The Department of Adult and Continuing Education & Extension (DACEE), Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) celebrated the World Environment Day by organizing a Poster Making Competition on the theme “Managing e- Waste for Environmental Sustainability”. The competition was open to all the students of M.A./M.Sc. Development Extension Semester II and IV.
e-Waste is posing a grave threat to environment and raising grave issues related to environmental sustainability. Nations today find it a challenge to dispose-off e-Waste. With the ever growing usage of electronic equipments, it has become the fastest-growing solid-waste stream in the world. Recycling electronics waste, or “e-waste,” can help conserve our natural resources and avoid creating more greenhouse gas emissions. The current generation has to actively start thinking about the e- Waste management for environmental sustainability.
Hence the Competition was organized by Prof. Shikha Kapur, Head, DACEE, JMI for students to be aware about this grave issue that is taking mammoth proportions of threat to existence of living beings every day. The students were oriented about the issue and then they were required to submit their Posters created on half cartridge sheet (half of full poster sheet) A2 Size Sheet between 24th May 2023 to 1st June 2023. They used media mix to create handmade or sketched posters in English and Hindi using pencil colours, crayons, sketch pens, paints- different types, crayons, tear and paste or cut and paste method, old photographs, newspapers, etc. The students created appealing colouredPosters incorporating interesting visual and verbal messages for the masses.
Ms. Seeme Murtaza, Associate Professor, Department of Art Education, JMI was invited as judge to evaluate students.
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