GDC Neeli Nallah hosts seminar on conservation of Himalayan Medicinal Plants
29/01/2023
UDHAMPUR, Jan 28: Government Degree College Neeli Nallah, Udhampur on Saturday organised a seminar cum awareness programme on "Diversity, Conservation & Livelihood Security Thro-ugh Important Himalayan Medicinal Plants" in collaboration with "Regional-cum-Facilitation Centres Northern Region -II, National Medicinal Plants, Board, Ministry of Ayush Govt. of India, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir".
The event was held under the Patronage of Prof. Hans Raj, Principal, GDC Neeli Nallah, Udhampur. The programme was started with a welcome address by Mr. Ramneek Sharma, student of Semester I. The formal welcome to the resource persons of the event was done by Prof. Shaista Yasmeen.
Prof. Hans Raj, Principal of the College, in his keynote address gave a brief introduction about the theme of the seminar- "Diversity, Conservation & Livelihood Security through Important Himalayan Medicinal Plants". He stated that the role of medicinal plants is particularly important in the Himalayan Region as it is the major source of medication all over India.
He stressed that the main motive of the seminar was to educate the students about how they will generate self-employment and livelihood with the help of cultivation of medicinal plants.
Further, first speaker of the event Prof. Sheikh Bilal Ahmed, Regional Director, RCFC Northern Region II , J&K, initiated his lecture through a powerpoint presentation on the theme "Medicinal Plants for Food, Nutritional and Livelihood Security.
He mentioned different plant species like- Kuth, Patrees, Tripathi, Kutki, Krish etc., their common names and their medicinal benefits.
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