Role Of Higher Educational Institutions In Mainstreaming SDGs

PRIA's Founder-President and UNESCO Co-Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education Dr. Rajesh Tandon was invited to speak at Nirma University's Institute of Law, during an enlightening workshop on July 22 and 23. 

Others on the panel:

• Dr. Madhuri Parikh, Director & Dean (I/c), ILNU
• Prof. (Dr.) Purvi Pokhariyal, Dean of School of Law, Forensic Justice and Policy Studies
• Dr. Kartikeya Sarabhai, Founder and Director, Centre for Environment Education
• Dr. Madhuri Parikh and Prof. (Dr.) Varsha Ganguly (ILNU)
• Nupur, Managing Trustee, Centre for Social Justice (CSJ)

The workshop on Mainstreaming Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), organised under the Socially Relevant Professional Readiness Programme (SRPRP) saw speakers from the world of law, policy, and social development share their insights on the following:

• Relevance of SDG to teaching law
• Contextualizing SDGs to Indian context
• Principles in designing a session/syllabus on SDG
• Developing activities for teaching SDGs
• Guidelines for working out future steps