Week-long celebration of Mahatama Gandhi Jayanti at PU

Chandigarh September 27, 2019

The Department of Gandhian & Peace Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh organised a week-long celebration of the Jayanti of Mahatma Gandhi from 23rd September, 2019 to 2nd October, 2019.

 Dr. Seema Malhotra introduced and welcomed the guests and elaborated the importance of the programme.

While delivering a lecture on “The Rising Menace of Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) & How to Curb It”, Professor Sanjay Kumar Bhadada, Department of Endocrinology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, educated and informed the gathering about the formula of a healthy lifestyle, to be followed by each and every individual alike. He further emphasised and motivated audience that Ideal body weight could be achieved by balanced diet and optimum exercise with restricted salt and calorie intake. He advised to follow a basic formulae to monitor weight (Height in CM – 100 = Ideal Body Weight) and told them to always remember “Waist is not Equal to Waste”.

Professor Karamjeet Singh, Registrar, Panjab University, Chandigarh in his presidential address emphasised that excess of everything is bad. Health is very important. One must eat balanced diet and to digest one have to exercise. He further emphasised that Food to be taken as a liquid and liquid to be taken as a food.

He also congratulated all the faculty members and others alike and proceeded to emphasise on the fact that we have to work hard further to achieve more. The Chairperson, Department of Gandhian and Peace Studies & Honorary Director, Gandhi Bhawan, Dr. Ashu Pasricha, extended her warm thanks to all the invited guests and the attendees.

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