Archive · 30 Sep 2025
Delhi University Bans Bouquets, Gifts at Campus Events
Delhi University (DU) has decided to stop giving out gifts like flowers and souvenirs at events.
Instead, they can use just one string of flowers, a special cloth, or a basket of fruit.
The university wants to stop spending too much money and wasting things.
If fruit is given, it must be shared with kids in need at schools or orphanages nearby.
These new rules apply to all colleges and institutions under DU right away.
Delhi University (DU) has banned flower bouquets and mementoes at campus events.
The university will allow a single string of flowers, an angavastram (stole), or a fruit basket.
Any fruit offered at events must be distributed to underprivileged children.
The decision aims to curb unnecessary expenditure and resource wastage.
The new protocol applies to all DU colleges and affiliated institutions.
- Who
- Delhi University
- What
- Issued a new protocol prohibiting gifts at events
- When
- September 26 (Notification Issued); Implementation immediate
- Where
- Delhi University and affiliated institutions
- Why
- To curb unnecessary expenditure and avoid wastage of resources
- Institution
- Delhi University (DU)
- Action
- Prohibition of gifts at events
- Items Prohibited
- Bouquets, mementoes, and other gifts
- Alternatives Allowed
- Single flower string, angavastram, or fruit basket
- Fruit Distribution
- Must be given to underprivileged children in government schools or orphanages
- Purpose
- To curb unnecessary expenditure
- Implementation
- Immediate, across all colleges and institutions