International Volunteers Day celebrated at PU

Chandigarh, December 5, 2019: The NSS volunteers of Panjab University, Chandigarh were honoured by Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, for doing exceptional social service to mark International Day of Volunteers. These NSS volunteers are doing commendable work in the field of Blood Donation, Animal Welfare, Education, Community Health and Sustainable Development under the guidance of Dr.Gaurav Gaur, NSS Programme Officer. Dr Navdeep Sharma and Dr Gaurav Gaur briefed the Vice- Chancellor about the various activities conducted by these volunteers from time to time. The NSS volunteers included Arshdeep Singh, Ishita Choudhary, Shishpal and Sukhman Singh. The volunteers are doing selfless community work and associated with projects like Raddi Se Pragti, Ann Anand for Animals, Rakt Daan- Maha Daan etc. These volunteers have worked day and night enthusiastically. They saved so many lives by providing them with blood and platelets at the need of hour. Two of them have worked extensively in waste segregation and transporting leftover green leafy vegetables from hostels to cow shelters. The volunteers felt motivated by the honour they received from Vice Chancellor.