Software major Wipro conferred Earthian awards to 18 Indian educational institutions for embedding sustainability in their learning processes.
Wipro’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Anurag Behar in a statement said, “Wipro earthian is our flagship program that tries to bring together the themes of sustainability and education in meaningful ways. The programme helps stimulate curiosity and interest in young minds in critical areas of sustainability.”
Government Senior Secondary School Bojoghari, East Sikkim, Rajkiya Uccha Madhyamik Vidyalay, Sirohi, Rajasthan, St. Joseph's Educational Institute, Chandor, Goa and BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru among others won awards.
Earthian, a sustainable education programme for schools and colleges, in its ninth edition, received 1,300 project entries, of which 10 schools and eight colleges emerged winners for the year 2019. As part of the programme, students demonstrated their understanding on biodiversity, water and waste along with other activities such as writing essays on those topics.
Wipro Chairman Rishad Premji felicitated the students. The get an opportunity to engage with Wipro and its sustainability partners for deeper understanding of the subject.
