Port Blair, Oct 15: The Department of Home Science, JNRM and Andaman College (ANCOL) in association with the National Institute of Social Defence, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India is organising Second-day State level Workshop on Drug Abuse Prevention for ANCOL Students on 15th October 2019.
During the inauguration the Chief Guest Mr.Ravi Kumar Singh IPS, Superintendent of Police (CID), Andaman & Nicobar Police, while addressing the gathering he spoke in detail about the NDPS Act through powerpoint presentation followed by interaction with the students. The students with courage should say “NO” to drugs and educate their counterparts, he opined. Professor (Dr) K.S.Pushpa, Dean, Student Affairs, Gandhigram Rural Institute, GandhigramGuest of honour said, drugs not only affect physical and mental life of an individual but also affect the family and society. Youths are our county’s wealth and they are having enormous potential and that should be utilised properly, she added.
Ms.Jochibed Vincent, Principal i/c, JNRM, welcomed the gathering and informed the audience that drugs is a menace for humanity and should be eliminated at any cost and. Dr. K.Venkatesan, HOD, Homescience and Convener of this programme thanked NISD for supporting JNRM Home Science Department to enlighten the students on the ill effects of drugs. At the end of the programme Dr.N.Lakshmi, Assistant Professorand Co-Convener of the programme proposed vote of thanks and moderated the programme. Four technical sessions were handled by Professor (Dr) K.S.Pushpa, Dr.Avijit Roy, Deputy Director (Health), Directorate of Health Services, and Dr. K.Venkatesan, HoD, Home Science. Altogether around 100 students participated in this programme.
