30 Oct 2021
Club name: Eco Club
Number of participants: Inhouse.
Activity Conducted: Students of 3rd semester B.Sc. BBG and 3rd Semester M.Sc. Biotechnology participated in the session. The session began with introduction and briefing about the workshop by Dr. Prabhakar Mishra, providing the insights about waste segregation and efficient and eco-friendly decomposing of the wate though vermicomposting. The session proceeded with students’ active participation in waste collection, around the campus and then segregating the dry and wet waste.
Post segregation session, the collect waste was utilized for the commencing the work of vermicomposting. Prior to that the process of vermicomposting, the methodology and mechanism of the process was briefed by Dr. Guruprasad N.M describing the basics of Vermicomposting. Later the student participants utilized the gathered waste and imitated the setup of vermicomposting in the assigned venue under the supervision of Dr. Guruprasad, Dr. Prabhakar, Dr. Hem avathi and Dr. Santharam. Overall, the workshop was beneficial for the students in terms of fetching the practical knowledge of organic and inorganic waste, types of waste suitable for vermicomposting and most important the applicative potential of the vermicomposting in terms of solid waste management.
Waste collection from REVA campus by the students
Briefing about the mechanism of vermicomposting
Setting up of the vermicompost by the students
