India is marking the 150th anniversary of its national song, “Vande Mataram,” with a year-long nationwide commemoration that began on November 7, 2025, and will conclude on November 7, 2026. To be a part of the great event, the students of Zoology Department of MES Abasaheb Garware College ( Autonomous) Pune-4, carried out a plantation drive and planted 150 indigenous plants on ARAI HILL Kothrud on 17/11/2025.