An inter-college environment fest 2009 on the theme of healthy,clean and green environment was organised by the MCM DAV College for Women on Wednesday. Various colleges of the city participated in this festival and stressed upon preservation of nature. The chief guest on the occasion was Special Secretary to the Punjab Government and former Deputy Commissioner,Mohali,Rahul Bhandari. He appreciated the efforts of the college and urged the students to understand that technological development is extremely significant but not at the cost of the environment. The Mayor of the city,Kamlesh,was the guest of honor at the event and congratulated the college on its treatment towards issues,which are of primary relevance today. The festival included various activities highlighting environmental issues like global warming,pollution,eco friendly technology,space pollution,eco-tourism,wet habitat,global climate change and the like. The event saw an exhibition by Punjab Energy Development Agency to instruct the students about issues related to energy conservation and optimisation. A book exhibition and sale was also organised in the campus. The principal of the college,Dr Puneet Bedi stressed upon the significance of such events and encouraged the students to be the flag-bearers of the revolution to spread environmental knowledge. She insisted upon the global responsibility of conserving the eco-system and called for an active implementation of environment-friendly measures in our daily lives. The event included various competitions,which attracted a huge response and participation from students of various colleges. RESULTS * Miss Environment: 1: MansiII: Gurleen GhumanIII: Charu * Story Writing: I: Smriti Prashar- GCG 42II: Vinod Kumar Gupta- GC 11III: Heena- GCG 42III: Manmohanjit Vashisht- Chandigarh College of Education,Landran * Poetry Writing: I: Amrita Pathak- GCG 11II: Sukhpinder Kaur- Govt. College of Education,SECTOR 20III: Divya Sharma- GCG 11 * Caption Writing: I: Aditi Sharma- Chandigarh College of Education,LandranII: Vidushi Yadav- MCM CollegeIII: Shankar Singh- GC 11 * Slogan Writing: I: Gagan deep Kaur- Chandigarh College of Education,LandranII: Anshul- GC 11III: Jatinder Kaur- Dev Samaj College,Sec 45 * Poster Making: I: Rajdeep- SGGS 26II: Prabhjot- MCM DAV CollegeIII: Deepika- GCG 11 * Collage Making: I: Paramjit- Govt. College of Education,Sector 20II: Divya- MCM DAV CollegeIII: Neha Sood- Dev Samaj Sector 42 * Eco-Rangoli: I: Ramandeep Kaur- GCG 42II: Richa- Chandigarh College of Education,LandranIII: Pratibha- GCG 11 * Debate: I: Pallavi Singh and Ishtdeep Goraya- GCG 11II: Umang Sota and Divya Gurnay- MCM DAV CollegeIII: Deepika Saini and Gurbinder Kaur- Govt. College of Education Sector 20 * Power-Point Presentation: I: Umang Sota- MCM CollegeII: Divya Gurnay- MCM DAV CollegeIII: Swati Agarwal- GCG 42 * T-Shirt Painting,Modelling: I: Mohd. Salim and Ravinder Singh- GC 11II: Harmandeep Kaur and Ramanpreet Kaur- Chandigarh College of Education,LandranIII: Sonia and Shruti- SGGS 26 * Ad-Mad Contest: I: Chandigarh College of Education,LandranII: MCM DAV CollegeIII: SGGS 26 The Overall Trophy of the Inter College Environment Fest 2009 was awarded to Chandigarh College of Education,Landran.