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Over three lakh students studying in engineering and management institutes of the state will now make people aware of the Covid vaccination campaign and try to clear up their misconceptions about the vaccine.
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University will honour such students for their noble cause.
Giving details of the awareness drive on Saturday, AKTU Vice Chancellor Prof Vinay Pathak said that after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath personally took over the command to protect people from novel coronavirus infection, the youth power of the state had also come forward to make people aware of Covid vaccination.
He said that taking the charge of Covid management, the chief minister had set up monitoring committees for COVID-19 control and he himself took stock of the Covid vaccination arrangements in Prayagraj and Varanasi and at the same time, he sent his ministers to the field.
Pathak said that inspired by the chief minister's personal involvement in COVID-19 management, more than three lakh students of AKTU affiliated institutes had come forward to offer their human resources. He said that the students had taken a resolve to carry forward the campaign of the UP governor and chief minister.
Pathak revealed that AKTU and IET Lucknow were going to start an awareness campaign on Covid vaccination. He said the students were motivating their parents and other citizens to take the Covid vaccine and would send photos of their parents to the university through WhatsApp. Such students would be honored by the university through letters of appreciation.
More than 4,000 students of the Institute of Engineering Technology (IET) will also participate in this campaign with AKTU. IET Director Prof Vineet Kansal said that the involvement of students with this campaign would give a boost to the Covid vaccination campaign and the students would clear up all misconceptions about vaccinations in a better way.
The AKTU along with its students will conduct an awareness campaign on vaccination in the villages with the help of NSS and National Cadet Corps units. During this campaign, through the villages and Anganwadis adopted by the university, the confusion about the vaccination among the rural people will be cleared up. They will be provided information about the vaccination centres close to their homes.
AKTU spokesperson Ashish Mishra explained that a video prepared by the journalism department of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Urdu Arabic Persian University based on Covid vaccine information would be shown to the villagers. He said this video would be promoted and disseminated online.