Inaugurating the seminar, the chief guest, Tilak Raj Sarangal, Secretary, Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Welfare, Punjab, asserted that global warming was a very serious environmental problem and it would be suicidal to ignore it.

The corporate sector should launch a crusade against it and the youth should actively participate in it, he said. Among those present were Dr R.K Kohli (Head, Environment Studies, PU, Chandigarh), Dr S.C Joshi (Principal, PG College, Nahan), Dr Sanjeev Atri, and Dr Mrs Shubh Kiran Sharma (senior scientist, Dept of Environment, HR, Chandigarh). All the speakers stressed the need for protection of environment and judicious use of natural recourses.