Chandigarh (India), April 1: Punjab State Council for Science & Technology and CMS VATAVARAN organized three-day Film Festival & Forum on LiFE at Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, from March 28th30th with an goal to encourage college students, youth, policy-makers, authorities officers and media representatives to undertake environment-friendly existence of their each day life for enhancing the setting and mitigating the consequences of local weather change. This occasion was part of the Environment Education Programme (EEP) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Govt. of India, for which PSCST is the state nodal company in Punjab.

The movie pageant was inaugurated by Dr Jatinder Kaur Arora, Executive Director, Punjab State Council for Science & Technology. She gave insights into India’s Nationally Determined Contributions in the direction of Climate Change and emphasised the necessity for placing ahead and propagating sustainable methods of residing.

The 3-day occasion featured screenings of varied nationwide and worldwide award-winning movies, together with the 2022 Oscar-nominated Indian documentary movie within the Best Documentary Feature Film class “All That Breathes” by filmmaker Shaunak Sen and CMS VATAVARAN award-winning movie Revival of Kali Bein, a rivulet in Punjab. In addition to the movie screenings, a panel dialogue on “Empowering Youth to Tackle Climate Change: Education for Sustainable Development” was organized which was moderated by Mr Sabyesachi Bharti, Deputy Director of CMS VATAVARAN and the panellists had been Mr Aditya Madan, Governance Fellow to the Minister of Governance Reforms, Govt of Punjab, Mr Ankit Chhabra, Mr Ajay Sharma, and Dr Ok.S. Bath, Joint Director of PSCST.

The pageant additionally included a three-day Green Filmmaking Workshop led by Mr Ritesh Taksande from FTII, one in all India’s most distinguished Mojo Educators, and Film and Photography Educators. During the workshop, 25 contributors labored collectively to create 180-second influence movies which had been screened within the closing ceremony which was graced by Mr Aditya Madan because the visitor of honour.

Approximately 1,800 college students, members of most of the people, and civil society participated within the pageant, which complemented the continuing “Bharat ka Amrit Mahotsav” and “India’s G20 Presidency” celebrations. The pageant aimed to encourage and educate people on how they’ll make a constructive influence on the setting and contribute to a sustainable future.

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Published on: Monday, April 03, 2023, 11:44 AM IST