Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation and Development is organizing Sustainability & Beyond Colloquium Series from October 13, 2021 – December 31, 2022.
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
Amrita School for Sustainable Development knows that our strength lies not only in the words we stand by, but most importantly through the actions of our initiatives. Back in 2000, our Non-Profit Organization realized that by working together we could overcome our challenges much more efficiently, and that is why we ultimately decided to launch Amrita School for Sustainable Development.
The Chair addresses the Global Education 2030 Agenda with a distinct emphasis on Education that transforms life, building knowledge societies and thereby leveraging science and innovation for a sustainable future. The Chair will facilitate the development and implementation of a global curriculum, applicable to fourteen selected UN SDGs through an experiential learning framework that will enable a deeper understanding of challenges faced by members of remote communities, and better designing of sustainable solutions in collaboration with them.
| Date and Time | Speaker(s) | Topic |
| July 07, 2022 |
Dr. Jayaraman C Managing Director, EQUINOCT |
SDG & Energy in a post-pandemic era
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| June 30, 2022 |
Prof. Alice Fothergill Professor of Sociology, University of Vermont |
Researching Children in Disaster |
| June 23, 2022 |
Dr. Sriram Devanathan
Principal, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
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Sustainable Development: An Oxymoron |
| June 16, 2022 |
Dr. B. Soundharajan Associate Professor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
Surface water reservoir planning characteristics under climate change |
| June 9, 2022 |
Prof. Venkatachalam Lingappan RBI Chair Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies |
Role of Wetlands in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals |
| June 2, 2022 |
Dr. Maya Mahajan Associate Professor, Centre for Sustainable Future, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
Empowerment of Tribal Women in India for Sustainable Livelihood & Forest Conservation |
| May 26, 2022 |
Prof. Ganesh P. Shivakoti Adjunct Professor of Natural Resources Management and Founder Director of Ostrom Center for the study of Natural resources governance (OCeAN), AIT, Bangkok, Thailand |
Rules & Collective Action, An Institutional Analysis of Irrigation Systems in Nepal |
| May 19, 2022 |
Dr. Praveen Maghelal Associate Professor & Lead Researcher of ‘Faculty of Resilience, Rabdan Academy (UAE) |
Achieving Sustainable Communities through Sustainable Transportation |
| May 12, 2022 |
Dr. Rachita Sharma Department Chair, University of North Texas |
Sustainable Mental Health for all |
| May 05, 2022 |
Dr. Kurian Baby Advisor, Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council |
Making the value of nature visible: Nature Based Solutions for sustainable Future |
| April 28, 2022 | Dr. Gopal Krishna Founding Director of Syntegral Systems and Solutions Pvt. Ltd. and Adjunct. Professor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
Sustainable Public Health – Digitizing the Primary Healthcare System |
| April 21, 2022 | Dr. Murali Rangarajan Chairperson, Center of Excellence in Advanced Materials and Green Technologies; Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science |
Sustainable Decarbonization Solutions for India: Perspectives and Some Initiatives at Amrita |
| April 14, 2022 | Dr. Ian Davis Adjunct Professor and Advisor to Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kerala, India. Visiting Professor: Kyoto, Lund, Oxford Brookes Universities and Honorary Visiting Professor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Europe |
Form Follows Failure- the Impact of Failures from Disasters on Architecture and Urban Design |
| April 7, 2022 |
Prof. John Hammond Professor of Crop Science University of Reading |
Food security in a changing world |
| March 31, 2022 | Dr. Subhasis Ray Associate Professor- Sustainable Futures at Maynooth University School of Business, Ireland |
B2B Marketing and the Sustainable Development Goals |
| March 17, 2022 | Dr. Aaron Redman Instructor, Arizona State University |
Competencies for Advancing Transformations towards Sustainability |
| March 10, 2022 | Dr. Tarek Rashed Vice President, Civilizology International Consultant with UNDP & FAO Adjunct Prof, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
Digital Transformation for Disaster Resilience & Crisis Response: Development & Application of Digital Disaster Risk Reduction Maturity Model in South Asia |
| March 3, 2022 | Dr. Reshmi R Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Dr. Hemalatha T Assistant Professor, Centre for Wireless Networks and Applications |
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| February 24, 2022 | Dr. Rahul Krishnan Assistant Professor, Centre for Wireless Networks, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
RASPRO: Rapid active summarization for effective prognosis |
| February 24, 2022 | Prof. Vincenzo Piuri Professor, University of Milan, IEEE Fellow and an ACM Distinguished Scientist |
Artificial intelligence in cloud/fog/edge computing and internet-of-things |
