ENVIRONMENT AND EARTH CARE (EEC) LECTURE SERIES AND WORLD OZONE DAY 2015
Shri Gautam Sen, Ex-Executive Director, ONGC delivered lecture on "Energy and Fossil Fuel"

16th October, 2015, India International Centre Annexe, New Delhi

Workshop on World Ozone Day

Climate Change Research Institute (CCRI) celebrated World Ozone Day 2015 and ECC lecture, the event was held for youth from schools on October 16, 2015 supported by Ministry of Earth Sciences.  Dr. (Mrs) Malti Goel, president, CCRI apprised the students, about the importance of Ozone Day, its genesis and current status of ozone depleting substances who participated in large numbers from Amity International School (Saket), DAV Public School (Ashok Vihar), Universal Public School (Preet Vihar), Apeejay School (Pitampura), Navyug School (Motibagh), New Horizon School (H.Nizamuddin), Bal Bharti Public School (GRH Marg), and Balwant Rai Mehta Vidya Bhawan.

ECC Lecture was organized on Energy and Fossil Fuel delivered by Shri. Gautam Sen, Executive Director, ONGC. He explained the concepts of development of oil sector as a vital energy source in a lucid manner. Chief Guest on the occasion was Prof. D. P. Agrawal, Former Chairman, UPSC and Chairman GC, CCRI. In his address he laid importance of understanding the subject and encouraged students to come forward to work together on new challenges in the field of climate change and environment.

An Ozone Day Quiz was held on the spot for school students on the topics covering the ozone layer depletion, energy and climate change. Among the 60 students who participated from different schools, first and second prizes were awarded to the winners which were from Universal Public School and DAV Public Schools. Certificates were given to all the teachers and students for participation in the World Ozone Day 2015 event.