MCM DAV best among residential colleges

Tribune News Service 

Chandigarh, October 1 

MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36, has topped the Swachh Campus Rankings-2018 (Higher Educational Institutions) in the category of residential colleges. The rankings were released on Monday. This year, it is the only institution from Chandigarh that has figured in the rankings. 

Last year, the Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 11, and Panjab University (PU) had figured at the sixth and seventh spot, respectively, in the category of government institutions. This year,  they did not find any mention. 

MCM DAV College Principal Nisha Bhargav received the award from Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javdekar in New Delhi. 

According to the college, it worked on achieving objectives of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, including a biogas plant, vermicomposting, composting, plantation drives, solar power generation, rainwater harvesting, real-time air quality monitoring system, generating awareness about waste segregation, installation of blue and green dustbins within the campus, cleaning of the campus and surroundings by NSS volunteers, sensitisation programmes on sanitation, hygiene and cleanliness in adopted Badheri village, participation in the Swachhata Pakhwada and the Swachh Bharat Summer Internship. 

In the category of university (non-residential), The Northcap University, Gurugram, stood second. In the  university (residential) category, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, attained the second spot while Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, bagged the eighth spot. 

In the category of government universities, Maharishi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak, is at the top while Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar, secured the second place. 

In the category of technical colleges (non-residential), Onkar College of Pharmacy, Sajuma, Sangrur, stood fifth. 

In the category of technical college (residential), National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonipat, bagged the fifth spot.    

Over 6,000 institutes participated 

More than 6,000 institutions participated this year. They were adjudged on rainwater harvesting, solar power generation, quality of hostel kitchen apparatus, water supply system, maintenance method and sophistication. Higher educational institutions were also required to spread the message of cleanliness in villages and their neighbouring areas. Village activity was given 10 per cent weightage.  Any institution that wants to be considered for the rankings has to adopt at least a village and carry out activities to maintain  hygiene there.