11 February, 2010 –

A workshop on “Awareness for Reduction of CO2 Emissions” was organised by Department of Civil Engineering at RIMT-Institute of Engineering & Technology, Mandi Gobindgarh.

Sh. J.S. Chawla, Sr. Dy. Director, National Institute of Secondary Steel Technology (NISST), Mandi Gobindgarh was the Chief Guest & Key speaker. Prof. (Dr.) V.S.Batra, Head, Civil Engineering Department welcomed the Chief Guest and the audience. Dr. Harsh Sadawarti, Principal, RIMT-Institute of Engineering & Technology while deliberating on the subject talked about the ill effects of global warming. Dr. Batra while introducing the topic said, “Population explosion has increased the demand of fuel wood leading to a fuel wood crisis followed by deforestation, soil erosion and silting of dams. He further added that the use of fossil fuels increases the CO2 content in the atmosphere. CO2 is the main green house gas warming up the atmosphere. Such green house gases pose serious environmental threats leading to rise in the global temperature which will result in melting of ice masses in the Arctic and Antarctica regions resulting in raising of the sea level leading to submergence of many low laying coastal areas.” Mr. Chawla in his key note address deliberated on various measures needed to reduce the CO2 emissions. He added that the effect of CO2 emissions in causing the climatic changes over the globe is now visible and discussed world over. He stressed the need of awareness among the coming generations of young engineers and entrepreneurs to understand the hazardous effects of global warming. He informed the audience that the United Nations Development Project (UNDP) in collaboration with Ministry of Steel (Govt. of India) has initiated the process of adopting the energy efficient technologies in steel rolling sector alleviate its impact.

Sh. J.S. Chawla presented training manuals of UNDP-GEF Project (Steel) Resident Mission (North) to Sh. Vijayant Bansal, Vice Chairman RIMT Institutes. Ms. Gurpreet Kaur student of 3rd year civil engineering also spoke on the climate calamities. Prof. Sandeep Singla, Event Coordinator & Assistant Professor Civil Engineering Department concluded the event by giving vote of thanks and motivated the students to work whole heartedly towards achieving the goals and make the earth better place to live.