Delhi University has taken the innovative step of insisting that its students plant at least one tree anywhere in the country, making this an integral part of its curriculum.
This will apply to undergraduate, postgraduate and MPhil/PhD students and will be monitored by the students’ colleges, centres and departments.
Vice-Chancellor Prof PC Joshi said that the Earth is facing an environmental crisis, besides that of Covid-19, and it is necessary for everyone to fight the challenges together.
India has just 28 trees per person, far below China’s 130 and the global average of 422, Director of the Centre for Himalayan Studies, Prof Dinabadhu Sahoo informed.
