DW BUREAU / FATEHGARH SAHIB: The Department of Education and the Department of Botany and Environmental Science of Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib organised two day event to celebrate International Biodiversity Day -2021. A webinar on "Biodiversity and Biodiversity Act-2002" and online competitions were organised to sensitise the young mind about the ecological issues. Dr. Yadvinder Singh, In-charge, Department of Botany and Environmental Science welcomed the guests speaker and the students. He deliberated on the theme of the webinar and highlight the essentiality of balancing the earth's environment and ecosystems. Prof. (Dr.) Prit Pal Singh, Vice-Chancellor of the University in his presidential address while congratulating the Departments for organising the webinar, said that the government should strictly enforce the law for the protection of biodiversity, besides spreading awareness about the importance of the biodiversity. Dr. Singh shared his delight over the conduct of national level online quiz, photography and photo caption writing competitions on the theme of "Conservation of Biodiversity: We Are Part of the Solution" by the Departments in collaboration with the Punjab Biodiversity Board, Chandigarh in which more than 200 contestants took part. Prof. (Dr.) S.S. Billing, Dean Academic Affairs, also shared his views on the importance of biodiversity. On this occasion Gurharminder Singh, Principal Scientific Officer, Punjab Biodiversity Board, Chandigarh was the guest speaker. He elaborated the importance of biodiversity, specifically in Punjab and also shared information about various places where we can see the richness of nature. (editor@dailyworld.in)