Date
08-Apr-2020 to 08-Apr-2020 		Location
Delhi		 Format
Online
The UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education and PRIA International Academy (PIA) co-convened a webinar on "Fostering Social Responsibility by Higher Education: COVID-19 and Beyond" with the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) on April 8th 2020.

The webinar addressed topics including the kinds of impacts informal urban settlements and rural communities are experiencing and how they can be supported by colleges and universities around them; the kinds of support local bodies like panchayats and nagar palikas/nigams would need over the long term; and in addition to the few villages and surrounding communities where universities and colleges are already engaging, further actions they can plan in partnership with other stake-holders.

The webinar panellists included:

·         Dr. (Mrs) Pankaj Mittal, Secretary General, Association of Indian Universities (former Vice-Chancellor, BPS University, Haryana, former Additional Secretary, UGC, Govt. of India), Delhi
·         Prof. Anand Mohan, Registrar, Dayalbagh Educational Institution (deemed university), Agra
·         Prof. Neelima Gupta, Vice Chancellor, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur
·         Prof. Dinesh Singh, Chancellor, K R Mangalam University, (former Vice Chancellor, Delhi University)

The webinar was moderated by Dr. Rajesh Tandon, Founder-President, Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) & UNESCO Co-Chair on Social Responsibility in Higher Education.

Read the full report of the webinar here.
Watch the webinar recording here.