PU organises webinar on National Youth Day

Chandigarh: The Centre for Social Work,

Panjab University

, on Wednesday organised a webinar to mark the National Youth Day. The speaker was Abhishek Talukdar, state co-ordinator, meat reduction, West Bengal from Human Society International India.Talukdar said his organisation continue to push for steady shift in people’s mindsets to increased awareness of welfare issues, better-informed consumer choices and support both for initiatives providing relief to animals and laws mandating their protection. He also highlighted how individual contribution can help in providing a sustainable world for all the living beings by just having alternative food options to meat.

Gaurav Gaur

, chairperson highlighted the work done in collaboration with HSI/India in the previous years and how their students were engaged through field work and internship training programmes in the field of animal welfare.The session was interactive with students clarifying their doubts.

Himani Pant

, a student of

MSW

, gave a formal introduction about the guest speaker and Harsimrat Kaur, another student, proposed the vote of thanks to all dignitaries in the session.