Dr. Omprakash Bhureta became the State President and Satyawan Pundir became the State Secretary of HGVS
The 20th State Conference of Himachal Gyan Vigyan Samiti was concluded in Mandi. In this two-day long conference, a 35-member State Committee and 9-member Core Group were formed in which Dr. Om Prakash Bhureta State President, Dr. RK Sharma, Virendra Kapoor, Gianand Vice President, Satyawan Pundir State Secretary, Sita Ram Thakur, Sunita Bisht. , Gajendra Sharma was elected joint secretary and Bhim Singh was elected treasurer. Along with this, NR Thakur, Lalit Sharma, Nandlal, Lalman, Sunita Patial, Reena Singh, Brikmu Negi, Desh Raj, Dhaniram, Dhanwanti, Gulpal, Jagat Ram Ramol, Santram Chauhan, Jiyanand Sharma, Naveen Sharma, Suresh Pundir, BS Panwar, DC Rawat, Varun Minhas, Prof. Vipin Rathore, Gajendra Thakur, Vijay Kumar, Urmila, Santram Kashyap were elected as state executive members. The Secretary of the Technical and Development Committee and the Director of the State Knowledge Science Center will be fellow invitees of the Executive Committee. Former state secretary of the committee, Bhupendra Singh has been made an invited member of the state executive.
In this two-day conference, sessions were organized on education, health, environment, equality and scientific consciousness.
In various sessions, Prof. Pramod Gauri National Joint Secretary, Dr. Omprakash Bhureta National Treasurer, Dr. Vanita Saklani President HGCTA, Satyawan Pundir Convener Jan Swasthya Abhiyan Himachal, NR Thakur DCPO Mandi, Vijay Kumar Consultant Gunjan Kangra, Rajender Mohan Senior Vice President MSJVS Dr. Vipin Rathore President Chamba Unit, Dr. RK Sharma President Kullu Unit, Manisha Hans Samata Co-Convenor BGVS, Brikmu Negi Secretary Kullu Unit, Sunita Visht Samata Convenor HGVS, Joginder Walia All India People’s Science Network, Bhim Singh State Treasurer, Jiya Nand State Secretary participated.
Three amendments were taken in the conference in which the membership fee was increased from Rs 5 to Rs 10. At the same time, the number of Executive Committee was increased from 31 to 35 and the number of Vice President and Joint Secretary can increase or decrease under the total 9 members of the Core Group.
It was decided in the conference that in the coming time, the organization will work on de-addiction, gender, propagation of scientific approach, environmental protection, mobilizing people on anti-people points of the National Education Policy, connecting youth with the organization etc.