| February 17, 2022 | Prof. Dr. Marzia Traverzo, Dr. Rose Nangah Mankaa Institute of Sustainability in Civil engineering, RWTH Aachen University |
Measuring Sustainability |
| February 10, 2022 | Dr. M. Dwarakanath Expert Member, in the Research & Development Committee in the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India in which financial assistance is given to the R&D projects to the Academic Institutions,Visiting Faculty, Department of Environmental Science and Management, Bharathidasan University,Tiruchirappalli |
I3 (Individual, Institution, & Innovations) |
| February 3, 2022 | Professor David Gibson UNESCO Chair on Data Science in Higher Education Learning and Teaching, Curtin University |
Challenge Based Collaborative Problem Solving for Sustainable Development Goals |
| January 20, 2022 | Ms. Naila Chowdhury CEO & Co-Founder, Pillars 4 Dignity and Lotus Credit LLC. |
Women and SDG: Sustainability, Peace, Economic Empowerment & Dignity |
| January 13, 2022 | Dr. Dipu T. S. Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
Vaccine Equity & role of booster vaccine to mitigate the threat of Emerging covid 19 variants |
| January 13, 2022 | Dr. Sumanta Chakraborty Assistant Professor, Bankura Sammilani Medical College, West Bengal |
Agricultural GI’s (Geographical Indications) and Sustainable Production |
| January 6, 2022 | Dr. Angan Sengupta Assistant Professor, School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
Healthcare Market, Market Imperfections and Health Policies in India: A populist Argument |
| January 6, 2022 | Dr. Chiranjiv Roy Senior Vice President, Data Science and Analytics, SG Analytics |
Demistifying a successful data scientist for Corporate |
| December 30, 2021 | Lalitha Narayanan Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research |
Agricultural GI’s (Geographical Indications) and Sustainable Production |
| December 30, 2021 | Prof. Peter Lund-Thomsen Professor, Copenhagen Business School |
Empowering women-owned bamboo micro-enterprises in India: challenges of economic, social, and environmental upgrading |
| December 23, 2021 | Dr. Madhu Vishwanathan Professor Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles and Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana Champagne |
Subsistence and Sustainability: A Bottom-Up Approach to SDGs |
| December 23, 2021 | Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh Assistant Professor, DIT University, Dehradun, India |
Determinants and Assessment of global sustainable development |
| December 16, 2021 | Ms. Asmita Satyarthi Trustee, Bal Ashram Trust and Director, Global Sustainability Network |
Importance of Compassionate and Collaborative Action to Achieve True Sustainable Development |
| December 9, 2021 | Ms. Anusri Unnikrishnan AVP & Branch Head, AVP & Branch Head |
Gender Equality & Importance of Financial Independence for Women |
| December 9, 2021 | Dr. Rajiv Nair Associate Professor & Chairperson, Dept. of Management, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus |
Reprioritizing SDGs in the post-Covid-19 Global Context: Will a Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility Regime help? |
| December 2, 2021 | Dr. Sophia von Lieres Assistant Professor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
The Impact of Women’s Self-Help Groups in Rural India on Gender Equality |
| December 2, 2021 | Prof. Aparna Rayaprol Professor, University of Hyderabad |
Social Inequalities in Contemporary India |
| November 25, 2021 | Dr. Nava Subramaniam Professor of Accounting, RMIT, Australia |
Climate Change Risks, Social Learning and Community Resilience: Transformational Adaptation Implications |
| November 25, 2021 | Dr. Pradeep Panigrahi Head – Corporate Sustainability, Larsen & Toubro Ltd |
Sustainable Pathways for disaster risk reduction and multi-hazard resilience |
| November 18, 2021 | Dr. Kishore Gopala Krishna Pillai Dean, Amrita School of Business |
Sustainable Marketing |
| November 11, 2021 | Dr. Sudesh Wadhawan Adjunct Professor at Amrita University, Former Director General, Geological Survey of India |
Risk Applied Geosciences for landslide risk management strategies and sustainable development – challenges and prospects in India |
| November 11, 2021 | Prof. Falk Huettmann Professor, UAF EWHALE Lab |
Risk Forecasting with Machine Learning: Examples beyond Probabilities |
| November 4, 2021 | Anand Patwardhan Professor, University of Maryland, College Park |
Reshaping research for adaptation and resilience |
| November 4, 2021 | Nicola Casagli President of International Consortium on Landslides, University of Florence |
Prevention and sustainable mitigation of geo-hydrological hazards |
| October 26, 2021 | Mr. Saibal Ghosh Director (Geology), Geological Survey of India |
Spurt in recent landslide occurrences in India, and its impact to the infrastructure and the community |
| October 26, 2021 | Christian Arnhardt Engineering Geologist, British Geological Survey |
Landslide Early Warning Systems – Some theoretical considerations and practical examples |
| October 21, 2021 | Dr. Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati |
Do Socio-economic Factors Enhance Households’ Resilience to Climate Extremes? Empirical Evidence from Cyclonic Storms and Floods in India |
| October 21, 2021 | Dr. Sekhar Kuriakose Visiting Scientist, the University of Twente, The Netherlands |
Empowering communities through sustainable development and resilience building |
