By Laishram Swital Singha
Guwahati – An on-line environment protection event organised by an Assam university has garnered unexpected number of overseas participants.
The event participants and followers hailed from Thailand, Italy, Bolivia, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and India.
“Shout Out To Green World the E-event turned out to be successful, because of these thousands of participants from all over the world,” says one of the organisers MA final year student Labynta Rynjah.
Rynjah adds, “Our event has been dedicated to “Giving back to nature” and we are glad that in our own small but consistent way we have been able to keep this message alive.
The event garnered good international and national sponsors which included Narivittaya School, Gift Airways ,Yamaha Music, Ajinomoto Engineering Corporation from Thailand, Directorate of Sericulture & Weaving, Megtex Shillong, and Fabric Plus from Guwahati.
The Media Partners were web news portal The Northeast Today, Radio Salesian 90.8 from Darjeeling India and LoveIs Radio from Thailand.
The final year students of ADBU Mass Communication organised the Media Exhibition as part of their E-Event in Don Bosco School at Panbazar Guwahati, 2 May 2017.
The event also marked the conclusion of the (Online) e-event celebrating “World Earth Day”, an initiative to help the environment and make positive changes in the community around us.
The Chief Guest at the event was ADBU Registrar Dr Basil Koikara and the Principal of Don Bosco School, Panbazar Guwahati Fr. Sebastian Mathew was the guest of honour.
The winners for the different competitions were as follows: For the Photography Competition, the most popular likes on Facebook was won by Tamolwan Saelow, Best Photograph- Judge Based was Bob Evans Sawkmie.
For Miniature Effects Creation- most popular likes in Facebook was Chonticha Saelow and Best Miniature Photograph was won by Aunshalee Wuymae.
The winner for Best Short Film was Pixel Plus Pictures.
The winner for Best Jingle was Purna Rai of Salesian College Sonada Darjeeling.
Surisa Tiankaew won the best PSA (Public Service Announcement) while Chonticha Saelow received most popular likes on Facebook for the Best T-shirt Design Judge Based was Akash Mizar.
The Event has a Website, Facebook Page, You-tube Channel which have had a huge response and following.
A miniature –effect photography workshop and fundraising was also conducted in the course of the event. On the 22nd of April which was World Earth Day, 10 homes within the Sonapur area were visited and tree saplings provided by the Forest Department were planted “I hope and pray that all the participants will continue to spread the message of Giving back to Nature the tagline of shout out to green” world says Uthomporn Saelow, one of the organising team members.