Of diet, health & time
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, May 24
A thematic luni-solar calendar was presented to Guru Nanak Dev University Vice Chancellor Prof Jaspal Singh Sandhu by Prof Adarsh Pal Vig, president, Vigyan Bharti, along with Prof Ashwani Luthra, director, IQAC, on Monday.
This thematic wall calendar is based on the theme ‘Food as medicine’. The aim of this effort is to make the calendar more user friendly, which is based on the principles of science. “Since 2019, the entire world is facing acute challenge of the pandemic and it’s very much related with our food habits and immunity. The theme has a direct relevance to common man, wherein, it becomes important to understand the correlation between diet, health and time. The calendar features significant information on fruits and vegetables from India,” said Prof Vig.
“As the United Nations has declared 2021 as ‘International Year of Fruits and Vegetables’, the calendar has depicted seasonal fruits and vegetables, its nutritional and medicinal value, and their Indian names wherever possible. All other features of regular calendar such as national holidays, festivals, birthdays of Indian scientists are also included,” he said.
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (CSIR-NISCAIR) and Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) jointly released the calendar last month.
Prof Sandhu appreciated the innovative efforts of the CSIR to promote and popularise science behind our ancient Indian systems among masses.
