Renowned Solar man of India, Prof. Chetan Singh Solanki, awakened and alerted all attendees about the ‘Climate Crisis,’ emphasizing the need to reduce the rising global temperature for the sake of the environment and future generations. During the event, the focus was on the urgent need for immediate action in this regard.

Two national-level foundations, Energy Swaraj and SwitchON, collaborated with Lovely Professional University to ensure the success of the Climate Clock Assembly & Display event held on 18th December 2023. The program encouraged participants to commit to climate correction. Visionary leaders united to explore the crucial topic of climate change, emphasizing that it was happening now, not in the future. The event was open to everyone—students, faculty, and staff—and highlighted the urgent need for action before reaching the global warming limit of 1.5°C. The collaboration focused on how human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, had been the main drivers of climate change.

A glorious achievement by ISRO, as they launched PSLV C53 carrying three Singaporean satellites into their orbits, along with this the launch vehicle carried Lovely Professional University based Alumni Space tech start up, Digantara’s Digital Space Weather Instrument, which is the smallest in the world. Headed by LPU alumnus and CEO of Digantara, Anirudh Sharma and Co-founder and COO, Rahul Rawat and 10 other members, they have built a one stop solution for space operations, launching the World’s first commercial space-based weather system, ROBI (ROBust Integrating proton fluence meter), on the most prestigious Indian Space Research Organizations’ PSLV – C53 Mission. Earlier this month, Digantara also interacted with Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where Anirudh Sharma explained their vision to the PM. Post this interaction, Digantara also made it to the Mann ki baat speech wherein Honorable Prime Minister, Narendra Modi mentioned about this space tech startup.

LPU students’ amazing  entrepreneurship  idea: a major step towards fighting pollution! Acting upon the grave issue of major pollution outbreaks in various cities across the country, LPU students, Ashutosh and Laxmi have developed the ‘Bio Air Purifier‘.

The prototype device effectively helps in reducing pollution by converting harmful greenhouse gases into useful oxygen with zero-waste generation. The device is suitable for both domestic as well as industrial usage.

The Flying Merchant

This innovation in this field is the development of drones equipped with multiple gas sensors. The radial drone has a modular design, allowing users to swap out different gas sensors for specific applications as needed. For example, if drones are used to detect methane leaks in natural gas pipelines, sensors specifically designed to detect methane could be installed. Even if drones are used to monitor air quality in cities, sensors for various pollutants can be installed.
The radial drone’s gas sensor is so sensitive that it can detect even low concentrations of the gas. This is important for applications such as leak detection, where a small leak can be just as dangerous as a large one. Data from the sensors is sent back to ground station on the site in real time, enabling users to monitor gas levels and make decisions about the safety of the area.
The versatility and efficiency of this radial drone make it an ideal tool for a wide range of applications. In addition to gas leak detection and air quality monitoring, it can also be used in occupational health and safety inspections, agriculture, and even search and rescue operations. It can be deployed quickly and easily, making it ideal for emergency response teams.
Overall, the development of this gas detection drone represents a major advance in the field of airborne gas detection. By combining the power of drones with highly sensitive gas sensors like MQ2, MQ3, MQ4, MQ5, MQ6, MQ7 MQ135, MQ8 MQ9 etc, for detection of various gases like Carbon monoxide, LPG, Ammonia, Benzene, or Methane, it is now possible to detect and monitor gas leaks like never before. With its modular design and multifunctional capabilities, this drone has the potential to revolutionize the way we conduct gas detection across a wide range of industries.

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Dr. Ravichandran from Lovely Professional University's School of Mechanical Engineering had made significant contributions with his published works on climate change and human health, as well as environmental science. These publications aligned with LPU’s international recognition for excellence in addressing critical issues like climate change and global warming through research and education. The valuable insights offered by his books played an essential role in understanding and mitigating the impacts of climate change on human health.

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Understanding how climate is changing and affecting human health help reduce the amount of future climate change. Some of the possible and amicable preventive measures to control climate change and global warming are:

• Plant more trees
• Adopt sustainable agriculture
• Stabilize population growth
• Avoid and reduce the use of fossil fuels
• Avoid deforestation
• Avoid and reduce the use of chemical fertilizers
• Utilize renewable resources at maximum
• Remove atmospheric CO2 by utilizing photosynthetic algae

In addition, Dr. Ravichandran has published a valuable textbook on “Environmental Science” which is based on the syllabus prescribed by UGC. The entire book is available at the following web link: Click Here

The Student Welfare Wing at Lovely Professional University (LPU) organized an awakening seminar on ‘Air Pollution’, and actions against its worst impact upon common people. This awareness programme was held at Shanti Devi Mittal Auditorium in association with ‘Lungs Care Foundation (LCF) & Doctors for Clean Air and Climate Action (DFCA)’ of the country. The team mainly based on elite doctors presented an elaborated perceptive to control the pollution problem in the state and the country.
The key objective of the event was that all should realize that ‘Air Pollution’ is a national health emergency. It is a silent killer, taking the lives of millions of people across the World and causing many chronic health issues.

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• The objective behind the project is to make people habituate waste management in their daily routine on their own.
• issues related to waste management like no estimation of food, light, water, use of plastics, shyness to clean the waste, unplanned dumping at any place, sanitary napkins dumping, and household wastes not being reused or recycled in perfect manner

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The School of Law, LPU, conducted a session on the Role Play of the State Pollution Control Board on 6th April 2023. The program was held in offline mode at 20-403, and the students gathered at the designated venue. The lecture was delivered by Mr. Arun Kakkar, Senior Environment Engineer from the Punjab Pollution Control Board, Jalandhar. The resource person highlighted various aspects of environmental protection, and at the end, handled the students' queries in a very effective manner.

• The students gained an understanding of various aspects of environmental protection.
• The students' ability to analyze practical insights of environmental protection increased.
• The students became capable of evaluating laws related to environmental protection.

The Department of Geography at LPU, in collaboration with the National Association of Geographers of India (NAGI), organized an impactful international conference focusing on critical global themes like clean water, good health, and sustainable cities. This event fostered a platform for geographical dialogue and encouraged collaboration on key research areas such as climate change, water resources, and disaster management. It served as a significant contribution to the global discourse on sustainability and human development.

LPU Organized an International Conference on "Sustainable Development Goals"

Former Director, Earth Observations System, ISRO Head Quarters Former Project Director, Cartosat-1, IMS-1, SARAL, SSP, and Chnadrayaan-2
In this guest lecture Prof Raghava Murthy delivered his expert lecture entitled “Satellite Technology” to budding technocrats as well as young researchers of SEEE to pursue their career and academic selection for engineering minor to space science, technologies and their applications which include but not limited to communication with the International Space Station (ISS) and other satellites but to download live satellite images, and receive telemetry including remote sensing, science/engineering data from different types of satellites, larger spacecraft and many more.

Lovely Professional University (LPU) organized NAV URJA, a Capability Building Workshop on Customer Service Excellence in collaboration with the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). This workshop aimed to not only improve participants' skills in delivering top-tier customer service but also to raise awareness about the critical need for climate action.
IOCL’s collaboration with LPU highlighted the importance of integrating climate consciousness into daily operations, illustrating that service excellence should go hand-in-hand with minimizing the environmental footprint. This workshop provided valuable insights on how industries can contribute to global efforts against climate change while maintaining high standards of service and customer satisfaction.