NSS units of DevSamaj College, Sector 36­­-B, Chandigarh celebrated SKILL INDIA SWADESHI MELA - 2019 on 19^th October, 2019.The guest of  honour of the event was Dr. Navdeep Sharma, NSS Co-ordinator , Panjab University, Chandigarh.The special element of the Mela was the items exhibited by the students of GRID-Government Rehabilitation Institute of Intellectually Disabled, which were spices, candles, pottery items, envelopes and handkerchiefs. The handmade candles by the students of Institute for the Blind, sector-26, Chandigarh were a huge success. There was a special performance by the Grace Band of I.S. DevSamaj senior secondary school,sector-22.Students of the DevSamaj College of Education exhibited their skills through various creative stalls of food items ,decorative items ,photography, games ,sweets and many more. People from outside the college also portrayed their creativity by setting up stalls of various kinds. Around 400-500 people visited the mela and made it a huge success. The whole event followed the theme of environment friendly celebration which featured no use of plastic and other environment degrading material. Eco friendly products were used by the students to showcase their creativity. The event was concluded with an oath to make this Diwali a plastic free celebration.