Book Launch and Felicitation Programme: Sustaining Activity Based Environment Education

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the D L Shah Trust for Applied Science, Technology, Arts, and Philosophy launched a book titled, Activity Based Environment Education: A Reference Book for Teachers, in Pune on September 19, 2014. The book was published under the project 'Sustaining Activity-based Environment Education'. Around 20 schools from Pune, Pimpri, and Lonavala, that had been part of the project, came together for the programme. Initiated in 2009, the project has trained around 300 teachers from 60 schools in Mumbai, Pune, Pimpri, Lonavala, and Goa.

Mr Niranjan P Pandya, a recipient of Padma Shri Award (2012), and presently the President of the Poona Blind Men's Association's H V Desai Eye Hospital, felicitated the best performing schools from Pune, Pimpri, and Lonavala. He urged the teachers "to continue with imparting knowledge to students in such a way that it has a huge impact on their learning and life". Dr Suman Karandikar, a noted educationist, delivered the keynote address and urged the participating teachers to "explore and utilize various tools related to activity-based methods as these have long-term impact on learning".