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DRBCCC Hindu College has added another feather to its cap by starting a center exclusively for creating awareness related to climate change. The Center for Climate Literacy and Campaign was inaugurated on May 13, 2022 by the eminent climate campaigner, Dr. S. Janakarajan.

In his interaction with the students and the faculty, he exhorted everyone to be an active agent in making DRBCCC Hindu College campus and their home environment friendly. Dr. S. Janakarajan is also the Chairman and the expert consultant of the Center for Climate Literacy and Campaign, DRBCCC Hindu College.

He highlighted the importance of a center for climate literacy in the academic space and congratulated DRBCCC Hindu College and its management for starting the center. DRBCCC Hindu College is the first college in Chennai to have a center for climate literacy. The college management with the active participation of the faculty and students plan to organize many events in the future to create awareness related to climate change.

The inaugural event was presided over by, Sri. B. Gautham, Trustee Member of DRBCCC Hindu College charities, Principal DRBCCC Hindu College, Dr. G Kalvikkarasi, Director, Center for Research and Development, Dr. N Rajendra Naidu.

Objectives

The Center for Climate Literacy and Campaigns focus areas are, water conservation, energy conservation, air pollution, waste management, plastic avoidance and tree planting and greenery. The main objective is exclusively for creating awareness related to climate change.


Objectives

Chairman Prof. S.Janakarajan

Core Group: Dr D.Lakshminarayanan, Dr B.Kalaiyarasan, Dr G.Suresh, Dr A.Nancy & Ms K.Pavithra Bharathi

Climate Leaders: Dr S.Prabakaran, Mr R.Suresh, Mrs G.Deepa, Mrs M.Nithyalakshmi, & Dr S.Thiyagarajan

Climate Champions: Students volunteers

Documentation: Mr Premjith Mathew, Dr S.Kannadasan

Activities (From June 2019 to Till date)

16th September 2022

History

Every year, 16th of September is observed as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 2022. The day reminds us about the importance of taking care of the Earth's protective ozone layer. Center for Climate Literacy and Campaign, DRBCCC Hindu College conducted awareness programmes in the campus on the 16th of September 2022 to mark the World Ozone Day.

Posters were prepared by the climate champions, which were prominently displayed in different locations inside the campus. Students also prepared exhibition models which were placed near the Center for Climate Literacy and Campaign office space. Student volunteers gave live demos based on these exhibition models. Dr. G. Kalvikkarasi, Principal, DRBCCC Hindu College and Dr. N. Rajendra Naidu, Director, Center for Research and Development, viewed the exhibition models and interacted with the student volunteers.

The third International Day of Clean Air and Blue Skies was commemorated on September 7 th , 2022,at 11 am with an event organized by the Center for Climate Literacy and Campaign, DRBCCC Hindu College, Chennai 72. The theme for this years event was the Air we Share. The Chief Guest for the event was Dr S. Janakarajan, an alumnus of our college and a renowned climate campaigner.

International Day for Clean Air and Blue Skies 2022 Theme: The Air We Share

He is also the external consultant for the Center for Climate Literacy and Campaign, DRBCCC Hindu College.Dr. G Kalvikkarasi, Principal, DRBCCC Hindu College presided over the function. She also delivered the special address in which she shared her valuable thoughts on the day and the impact of climate change on the environment. Sri. B Gautham, Trustee member of DRBCCC Hindu College Charities attended the event and inspired the young climate champions with his speech. In his well researched and multimedia rich keynote address, Dr. S Janakarajan spoke in detail about biosphere, troposphere etc.

He made the session quite interactive by asking students to give their opinion and comments on the topic of air pollution and clean air. Dr. D Lakshminarayan, Core Member, Center for Climate Literacy and Campaign, welcomed the chief guest. Dr. G Kalvikkarasi honored the chief guest with a memento. Dr. S. Prabhakaran, Core-team member of the Center for Climate Literacy and Campaign proposed the vote of thanks. More

World Environment Day

Center for Climate Literacy and Campaign DRBCCC Hindu College in association with Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education organized a commemoration event to mark World Environment Day on June 6, 2002. The event was held at the RJB Seminar Hall inside the campus from 12.30 PM to 2 PM. Renowned environmentalist and founder of Pasumai Bhoomi Foundation Mr. J Regan was the chief guest. Mr. Regan is also a Wildlife volunteer and a trainer in natural farming methods. Recently the Tamil Nadu government awarded him with the Green Champion award.

The event started with the customary Thamizh Thaai Vaazhthu which was sung by the student volunteers. The welcome address was delivered by Dr. B. Kalaiyarasan, a core member of the Centre for Climate Literacy and Campaign. It was followed by the address of Dr. G. Kalvikkarasi, Principal, DRBCCC Hindu College. In her address, Dr. G. Kalvikkarasi highlighted the importance of celebrating the World Environment Day to create awareness among students and faculty about the perils of climate change and other climate-related issues.

The chief guest was honoured with a memento by the Principal. Dr. S. Kannadasan, a member of the Climate Literacy Centre, DRBCCC Hindu College, introduced the Chief Guest which was followed by the interactive session by the Chief Guest, Mr. J.Regan. In his speech, Mr. J. Regan underlined the importance of knowing the immediate environment around us and taking steps to protect it. He urged the students to plant more trees and increase the greenery. He said that planting trees qualifies as the first step towards environmental conservation. Throughout his speech Mr. Regan interacted with the students and made them realize that they are responsible for a better tomorrow.

