School of Agriculture (SOA) celebrated World Food Day, 2022 on 19 October 2022 in Seminar Hall, Uttaranchal University at 12:00 pm. The event was anchored by Ms Turvi Swarnima and Ms Sangey Lhadon students of B Sc (Hons) Agriculture, semester V lucratively. The event began with lamp lighting by all the dignitaries invited to the event and later with University Kulgeet. Prof (Dr) Mahipal Singh, Dean SoA gave a warm welcome to the Guest of Honour Prof (Dr) Bharti Ramola, University Coordinator UNAI, Dr. Nidhi Nainwal, Expert Speaker from UIPS, Prof (Dr) S D Pandey, Dean UIT, HoDs, faculty members and students. He appraised the significance of the day and the theme of the year ‘Leave No One Behind’. Later, Prof Ramola briefed on the objectives and functioning of the United Nations Academic Institute (UNAI). Afterwards, Dr. Nidhi Nainwal, Expert Speaker from Uttaranchal Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS) gave a lecture on ‘Nutritious Food for Adolescent Girls, Working Women and Older Persons’. Dr Nainwal showed through various charts and PowerPoint slides the varied categories of food. She explained that it is quite important these days to focus on our diet and the pattern we are consuming. She took note of adolescent girls as the ‘future mother’ and that a nutritious diet is a mandate and a prime need for them. Dr Nainwal bifurcated the phases of a girl into three phases and showed relevance for all. She took the phases as adolescent age, working period and old age. That lecture was amazingly portrayed with images and pictures. Afterwards, Dr Siddharth Shankar Bhatt opened the Panel Discussion on and also took a brief lecture on Why to conserve traditional agri products? Students’ Panel Discussion held on ‘Conservation of Traditional Agriculture Products of Uttarakhand’. The panel kept the need of conserving traditional agricultural products and also gave solutions for such conservation. In the end, Dr Rajendra Prasad, Head of the Department proposed a vote of Thanks and appreciated the effort of students.
