On the occasion of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking or World Drug Day, Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh, under the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan hosted an Oath Taking Ceremony at 11.00 A.M. The pledge was administered by Prof Baldev Setia, Director PEC, at the administrative block in the presence of Col RM Joshi, Registrar PEC, faculty and staff members. The pledge was also administered at various departments and centres of PEC with the goal of making India drug-free.
World Drug Day is observed on 26 June to strengthen action and cooperation to achieve the goal of an international society free of drug abuse. The theme of 2023 is, People first: stop stigma and discrimination, strengthen prevention.