Lucknow: The School of Management Sciences (SMS), Lucknow, marked the death anniversary of its Founder by inaugurating ‘Arogya Vatika’, a garden dedicated to medicinal plants. The garden was inaugurated jointly by Dr. C.M. Dwivedi, Member of the Governing Council, and Sharad Singh, Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Institution.
The garden has 80 plants from 49 species of medicinal and other useful plants. The initiative aims to encourage faculty, staff and students to understand the value of medicinal plants, help conserve medicinal flora and contribute to a greener campus.
The project also reflects the Institution’s commitment to environmental sustainability and biodiversity conservation, and its effort to build awareness of the therapeutic and ecological importance of these plants among the academic community.
Senior officials present at the inauguration included Dr. Ashish Bhatnagar, Director; Dr. Bharat Raj Singh, Director General (Technical); Dr. Jagdish Singh, Director (Administration); Dr. Dharmendra Singh, Associate Director; Dr. V.B. Singh, Joint Director; Surendra Srivastava, Chief General Manager; and S.N. Shukla, Registrar. Other officials of the Institution were also in attendance.
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