6 hours train yesterday to cross Kerala from south to north and land in Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, Ettimidai, Amrita School of Business campus.
The campus where I will be carrying my PhD studies, hosting this conference on sustainability:
1.
The International Conference on: "Sustainable Development and
Governance-Building Commerce and
Communities” ICSDG
Working quite a lot on Website edits, contacting personally all big shots for their presentations, lst details of their trip...
Coordinating teams of students.
Coordinating partnership aspects...
Overview of Conference:
Coordinating partnership aspects...
Overview of Conference:
Making sure partnerships with Academic world, Corporates and NGOs are possible and starting.
Unprecedented pressure on energy, water, and food due to population
growth and commercial development places sustainable development as a core
responsibility of governing bodies at all levels. The ICSDG aims at bringing together many key thought leaders in these
areas. We envision
forging an alliance of academia, corporates, NGOs, agencies, etc. to work
closely on a set of actionable plans that can improve the chances of
“Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)” being met much quicker!
ICSDG is a unique platform for Researchers, policy makers, investors, corporates and
the non-governmental organizations working in the field to:
·
Define
and develop management and governance
solutions for the Water, Energy and Waste Management crisis that
communities and industries are facing, especially in India
·
Stimulate
emerging and innovative ways for
businesses and communities to come together to promote and implement sustainable development solutions
·
Contribute
to the building of an innovative and
efficient sustainable development roadmap involving all major actors :
government, corporate, communities and universities
Hands-on Master-class style workshops
are offered to managers responsible for sustainability management where the
latest thoughts and trends in organizational practices are discussed.
An impressive list of case studies will
also be presented by corporate houses and NGOs in the presence by eminent
experts such as former president of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and Nobel
Laureate Dr. Pachauri, Chancellor, TERI University Dr. Vandana Shiva, and many
more eminent experts from different parts of the world.
The
ICSDG Vision
- To
connect developmental agencies,
public and quasi-public organizations, corporates, and academics to
contribute towards policy-oriented and actionable research with a view to
bring benefits to the vulnerable in society.
- To
understand the current problems
associated with sustainable plan/action and to study the models of
sustainable change from our speakers and presenters that provide insights
on the bottlenecks for sustainable action
- To
learn from the various successful
cases and develop socially and commercially scaled up solutions for
the critical mass.
- To
develop a plausible, common
approach for sustainability management rather than being reliant on
the current fragmented approach for meeting sustainability goals at local,
regional and global level, leading to more effective governance systems.
- To
develop an actionable plan through
teams of corporates,
academics, NGO’s, government agencies in
three focus areas areas
- Improving
supply of water at higher
quality levels,
- Lower
cost access to renewable energy,
and
- Proper
waste management
and waking up to this:
so I guess it is OK to wear a tie, if it comes with such environments...
Yoga and meditation this morning with an amazing rising sun, stunning colors embracing the sky, everywhere
and I guess it is OK too to be treated as a secretary and edit websites without a thank you or any kind of recognition Manipulation and bullshit have been so common in this whole process. And as much as I felt really humiliated to have worked hard on the design of this conference, advocated for strong design of Outputs/outcomes, I am now relieved to have been taken out of the organizing committee when I see the legacy of 3 days spent with key experts on sustainability, the 11th president of India...
Of course what to expect from a powerful, very wealthy ex magnate of WallStreet, that probably believed he can reach the goal in business class by serving Amma's biscuits.... and an accounting professor that knows nothing on sustainability on the reality of the field and believes honestly (?) apparently that she helps communities with research papers!!!
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