PGDAV College

SATARK The Consumer Club, PGDAV College

The year 2016-17 kicked off with poster presentation competition on two topics- Chemicals in Food and E-Waste, held on 6^th September’16. A total of 16 entries were received out of which 12 were shortlisted by Ms. Sakshi Verma and Ms Khushboo Aggarwal for the final round. In the final round, various aspects of the two crucial issues affecting the lives of consumers across the globe were discussed. Members of Consumers Forum judged the final round.

The erstwhile Discussions of 2015-16 were renamed as Knowledge Sharing Sessions (KSS). It provides a platform to share and enhance knowledge of the members by discussing on consumer related issues. Ms Bhawana Miglani along with Dr Vandana Agrawal took a Session on 21st September 2016 where students discussed about Consumers Protection Act and E-waste.

An e-waste drive was conducted from 5^th October to 7^th October 2016. 100 kg e-waste was collected which was disposed with E-Parisara, an authorised e-waste recycler. A Certificate for the same was given in the name of the College.

The club propagated a cracker-free Diwali to reduce the pollution and to create a healthy environment to live in.

The club has a dynamic fb page which creates awareness, shares global news related to consumers and shares the activities conducted by the club.

An inter-college essay writing competition- Pencraft was organised on 23^rd Jan’17. 41 students from different colleges participated and expressed their ideas on Buidling a Better Digital World.

The club launched a cover page designing competition for its Newsletter in April 2017.

Navnit Kumar ( President, Satark), interned with Consumers India under the mentorship of Dr Roopa Vajpayee, from 10^th Dec 2016 -16^th Jan 2017. He worked on the topic Rivers and Consumers, where he accessed the pollution of water bodies, critically analysed the programmes and policies and regulatory framework for water resources in India.

The faculty and students attended several panel discussions organised by Consumers India and Health Environment Foundation and received Participation Certificates:

· The Food: Pesticides and Plastics in it! 14.9.16

· Cosmetics and Beauty Products: At what Health Cost? 6.10.16

· Environment Pollutants- Where do they hide in my body? 9.11.16

· Impact of Mobile Phones on Health. 9.12.16

· Noise and Health 4.01.17

· The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Technical Education. 16.1.17

A one-day inter-college festival- JAAGRITI was organized on 3^rd March 2017 on the theme Consumer Rights in the Digital Age, (the theme of World Consumers Rights Day 2017). The festival proved to be a platform for students across different colleges to share their views and spread awareness by various competitions:

Digi Bol– The Debate Competition,

Smart Consumer– The Online Photography Competition,

Artistry- T-shirt Painting,

Adroit- Ad making competition,

Reincarnation- Best -out of Waste competition.

The Editorial Team came out with SATARK TIMES- the Annual Newsletter- 2016-17 with articles, information collected by members. The cover page of newsletter this year was the winning entry by Gunajn and Utsavi.

Dr. Vandana Agrawal- Advisor

Ms. Sakshi Verma- Convenor

Ms Khushboo Aggarwal- Member

Ms Bhawana Miglani- Member

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