The office of the Programme Coordinator, National Service Scheme ( NSS), University of Kashmir ( KU) declared the results of the online contest titled "NSS fights Drug Addiction "held from 26th June, 2020 to 30th June, 2020.
Programme Coordinator, NSS KU Dr Musavir Ahmad said that the online contest was organised with the intention of expressing the determination of NSS to strengthen awareness, action and cooperation for achieving the goal of a society free from drug abuse.
The contest covered a wide spectrum of creative activities ranging from poster making to essay writing.
Sharing details of the results, Dr. Musavir revealed that the 1st position in poster making was bagged by Amjad Hussaini from the Department of Botany, University of Kashmir and in the essay writing segment the Ist position went to Adil lone from the Business School, University of Kashmir.
Dr.Musavir lauded the efforts of Dr.Waqar Amin and Dr.Yasir Hamid, programme officers of NSS in coordinating the event.
Dr. Heena Basharat , organiser of the online contest, said that the objective of the contest was to provide the student community with a platform to express their views, perceptions and thoughts on the serious malaise that deeply affects our society.
The contest attracted a wide number of entries with about 150 participants applying from various parts of the country.
Meanwhile, experts on the subject are of the considered opinion that the time has come to relook and re-examine our approach to the challenges that this problem poses for our society.