Jalandhar14.10.26-; Lovely Professional University (LPU) has received the Platinum Green Impact Award 2026, the highest recognition under the Seed Balls for Sustainable Campuses Initiative 2026 organised by the National EduTrust of India (NEI). The nationwide campaign invited higher education institutions to prepare and responsibly disperse seed balls containing tree seeds as a practical exercise in biodiversity conservation, ecological restoration and environmental education. As part of the initiative, LPU prepared 8,572 seed balls using 11 tree species, involving 422 students, and dispersed them across five geo-tagged locations spanning Kapurthala, Amritsar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar districts of Punjab.

Dr. Ashok Kumar Mittal, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and Founder Chancellor of LPU, stated, “Sustainability cannot remain an idea discussed within classrooms or captured only in institutional reports, it must find its way into the soil, the communities and the choices we make every day. This prestigious award is encouraging because it recognises this spirit of participation, but more importantly, it reinforces a vision of education where knowledge is connected with responsibility towards nature and society”.

The initiative engaged students from across 27 academic schools, with 422 students participating in the seed activity. Alongside the dispersal exercise, five awareness activities were conducted to connect the practical work with wider conversations around environmental responsibility, biodiversity and climate action.