International Ozone Day Talk at Way to Transform Shridhar University Pilani Rajasthan

Sept. 17, 2010 - PRLog -- On 19 December 1994, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly proclaimed 16 September every year to be observed as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer to commemorate  the same date in 1987, on which the Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances - ODS was signed.

For the 16th International Ozone Day that is being observed on September 16, 2010 the theme is “Ozone Layer Protection: Governance & Compliance at their best.”  ODS are widely used in refrigerators, air-conditioners, fire extinguishers, in dry cleaning, as solvents for cleaning, electronic equipment and as agricultural fumigants.

Some of the ODS are ChloroFluoroCarbons (CFCs), Halon, Carbon Tetrachloride, Methyl Chloroform, HydroBromoFluoroCarbons (HBFCs), HydroChloroFluoroCarbons (HCFCs), Methyl Bromide, BromoChloroMethane (BCM). The Oxygen Depleting Potential - ODP of a compound "x" is defined as the ratio of the total amount of ozone destroyed by a fixed amount of compound x to the amount of ozone destroyed by the same mass of CFC-11. The number and nature of the halogen has effect on ODP in the sense that bromine-containing halocarbons usually have much higher ODPs than chlorine containing ones.

Addressing the students at Way to Transform Shridhar University Pilani Rajasthan, Prof BR Natarajan Pro Vice Chancellor of the University highlighted the significance of the day as well as the chemistry of ozone and its importance to the global ecosystem. He urged them to appreciate the rules and regulations pertaining to production, consumption, import, export, sale, purchase of ozone depleting substances. Students enthusiastically participated in the proceedings sharing their opinions and resolved to do their best in this context.

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About Shridhar University: An initiative of the Sarvhit Trust, Shridhar University Pilani has been established under Section 2(f) of UGC Act 1956 incorporated by Government of Rajasthan vide Ordinance No. 3 of 2009 and the same ratified by the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly vide Act No. 4 of 2010 as The SHRIDHAR UNIVERSITY ACT BIGODNA, JHUNJHUNU. Further, Vide letter F.No 8-3/2010(CPP-I/PU) dated 31 May 2010, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has also notified Shridhar University under Section 2(f) of UGC Act 1956. Shridhar University has 11 Schools of Learning offering various Certificate, Diploma, Under Graduate, Post Graduate as well as Doctoral programmes. In order to prepare students for a global future, Shridhar University has actively taken up collaborations with various national & international institutions and already has signed MoU with top ranking Athens University of Economics and Business – AUEB, Greece.