The Institute of English Language and Literature University of Sindh, Jamshoro, celebrated World Food Day, with Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Fateh Muhammad Marri (TI) attending the event as the chief guest.

During the event, the Vice Chancellor visited various food and beverage stalls set up by students from different departments of the institute, as well as projects prepared on the themes of food and the environment. He received briefings from the students about their projects and appreciated their efforts.

The Vice Chancellor also planted a sapling and inspected plants decorated with different colours and stickers by the students to highlight the beauty and importance of trees. He appreciated the students’ love for plants and their enthusiasm for promoting greenery.

Addressing the participants, Dr. Marri said that food was one of the basic necessities of all living beings, including humans. He emphasised that a healthy and balanced diet played a vital role in maintaining human health, supporting growth and promoting social development.

He said that countless people around the world were facing nutritional deficiencies. He added that the purpose of observing World Food Day was to highlight the importance of healthy food, identify nutritional deficiencies, find collective solutions to the problem and ensure access to food for everyone.

The Vice Chancellor said that Pakistan is an agricultural country that produced large quantities of various types of grains and vegetables. He stressed that promoting modern agricultural technologies, scientific research, the efficient use of water and sustainable farming practices was essential to increasing agricultural production and eliminating grain shortages.

He further said that climate change was one of the major challenges of the present era, requiring multifaceted measures and widespread public awareness. He highlighted the important role of universities in raising awareness about such issues through academic activities and programmes.

Dr. Marri said he was pleased to see the stalls and projects prepared by the institute’s students to promote awareness of food and environmental issues. He noted that the stalls featuring chickpeas, fruit chaat and lemonade conveyed a message about healthy eating, while the beautifully decorated plants highlighted the importance of planting more trees and taking proper care of them.

He emphasised the need to provide students with more opportunities to participate in such activities to build their self-confidence and enhance their skills.

On the occasion, Institute Director Dr. Tariq Umrani welcomed the Vice Chancellor and thanked him for attending the event.

The programme was supervised by Associate Professor Dr. Samina Abbasi. The students’ organising team included Mujtaba Hussain Bhatti, Muhammad Adil Dahiri, Matloob Ahmed Memon and others.

A large number of faculty members and students attended the programme.