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Kathua 06 March (HS). The two-day first International Conference on Health, Fitness, Yoga and Sports Sciences organized by Government Degree College Kathua in collaboration with Foundation for Global Community Health USA concluded successfully on Wednesday.
The international conference was attended by over 250 Indian and foreign delegates and distinguished speakers from across the world on offline and virtual platforms. This international conference was the first of its kind in Jammu and Kashmir, highlighting the role and essence of sports science, yoga and nutrition in the fitness and overall health of the community in the COVID era. The second day of the international conference began with an interactive session with faculty members by eminent global personality and keynote speaker Dr. Ming Kai Chin, President and Founder of the Foundation for Global Community Health USA. He emphasized physical activity, sports, and social-emotional health as important components of health and well-being. Dr. Ming urged the faculty and students to work for the community to curb global health issues through awareness.
The interactive session was followed by a lecture session, in which Dr. Olena Yermolyuk HOD Physical Education and Pedagogy KYIV University Ukraine focused on the importance of artificial intelligence in physical education and the role of physical and sports sciences on overall well-being. Later Dr. Zornitza Mladenova Senior Future Leader GCH USA highlighted the holistic approach to physical activity, emotional stability and nutrition to achieve overall well-being. This was followed by two parallel technical sessions of paper presentation and poster presentation in which 13 delegates presented their research and deliberated on various aspects of health, fitness, yoga and sports science. While 24 delegates displayed their research findings through posters. The session was chaired by Dr. Pragya Khanna GLDC Hiranagar and Dr. Sangeeta Sudan GDC Mahanpur, while co-chaired by Professor Raj Kiran HOD Physics GDC Bilawar.
Delivering the lecture, Dr. Pinar Yaprak Assistant Professor Gazi University Turkey presented his research work on playgrounds, social issues and development. He emphasized on improving the understanding of social problems and solutions in the sports sector. Dr. Gaurav Vaid, senior physiotherapist and founder of Swasthya Shastra Jammu, focused on the role of physiotherapy in our daily life, health and fitness. Later a valedictory session was organized to formally conclude the International Conference in which Shivdeep Singh Jamwal SSP Kathua was the chief guest. In his address, he described sports science and nutrition as the need of the hour for overall health.