage the participation of 30 students from various eminent universities across the nation.
The event started in the presence of Prof (Dr) Lakshmi Priya Vinjamuri, Chairperson, Vasundhara– the Green Society along with the respected judge Dr Hemangini Sharma, an eminent and successful advocate. She has completed her UG degree from National Law University, Jodhpur and LLM from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland and has pursued her Ph D from National Law University, Nagpur. She has been a part of various faculties at various prestigious institutions throughout the nation such as Amity Noida, NLU Assam, Amity Gwalior, ADAMAS, and Kolkata, with these amazing qualifications and experience she has authored several papers that have been presented internationally and have voiced several National Seminars as a guest speaker.
Embracing the traditions that mark the start of an event, opening remarks were delivered by event moderators Ms Krinjal Bhartiya and Mr Harsh Tyagi, Executive member of VTGS, who welcomed the luminaries and attendees present in the virtual meet. After a brief introduction about the event, Mr Harsh Tyagi elucidated to the participants the screening round rules before the session’s commencement. The competition commenced with the beautiful quote, “The coming era of Artificial Intelligence will not be the era of war, but be an era of deep compassion, non-violence, and love.” They talked about how technology is related to biodiversity and how it helps to enhance it, with a preference for urban mobility and connecting it to the topic with the future in artificial intelligence and how it contributes towards sustainable development. Moving forward the next participant started with the power lines, “Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks.” – Stephen Hawking, Theoretical Physicist. He further informed the relationship between Google and mobile which is the need of today’s generation and notified the audience about 17 interlinked goals shared for peace and prosperity and 79 % of goals were already achieved with the main help of AI and just like these from the participants. It was a very great learning experience for the students and participants who actively participated and voiced their opinions on the concerned matter and about the relation of the current generation not only with mobiles, and electronic devices but also to health sectors, transportation, and many more. The session was winded up by Prof (Dr) Lakshmi Priya Vinjamuri, Chairperson, Vasundhara– the Green Society, and was brought to an end by Ms. Pragati Singh, Event Coordinator of the society who proposed the Vote of Thanks.
The Winners of the Competition were:
Winner – Vanshaj Shukla, Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University
1st Runner up – Sneha Kothiyal, Doon University
2nd Runner up – Sneha Maithani, Doon Universit
