Steps taken this year for a better and a green future..

This year we plan to go green...So with the right energy and spirits, we are on a green drive...Some of the very basic steps we will take to promote a green future are as follows:-

• No brochures to be sent to colleges along with the invitation document. Instead, all the relevant details to be provided on a single sheet of paper with both sides printing
• The idea of both side printing will be maintained for all modes of communication with the participating teams during the event. This also includes questionnaires and instructions for preliminary and main events
• Each participant will be provided with a single notebook/notepad with the registration kit. No other paper will be provided to any participant for rough work or any other purpose whatsoever during the event
• All communications to carry a note to save paper and encourage both sides printing
• The invitation card to be sent to all faculty members will be handmade and to be designed on a recycled paper
• Laptops to be used throughout the event as they consume less energy compared to a desktop computer
• Sankalan and i-dream team to ensure no littering happens during breakfast/lunch/dinner. Participants to be requested to throw material or waste and leftover food only in the specified dustbins
• 2 separate containers to be kept near the water can. One to hold the used glasses and the other for the water. The water collected through the day would be used for watering of plants in the campus garden
• A waster paper collection centre would be built within the premises of the campus where the event would take place. The participants would be requested to deposit the waste only in the collection centres
• All the waste paper collected during the event would be sent for recycling
• For the overnight coding based event, the participants would be asked to do their work in hostel rooms instead of the lab. This would save significant amount of energy throughout the night
• The participants would be encouraged to walk to and fro between the event venue and labs .
• The participants would be made aware about green lifestyle habits through green tips leaflet to be inserted in the registration kit and through standees and banners
• At the end of the event, as a carbon neutralizing initiative, trees to be planted by the organizing team and the participants (though who would register for tree plantation drive)

Hope we will get an amicable response from the participants and audience..