On 18 August, 2021, on the occasion of Parthenium Awareness Week (PAW), an online programme was organized by the Vikram University, Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) on the “Problem and Management of Parthenium. Dr. Sushil Kumar, Principal Scientist and National Coordinator of PAW delivered the Keynote address to professors and students of Universities and affiliated colleges and 65 persons participated in the programme.
Dr. A.K. Pandey, Vice chancellor of the University also emphasized the need of community approach to uproot Parthenium. He informed the house that students and teachers of the University also observed one event to uproot Parthenium from the campus the university. Dr. Lata Bhattacharya and Dr. Saill Singh convened the programme while it was coordinated by Drs. Arvinad Shukla and Shivi Bhasin.