14 Sep 2017|Gurgaon (Manesar) | Amity University Gurgaon
Workshop on Health and Hygiene for Sustainable Rural Development
Amity School of Applied Science, Amity University Gurgaon organized a workshop on “Health and Hygiene for Sustainable Rural Development” (Under collaboration of Swadeshi Science Movement of India: Vigyan Bharti Delhi and Amity University Haryana, Gurgaon) part of ‘Aryabhatta Lecture series’ by Dr D. P. Bhatt (President, SSM’D), Dr. H.S. Gupta (Former Director General, Borlaug Institute for South Asia & Director, IARI, New Delhi), Dr. Praveen Malik (Director, C.C.S. National Institute of Animal Health , Baghpat Uttar Pradesh) and Prof. Pravesh Mehra (Prof & Head, Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Lady Harding medical college hospital, New Delhi) on 14th September 2017.
In her opening remarks, Prof (Dr) Padmakali Banerjee (Pro Vice-Chancellor) briefly touched upon the research highlights and thrust areas in Amity University Haryana. The session was inaugural address, Dr D K Mishra, keeping a keen focus on community health, conceptualized that individual health is the reason behind community health. With a combined state of wellbeing for each individual i.e., no tension along with an increase in spiritual health at a large scale gives rise to social health.
Next session of Dr H.S.Gupta led the conversation towards food and nutrition security. Since 3/4th of India, most of it is in the rural sector is involved in the agricultural sector, so the development of villages will ultimately lead to developed India. He talked about the historical perspective of the 1960’s when the national policy used to be skipping one meal a week owing to the huge scarcity of food and a large fraction of the unfeeded population. Dr Gupta shared his experience of his turbulent time, IARI developed a dwarf variety of wheat i.e. quantity and number grains increased and straw quantity decreased, starting the wheat revolution.
Following session was taken by Dr Praveen Malik who had enlightened the spectators with the phenomenon of microbial and antimicrobial resistance in pathogens. Not only pathogens are high and existing inside our body and out leading to the nutritionally insecure situation and the burning question of where lies the problem. The diversity of bacterial cultures consisting of both good and bad microbes - only limited bacteria needs to be killed. He also pointed that the emergence and reemergence of disease and are zoonotic - approximately 60% from the animal side.
The last session was taken by Prof. Pravesh Mehra with the motto of “SAY WITH SMILE, NO TO TOBACCO” entertained the audience with interactive approach introducing no tobacco policy for everybody. He elaborated the type of smoke, viz. mainstream, side stream and second hand. He also made aware that it is a hard to quit habit with social stigma, and earlier encouragement from the media. He insisted that knowledge being the key to health improvement, care for sanitation and environment will help quit this habit for a cleaner and brighter future.
The vote of Thanks was delivered jointly by Dr R K Thakur and Dr D P Bhatt.