| October 21, 2021 | Dr. Mauro Rossi Senior researcher, CNR IRPI (Research Institute) |
Landslide early warning: lessons learnt after a 15-years’ experience in Italy |
| October 18, 2021 | Prof. N. Vinod Chandra Menon Chief Mentor and Data Evangelist, India Excellence Foundation |
Multi Hazard Risk Reduction in Covid Times and Post Covid World |
| October 18, 2021 | Mr. Vikas Brahmavar Founder Director, Transwater Systems |
Sustainable Pathways for disaster risk reduction and multi-hazard resilience |
| October 13, 2021 | Dr. Maneesha V. Ramesh Dean, Amrita School for Sustainability & UNESCO Chair for Experiential Learning in Sustainable Innovation and Development |
Disaster Resilience: Lessons from Implementing Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction |
| October 13, 2021 | Dr. Manoj P. Associate Dean, Amrita School of Business |
Evaluation of Relief Efforts – Way Forward for Effective Disaster Preparation |
| October 13, 2021 | Dr. Prem Kumar Nair Dean, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences |
Disaster Risk Reduction and Building Resilience in Healthcare |
| October 13, 2021 | Dr. Sreevalsa Kolathayar Assistant Profesor, National Institute of Technology |
Engineering Interventions in DRR towards Sustainable Well-being |
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Professor, University of Milan,
IEEE Fellow and an ACM Distinguished Scientist
Assistant Professor, Centre for Wireless Networks
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Full Professor and Head, Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Head Engineer, Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Expert Member, Research & Development Committee in the Ministry of Environment & Forests
Government of India
UNESCO Chair on Data Science in Higher Education Learning and Teaching, Curtin University
CEO & Co-Founder, Pillars 4 Dignity and Lotus Credit LLC.
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
Assistant Professor, Bankura Sammilani Medical College, West Bengal
Assistant Professor, School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research
Assistant Professor, DIT University Dehradun
Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Executive Director, Global Sustainability Network
Associate Professor & Chairperson, Dept. of Management, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus
AVP & Branch Head, 9X Media Pvt Ltd
Assistant Professor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Professor, University of Hyderabad
Professor of Accounting, RMIT University
Head – Corporate Sustainability, Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
Dean, Amrita School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Adjunct Professor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Former Director General, Geological Survey of India
Professor, UAF EWHALE lab, University of Fairbanks, Alaska
Professor, University of Maryland, College Park
President of International Consortium on Landslides, University of Florence
Director (Geology), Geological Survey of India
Engineering Geologist, British Geological Survey
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute Of Technology Tirupati
Visiting Scientist, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Senior Researcher, CNR IRPI (Research Institute)
Chief Mentor and Data Evangelist, India Excellence Foundation
Founder Director, Transwater Systems
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology
Dean, Faculty of Medical Science, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
Associate Dean, School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Provost Strategic Initiatives, Research & Innovation, Interdisciplinary, AI+X
UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation & Development
Associate Professor
Center for Sustainable Future,
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
Adjunct Professor of Natural Resources Management
Founder Director of Ostrom Center for the study of Natural resources governance (OCeAN),
AIT, Bangkok, Thailand
Associate Professor & Lead Researcher,
Faculty of Resilience,
Rabdan Academy (UAE)
Department Chair,
University of North Texas
Advisor,
Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council
Founding Director of Syntegral Systems and Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Adjunct. Professor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Chairperson,
Center of Excellence in Advanced Materials and Green Technologies;
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Adjunct Professor and Advisor to Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kerala, India;
Visiting Professor: Kyoto, Lund, Oxford Brookes Universities;
Honorary Visiting Professor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Europe
Professor of Crop Science
University of Reading
Associate Professor- Sustainable Futures,
Maynooth University School of Business, Ireland
Instructor,
Arizona State University
Vice President, Civilizology International Consultant with UNDP & FAO;
Adjunct Prof, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Professor of Sociology, University of Vermont
Associate Professor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
RBI Chair Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies
Assistant Professor, Centre for Wireless Networks and Applications,
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
