Webinar on millets at Home Science College
The students as well as faculty members enthusiastically participated in the webinar.
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Apr 1, 2022 06:51
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Chandigarh, April 1, 2022: Government Home Science College organised a webinar on Millets- the wonder grains and a live demo for the preparation of thepla using sorghum. The resource person for the webinar was Dr. Vishakha Singh, Associate Professor, College of Community and Applied Sciences, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan. She highlighted the importance of millets and their clinical significance in the diet. She also significantly foregrounded how millets help in boosting our immune system and fight diseases by increasing the nutritional component in our bodies.
The students as well as faculty members enthusiastically participated in the webinar and raised pertinent questions pertaining to the usage of millets in our dietary habits. Moreover, around 40 students of Undergraduate and Diploma classes from Chandigarh Institute of Hotel Management, Sector-42 also attended the webinar. The resource person cited multiple examples from our daily eating habits to answer the queries of the various stakeholders.
The principal of the college, Prof. Sudha Katyal, encouraged the participants of the webinar to inculcate millets in their diets to avail their nutritional benefits.