With the help of colourful posters, he explained about the common snakes found in India and what are the precautionary steps that one should take in case of snakebite. Students felt that the session was quite productive in terms of the dissemination of information. Mr. Regan even sang a few rap songs to convey his message. The students found the songs highly inspiring. Prof. Premjith Mathew proposed the Vote of Thanks. Prof. R. Suresh served as the master of ceremony.

Three Day Workshop on Green Technology

July 10 - July 12, 2024 / RJB Seminar Hall - A Report

Center for Climate Literacy and Campaign, Dharmamurthi Rao Bahadur Calavala Cunnan Chetty’s Hindu College, Pattabiram, Chennai 72 in association with the Department of Electronics and Communication Science and United Way of Chennai organized a three-Day Workshop on Green Technology from July 10-July 12, 2024.

The event was primarily designed for girl students from the Science Departments of our college which included: Department of Electronics and Communication Science, Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry, Department of Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence, Department of Computer Science with Data Science and Department of Computer Applications. The students were grouped into batches foe the morning and evening sessions. The first-year students from the above-mentioned departments attended the event from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm. The second batch of students consisting of second year from the departments mentioned above attended the workshop from 1.30 to 4.30 pm. The college management was magnanimous enough to provide refreshments to the participants for the three-day workshop Tea and biscuits were served for the students on all the three days. The trainers from United Way of Chennai were provided with lunch in the canteen. More than two hundred students participated in the event.

The students engaged in hands-on experiments and learned about how technology can be used to monitor and provide solutions for environmental sustainability. Additionally, the workshop focussed on promoting the role of women in green technology, ensuring an inclusive and diverse approach to tackling climate change. Practical sessions were done where the students worked in teams to explore technological solutions for environmental monitoring and sustainability. The learning was purely based on Experiential learning which was based on activities

Feedback from the students were quite encouraging. The screenshots from the feedback are posted below.

Report prepared by Premjith Mathew Convenor, Center for Climate Literacy and Campaign, DRBCCC Hindu College, Chennai 72 Respective departments have maintained attendance records. Some samples are posted below:

The International Tiger Day was commemorated On July 30th, 2024, in DRBCCC Hindu College campus with an artwork display outside the office space of the Center for Climate Literacy and Campaign. The wearable badges with the message – Save the Tiger were distributed in the campus. The principal -in -charge Dr Veeramani received the first badge in the campus followed by our beloved Director sir, Dr N Rajendra Naidu. CCLC members did the distribution of badges among the staff and their classmates.

Center for climate literacy campaign

Activities (2022 -2023)

S.NO DATE PROGRAMMENAME RESOURCE PERSON PHOTO
1 06-06-2022 World Environment Day Mr. George BenjaminDirector, Biodiversity Conservation Society &J. ReganFounder, Pasumai Boomi Foundation
2 07-09-2022 International Day for Clean Air and Blue Skies 2022 Theme: 'The Air -We Share' Dr. S. Janakarajan, Former Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies & President, South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies, Hyderabad and Alumnus of our College
3 16-09-2022 World Ozone Day Climate Champions prepared exhibition models which were placed near the Center for Climate Literacy and Campaign office space. Student volunteers gave live demos based on these exhibition models.
4 02-12-2022 National Pollution Control Day 2022 The event was organized in association with the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and Ooruni Foundation(NGO). Dr. D.Vasudevan, Joint Chief Environmental Engineer, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, Chennai Zone, Er.P.Ravichandran, District Environmental Engineer Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, Tiruvallur, Er.K.Raghukumar Assistant Engineer Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, Tiruvallur and Sri E.Jothimani, Ooruni Foundation(NGO), Chennai, were the chief guests.
5 02-02-2023 International Wetland Day On the occasions of 'International Wetland Day' 2nd February 2023, our Dr. N. Rajendra Naidu, Director created awareness to Climate Champions about the Wetland and also essay writing competition were conducted in both English or Tamil organised in the topic of 'Vital Role of Wetland for People and Planet' at 1.00 pm in Cunnan Auditorium.
6 12-03-2023 Thulir Award 2022 DRBCCC Hindu College, Pattabiram, Chennai was awarded a Commendation Certificate by the NGO Kuzhalosai Trust for its active participation in planting more than 5,000 Palm Seeds in the year 2022.

Center for climate literacy campaign

Activities (2023 -2024)

S.NO DATE PROGRAMMENAME RESOURCE PERSON PHOTO
1 05-06-2023 World Environment Day World Environment DayTheme: # Beat Plastic Pollution
2 02-02-2024 World Wetland DayTheme: #Wetlands and Human wellbeingMr. Geo Damin M, General Manager, SF Engineering Structural Systems Private Limited &An environmental activist and writer,
3 09-02-2024 An Interactive Session for the Prospective Rank Holders (High Achievers) Mr. Javier Arias,Senior Marketing Manager,EIT InnoEnergy (Co-funded by the European Union)in Association with The Hindu Group
4 22-03-2024 World Water DayTheme: Leveraging Water for Peace Sri. S. Indra Kumar,President,Home ExNoRa, Chennai&Sri. L. IndrajithuGeneral Secretary,Home ExNoRa, Chennai