A lecture on Net Zero Campus was organized on 29th November 2024 by SNDT College of Home Science Pune in association with The Eco Factory Foundation. The speaker for the program was Mr. Anand Chordia, Director- Technical and Innovation, Suhana Pravin Masalewale, Founder- The Eco Factory Foundation.

Prof. Sachin Deore, Director of Environment and Sustainability Centre, SNDTWU briefed about Green Campus initiatives and how this initiative has to reach the staff and the students. The collaborative work with TEFF to make the campus green and achieve a Net Zero Waste Campus requires the full support and involvement of all the staff and students of the campus.

Mr. Anand Chordia shared the case study of India’s first Net Zero Warehouse of Suhana at Bhuleshwar and how they have turned their nine industries into Zero waste industries. The same can be achieved at Pune campus. He emphasized that a pilot Project Sanvardhan has been initiated with SNDT College Home Science Pune which is showing fruitful results and can be scaled up on the entire campus. If there is wholehearted involvement and contribution from all the stakeholders, SNDTWU Pune campus can be the pioneer in achieving NET ZERO Campus in India.

Dr. Ganesh Chavan, Principal, SNDT College of Home Science, in his concluding remarks, reemphasized the success of projects in association with Suhana and TEFF and assured the participation of staff and students in upcoming activities. As a step towards making Campus Zero Waste ‘Plogathon’ can be arranged to orient and encourage the students to segregate the waste and discard the same in the right manner. Dr. Chavan assured that the collaborative activities with TEFF will be taken ahead to make a sustainable campus. 

The program was attended by the Principal of the colleges, Heads of the departments, Teaching and Nonteaching staff of the campus, and students of various colleges.