World Population Day, 2021 was observed by the Institution of Public Health Engineers, India on 11thJuly, 2021. A virtual group discussion through Google meet was arranged by the Institution on the day.
The event was
held for about an hour from 6.00 pm onwards on the day; and started with self-
introduction of the participants and opening remarks by Prof. K. J. Nath,
President, IPHE followed by a presentation made by Dr. AlokSuman, Fellow
member, IPHE based on importance of the day. The presentation was followed by
lively discussions by the participants, who also shared thoughts and
experiences based on the basic objective of the day. Amongst the participants, the
fellow members namely Prof. S. K. Mazumder, ShriBipin Panda, Shri H. R.
Gaidhaniand Shri J. C. Ganguly, Council member took active part in the lively
discussions on the presentation made by Dr. Suman and shared personal thoughts
on the day. The event ended with the concluding remarks made by the President,
IPHE. The event was coordinated by Shri K. A. Roy, Council Member, IPHE India.
The key
issues discussed by the speaker and the participants on the occasion include
i) Importanceand
threat of risk of population boom;
ii) Role of
IPHE and its members in public awareness generation about proper human resource
development, particularly in the ongoing pandemic situation; and
iii) Need to find
appropriate options to keep the planet earth livable for allacross the
countries.
The event was
followed by a group discussion on a proposal initiated by the Ministry of
Environment, Forest & Climate Change about ‘Birds/Pigeon droppings related
problems being faced in the central courtyard of the Indira ParyavaranBhawan
complex in New Delhi. The participants made some valuable suggestions to
address the issue. It was decided to obtain more comments / suggestions from
the honourable members and to organize a ‘brain-storming’ session on 15th
July, 2021 to discuss the issue further, prepare suitable proposal and submit
the same to the Ministry within the stipulated time period. The proposal was
sent to the Ministry on 20th July, 2021.
