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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

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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.

Dr. Koenraad Elst
Dr. Koenraad Elst

POSITION

Belgian scholar of Asian studies & renowned historian

UNIVERSITY

Sanchi University of Buddhist and Indic Studies (SUBIS)

TOPICS

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

Dr. Krishna Kumar Damodaran
Dr. Krishna Kumar Damodaran

POSITION

Professor & HoD, Department of Chemistry

UNIVERSITY

University of Iceland

TOPICS

Manipulating the self-assembly process to generate smart supramolecular systems

Prof. Vimal Karani
Prof. Vimal Karani

POSITION

Professor in Nutrigenetics & Nutrigenomics

UNIVERSITY

University of Reading. UK

TOPICS

International Workshop on Nutrigenetics & Precision Nutrition

Prof. Thierry Tartarin
Prof. Thierry Tartarin

POSITION

Researcher Business Models research group, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, TUDelft. Faculty, School of Finance and International Business, Saxion

UNIVERSITY

Saxion University of Applied Sciences. The Netherlands

TOPICS

Workshop on “Business Models”

Business Models in Rural Community

Dr. G.H. (Gerry) Stegeman
Dr. G.H. (Gerry) Stegeman

POSITION

Senior lecturer Business Administration & Urban Development, School of Governance, Law and Urban Development

UNIVERSITY

Saxion University of Applied Sciences. The Netherlands

TOPICS

Climate Proof Planning

Dr. Krishnaswami Raja
Dr. Krishnaswami Raja

POSITION

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Staten Island and Graduate Center

UNIVERSITY

City University of New York (CUNY)

TOPICS

Ayurbiotechnology – Green Drug Development & Ocean Sponge Inspired Sponge Mimetic Tubules

Dr. Amit K Ghosh
Dr. Amit K Ghosh

POSITION

Internist, Nephrologist, Executive Health Program, General Internal Medicine

UNIVERSITY

Mayo Clinic

TOPICS

Team based Medicine- Mayo Clinic Model of Care

Mr. Daniel Gressel
Mr. Daniel Gressel

POSITION

Economist (A very successful businessman and someone who worked with Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman)

UNIVERSITY

USA

TOPICS

Prospects for US Inflation and Recession

Dr. Vaidyanathan (Ravi) Subramanian
Dr. Vaidyanathan (Ravi) Subramanian

POSITION

Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Fulbright Distinguished Chair, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow, Associate Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering Department

UNIVERSITY

University of Nevada, Reno

TOPICS

The multifunctional Applications of 1D Oxide Nanostructures

Dr. Madhav Ram
Dr. Madhav Ram

POSITION

Medical Officer, Global Vaccine Safety, WHO(Geneva)

UNIVERSITY

Switzerland

TOPICS

Adverse event following Immunisation : Reporting & Response

Prof. Vladimir Filkov
Prof. Vladimir Filkov

POSITION

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

UNIVERSITY

USA

TOPICS

AI and Large Language Models in Healthcare

Dr Prasad Gudimetla
Dr Prasad Gudimetla

POSITION

Senior Lecturer/Head of Course PG Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Centre for Intelligent Systems, Institute for Future Farming Systems at CQUni.

UNIVERSITY

Australia

TOPICS

Myths of Sustainability Engineering

Dr. Dipak Ghosal
Dr. Dipak Ghosal

POSITION

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

TOPICS

Resource management and control for next generation latency-critical applications

Mr. Daniel Lipschitz
Mr. Daniel Lipschitz

POSITION

Founder & President, Biosfera

UNIVERSITY

Netherlands

TOPICS

Smart Ecosystem Engineering to build circular metabolic systems & economy

Ms. Silvia Bevilacqua
Ms. Silvia Bevilacqua

POSITION

International Mobility Office – Social Sciences Area and Humanities, University of Trento

UNIVERSITY

Italy

TOPICS

Opportunities at University of Trento

Prof. Greta Perletti
Prof. Greta Perletti

POSITION

Associate Professor – English Literature and Culture, Humanities Department – ‘Letters and Philosophy’

UNIVERSITY

Italy

TOPICS

“If a book is well written, I always find it too short”. A cognitive-literary approach to why we like reading fiction

Prof. Brian Oldenburg
Prof. Brian Oldenburg

POSITION

Professor of Public Health and Implementation Science, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute & La Trobe University

UNIVERSITY

Australia

TOPICS

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?

Mr. Riccardo Moro
Mr. Riccardo Moro

POSITION

Secretary General, C20 International Advisory Committee 2023, Teaches Development Policies and Foundations of Economics, University of Milan

UNIVERSITY

Italy

TOPICS

Dr. Vijayan Sugumaran
Dr. Vijayan Sugumaran

POSITION

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

UNIVERSITY

Oakland University

TOPICS

AI-driven Distributed Systems and Blockchain

Dr. Emma Camp
Dr. Emma Camp

POSITION

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) ,

UNIVERSITY

university of Technology Sydney U.T.S Australia

TOPICS

The Site Stewardship for Effective Coral restoration , a Case Study from the Great Barrier Reef

Dr. Ian McIntosh
Dr. Ian McIntosh

POSITION

Director of International Partnerships, Adjunct in the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and the IUPUI School of Liberal Arts.,Philanthropy

UNIVERSITY

Indiana University

TOPICS

Indiana University and the SDGs.

Prof. S Vishwanathan
Prof. S Vishwanathan

POSITION

Professor of Operations Management Director, Centre for Business Sustainability

UNIVERSITY

College of Business (Nanyang Business School) Singapore.

TOPICS

Corporate Sustainability and Circular Economy

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