With less than a decade left to fulfill the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the coming years play a crucial role in making the world a sustainable place to live. With the world continuing to recover from the pandemic, it’s time to reimagine the conversations in a post-pandemic era. In this regard, a series of colloquiums are being conducted as a part of the ongoing activities of the UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation and Development and School for Sustainable Development.
The colloquium will feature speakers from UNESCO, Amrita’s partner universities, industry, and academia covering several thematic areas aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals such as Climate Change and Risk Assessment (SDG 13), Gender Equality (SDG 10), Livelihood (SDG 8), Education (SDG 4), Health and Wellbeing (SDG 3) Water and Sanitation (SDG 6), Energy (SDG 7), Agriculture (SDG Indicator 2.4.1) and Environment (SDG 15). The colloquium series aims to bring in thinkers, experts, and practitioners in various fields to garner ideas, explore technologies, challenges, and opportunities to devise sustainable pathways in the various thematic areas.
The colloquium series aims to bring in thinkers, experts, and practitioners in various fields to garner ideas, explore technologies, challenges, and opportunities to devise sustainable pathways in the area of disaster risk reduction and multi-hazard resilience.
Organized By:UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation and Development and Amrita School for Sustainable Development
Dates and Times: October 13, 2021 – March 31, 2022, 6:30 PM to 08:00 PM IST
The Amrita Center for International Programs (ACIP) serves as the hub for international academic relations at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. Responsible for overseeing and managing all international educational and research endeavours of the institution, ACIP’s primary aim is to enhance the quality of education and research. By facilitating collaboration among students, educators, and scholars worldwide, ACIP cultivates a dynamic interchange of knowledge and ideas that enriches both learning and research experiences.
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Belgian scholar of Asian studies & renowned historian
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Sanchi University of Buddhist and Indic Studies (SUBIS)
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Negationism and its Consequences – Concealing the records of Invasions
Propaganda against India, its Culture and Hinduism
Hindu Dharma and Culture Wars
Problems with Secularism
Aryan Invasion theory: Its role in splitting Indian society
Caste Divisions in Indian Society
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Professor & HoD, Department of Chemistry
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University of Iceland
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Manipulating the self-assembly process to generate smart supramolecular systems
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Professor in Nutrigenetics & Nutrigenomics
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University of Reading. UK
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International Workshop on Nutrigenetics & Precision Nutrition
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Researcher Business Models research group, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, TUDelft. Faculty, School of Finance and International Business, Saxion
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Saxion University of Applied Sciences. The Netherlands
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Workshop on “Business Models”
Business Models in Rural Community
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Senior lecturer Business Administration & Urban Development, School of Governance, Law and Urban Development
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Saxion University of Applied Sciences. The Netherlands
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Climate Proof Planning
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Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Staten Island and Graduate Center
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City University of New York (CUNY)
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Ayurbiotechnology – Green Drug Development & Ocean Sponge Inspired Sponge Mimetic Tubules
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Internist, Nephrologist, Executive Health Program, General Internal Medicine
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Mayo Clinic
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Team based Medicine- Mayo Clinic Model of Care
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Economist (A very successful businessman and someone who worked with Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman)
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USA
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Prospects for US Inflation and Recession
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Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Fulbright Distinguished Chair, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow, Associate Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering Department
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University of Nevada, Reno
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The multifunctional Applications of 1D Oxide Nanostructures
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Medical Officer, Global Vaccine Safety, WHO(Geneva)
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Switzerland
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Adverse event following Immunisation : Reporting & Response
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Professor and DECL Lab Co-director in the Computer Science Department at the University of California, Davis, and the Director of Translational Data Science at the Data Lab
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USA
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AI and Large Language Models in Healthcare
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Senior Lecturer/Head of Course PG Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Centre for Intelligent Systems, Institute for Future Farming Systems at CQUni.
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Australia
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Myths of Sustainability Engineering
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Professor Department of Computer Science,chair,Graduate Group of Computer Science(GGCS), Prem Chand Jain family presidential chair for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, UC Davis
UNIVERSITY
USA
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Resource management and control for next generation latency-critical applications
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Founder & President, Biosfera
UNIVERSITY
Netherlands
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Smart Ecosystem Engineering to build circular metabolic systems & economy
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International Mobility Office – Social Sciences Area and Humanities, University of Trento
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Italy
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Opportunities at University of Trento
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Associate Professor – English Literature and Culture, Humanities Department – ‘Letters and Philosophy’
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Italy
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“If a book is well written, I always find it too short”. A cognitive-literary approach to why we like reading fiction
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Professor of Public Health and Implementation Science, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute & La Trobe University
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Australia
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Implementing at scale to improve diabetes and other NCD outcomes in LMIC: What have we learnt over the last 20 years about how to do better?
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Secretary General, C20 International Advisory Committee 2023, Teaches Development Policies and Foundations of Economics, University of Milan
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Italy
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Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Management Information Systems, Chair, Department of Decision and Information Sciences, Co-Director, Center for Data Science and Big Data Analytics, School of Business Administration
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Oakland University
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AI-driven Distributed Systems and Blockchain
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Senior Lecturer , School of Life Sciences , Team Leader | Future Reefs Program ,UTS Chancellor’s Research Fellow , Coral Nurture Program Co-Founder, Climate Change Cluster (C3) ,
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university of Technology Sydney U.T.S Australia
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The Site Stewardship for Effective Coral restoration , a Case Study from the Great Barrier Reef
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Director of International Partnerships, Adjunct in the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and the IUPUI School of Liberal Arts.,Philanthropy
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Indiana University
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Indiana University and the SDGs.
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Professor of Operations Management Director, Centre for Business Sustainability
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College of Business (Nanyang Business School) Singapore.
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Corporate Sustainability and Circular Economy