Honorable Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi, Judicial Member Principal Bench National Green Tribunal, New Delhi, Chief Guest of the program on the second and last day of the two-day national seminar on the role of law and governance in the protection of the environment, going on in the auditorium of Shri Ram College, New Delhi. Honorable Dr. Afroz Ahmed, Expert Member, Principal Bench, National Green Tribunal, New Delhi, Dr. A.K. Sharma, Dean, Faculty of Law, Ma Shakumbhari University, Saharanpur, Retd Major General Dr. Shripal, Dr. Rajeshwar Tyagi and Pramod Tyagi senior advocates etc. were present.

The inaugural session of the second day of the seminar began with the lighting of the lamp. In which Honorable Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi as Chief Guest, Judicial Member Principal Bench National Green Tribunal New Delhi, Honorable Dr. Afroz Ahmed Expert Member Principal Bench National Green Tribunal New Delhi, Dr. A.K. Sharma, Dean, Factory of Law, Ma Shakumbhari University, Saharanpur Retd Major General Dr. Shripal, Dr. Rajeshwar Tyagi and Pramod Tyagi Senior Advocates, Dr. Ashok Kumar, Director Shriram College, Muzaffarnagar, Dr. Prerna Mittal, Principal Shriram College, Dr. Poonam Sharma, Principal Shri Ram College of Law, Dr. Vineet Kumar Sharma was Dean Academics.

Honorable Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi, Chief Guest of the program on the second day of the seminar, while speaking in his address, said that I am a student of law and he is the first generation. The one who is seeing the environment getting polluted but is not the last generation who could not solve the problem of the environment. Explaining the statement of Mahatma Gandhi, he said that nature has all the resources to meet the needs of man, but it cannot satisfy the greed of man. In today's era, nature is warning us in the form of frequent earthquakes, floods and natural calamities. He said that the problem of ever-increasing global warming is an indicator of terrible disasters to come, and also said that human existence is nothing without the earth. Speaking further, he said that we should take effective positive steps for environmental protection, as Shriram Group of Colleges, Muzaffarnagar has taken that step through education. He said that the future of thousands of years of environment can be accumulated only through education. He told that the ancestors established harmony between man and nature through culture. The way our ancestors used to follow the rules related to environment, in the same way we should follow the rules made by them. We should give importance to the river, mountains and natural resources like them. Addressing nature, he gave an example that if we are cutting the same branch on which we are sitting, is it not a foolish act? Shouldn't we try to protect the environment?

On this occasion, the special guest of the program, Honorable Dr. Afroz Ahmed, expert member, Principal Bench, National Green Tribunal, New Delhi, told about the environment that Narmada project was opposed by some people and many people supported it. But due to his hard work the Narmada project was made successful and the credit for this project was given by the Honorable Prime Minister in 2018. He said that in the form of nature, God created rivers, streams, trees and plants, and humans and animals, that when God has sent humans to this earth, work should be done to maintain harmony for the protection of nature. So we all know how to protect it and this is our biggest mistake that we do not follow our duties. In ancient times, man used to live in harmony with nature, but for some time man has been playing with this harmony, due to which the form of nature is getting destroyed. Today the existence of human being is the gift of nature because nature has not created anything that is different from the environment, we have discussed the environment a lot but did not pay attention to it. Earlier there was no education of environmental studies but now it is being given a lot of emphasis. He said that merely punishing and imposing fine is not a provision for environmental protection, but it is very necessary to plant trees in maximum quantity, save rivers and work for environmental protection. Citing examples of some countries on the importance of water, he emphasized on restoring river basins for water security.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. SC Kulshrestha, Founder Chairman of Shriram Group of Colleges, said that nature is the reason for the destruction of nature. He said that it is difficult to protect the environment until there is a provision of punishment by making a law. Explaining Namami Ganga and Swasth Bharat, he said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken commendable steps for environmental protection, but without public cooperation, it is not possible to give a positive shape to the programs related to environmental protection by the government. Giving information about the contribution of Shriram Group of Colleges in the field of environmental protection, he said that Shriram Group of Colleges is one of such institutions in Uttar Pradesh where all the policies and rules related to environment are being followed very seriously. He said that with the help of Japan, a 180 kW solar power plant has been installed in the institute. He told that Shri Ram Group of Colleges is the only institution where there is arrangement of green toilet.

The second phase of the seminar was organized in the form of Question Hour in which Chief Guest Hon'ble Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi, Judicial Member Principal Bench National Green Tribunal New Delhi, Hon'ble Dr. Afroz Ahmed Expert Member Principal Bench National Green Tribunal New Delhi as special guests in the program , Dr. A.K. Sharma, Dean, Faculty of Law, Ma Shakumbhari University, Saharanpur, Retd Major General Dr. Shripal, and Dr. Poonam Sharma, Principal Shri Ram College of Law were present.

In the second phase, the students of Shriram College of Law interacted with Justice and senior guests OC Singh, Surbhi, Lareb Jamir, Tushar Malik, Sana Qureshi, Mahi, Shashank Aggarwal, Sanya, Prajwal Dhanghar, Bushra Khan, Ayushi, Kulmilan, Hurain, Iqra, Law related questions were asked by Sajid, Tabassum, Ayaan Tyagi, Messiah Khan, Aman Naeem, Sidra, Mukul Anand, Vanshvardhan, Urvashi Tomar, Shirin and Sheetal.

On this occasion Dr. SC Kulshrestha, Founder Chairman of Shriram Group of Colleges, Hon'ble Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi as Chief Guest, Judicial Member Principal Bench National Green Tribunal New Delhi, Hon'ble Dr. Afroz as special guests in the program were present on the dais. Ahmed Expert Member Principal Bench National Green Tribunal New Delhi Dr. A.K. Sharma, Dean, Factory of Law, Ma Shakumbhari University, Saharanpur, Retard Major General Dr. Shripal, Dr. Rajeshwar Tyagi and Pramod Tyagi, Senior Advocate Dr. Ashok Kumar, Director Shri Ram College, Muzaffarnagar, Dr. Poonam Sharma, President SRGC etc.

The program was successfully conducted by Professor Prashant Chauhan, spokesperson of Shri Ram College of Law. Dr. Poonam Sharma, Sanjeev Kumar, Sonia Goud, Rakhi Dhillon, Aanchal Agarwal, Anu Chaudhary, Dr. Poonam Sharma, Sanjeev Kumar, Sonia Goud, Dr. Shri Ram College of Law, made the program successful on this occasion. Sabia Khan, Rekha Dhillor, Prashant Chauhan, Rammanu Pratap Singh, Vinay Tiwari, Trilok Chand had a commendable contribution.