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An interactive session with Dr. Shikha Sharma

 
Dr. Shikha Sharma, renowned nutritionist addressed a packed audience at the annual PACE Teachers Seminar at Hotel Inter-Continental the Grand on March 23, 2006. Dr. Sharma talked about diet, nutrition and well being which are the foundations for a healthy life.

In an interactive session with the teachers, she said health constitutes physical, emotional and spiritual health, and 'what you eat is what you are'

Ms. Annapoorna Sehgal, Head-Education welcomed the guests. Mr.Rakesh Sharma , VP-Operations (North), HT Media Ltd. told the audience that they were the custodians of future citizens and that the knowledge they had acquired at the seminar should be put to good use.

The event was rounded off with a lucky draw with exciting prizes. Rita Sawhney from St. Francis de Sales School, Janakpuri felt that the seminar helped clear specific diet-related queries and said that Dr. Sharma handled the event with a lot of elan and grace. Sunali Sen of Sanskriti School, H.R. Sharma from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Narela, Sakshi Sen from Deep Memorial Public School and Daisy Malhotra from Silverline School, Ghaziabad, volunteered to have their body type identified by Dr. Sharma as `vatta', `pitta' or `kapha' doshas. Nitu Bakshi from Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, said that the seminar had truly enriched the audience and recommended that the knowledge of healthy eating be passed on to parents and students through the newspaper.