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AKP Organizes the First National Conference on Environment and Sustainable Living 2018

  • Tuesday, September 4, 2018 5:42PM IST (12:12PM GMT)
 
New Delhi, Delhi, India:  The first National Conference on Environment and Sustainable Living was held in Hotel Le Meredian, New Delhi. The conference was inaugurated by Hon MP, BJP, North West Delhi, Dr. Udit Raj, Delhi BJP President, Mr. Manoj Tiwari, Dr. Sandeep Marwah, President International Chamber of Media and Entertainment Industry. The event was graced by E. Yogesh Punja, High Commissioner of Fiji, Wassfi Hassan, SEC, General African Asian Rural Development Org., Dr. Jasbir Kaur, Trustee AKP Healing India and Mr. JBC Thapar, President, AKP Healing India and eminent dignitaries and delegates from different countries.

The foundation is supported by Dr. Srikant Panigrahi, Director-General, Indian Institute of Sustainable Development, Govt of India & Advisor to Prime Minister on National Strategic Knowledge Mission on Climate Change & Member, TIFAC, and Dr. Tamanna Chaturvedi, Assistant Professor from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi.

The Conference comprised two-panel discussion with 10 National and International speakers in each panel. The topic of the first panel discussion was - 'Moving Towards Sustainable Habitats. What are the Challenges and Opportunities? Role of Government and solution Providers,' which was headed by Mr. Sho Muira (Second Secretary Environment, Embassy of Japan), Eng. Wassfi Hassan El Sreihin and concluded by the launch of the book entitled 'Medica Natura' authored by Dr. Amit Kaur Puri.

The conference aimed to spread the message about 'One Planet Economy' where both people and nature thrive within their fair share of what’s available. "We’re working to promote a shift to sustainable patterns of development, and break the link between economic growth and environmental damage. Many solutions exist, and we’re engaging with key stakeholders to make them happen," said Dr. Amit Kaur Puri while congratulating all participating academicians, scientists and researchers.


About Dr. Amit Kaur Puri

Dr. Amit Kaur Puri is an Indian female Scientist (Ethnobotanist), All India Chairperson for Environment, an eminent Author, Social Activist and Founder President of AKP Healing India. She is working for triple E’s- Environment, Education and Empowerment. Her mission is to plant one crore trees to protect the environment and all the amazing creatures that share our mother Earth. Her contributions to make a greener and healthier world are highly appreciated and was recently appointed as a consultant by Govt. of Maharashtra in their drive to plant one crore trees that provide fuel, food, shelter, and income to support children and education and household needs. Her contributions as an environmentalist have been published in various magazines worldwide.

Dr. Amit Kaur Puri heads her trust AKP Healing India which has been making headlines for a national movement to plant trees and conserve them and has been featured for introducing the concept of seed bombs in India. Dr. Amit Kaur Puri has received many National and International awards including best ethnobotanist award from the University of California, United States of America.

About AKP Healing India
 

AKP Healing India was founded by Dr. Amit Kaur Puri with the support of Dr. Jasbir Kaur and Mr. JBS Thapar as trustee. It works for triple E’s- Environment, Education and Empowerment. Dr. Amit Kaur Puri is an Indian female Scientist (Ethno botanist), All India Chairperson for Environment, Author, Social Activist, Board of Director GLFN and has been instrumental in supporting Agricultural Startups in connecting to Global markets for technology exchange, business monetization and expansion.
 
AKP Healing India’s Mission is to plant 10 million trees by the year 2020. We have crossed the limit of above 90 lakhs. It is a time-tested fact that the simplest and the most effective solution is to just grow trees. For, every tree grown not only contributes directly to the local environment, but also has a deep cascading effect of regeneration and propagation of the entire ecological processes. So one can actually accomplish the mission of saving the planet, simply by growing trees, sowing seeds, aerial sowing and bombarding seed bombs. We are continuously working to conserve the nature, handle workshops, first time introduced the concept of green Ganesha in India. Seed bombs, seed pencils, seed pens, seed envelops, seed bands, seed Rakhi, hug a tree challenge, climb a tree, mushrooms cultivation, exotic herbal garden, medicinal garden, floating garden, compost making, publishing research papers and books.

For more information visit: www.akphealingindia.com
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