Date: 09-06-2021
Sustainable Development Goals Coordination Centre (SDGCC) Youth Engagement Series on theme “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for better tomorrow” was jointly organized by Department of Agriculture, Botany and Commerce in collaboration with United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) and Govt. of Punjab with the heavenly blessings of Revered Sant Baba Dlawar Singh Ji (Brahm Ji) and under the able guidance of Honourable Vice-Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) Dharmjit Singh Parmar on 9th June, 2021 through online mode under the aegis of IQAC, SBBSU.
More than 175 students and faculty members of Sant Baba Bhag Singh University of Agriculture, Sciences and Commerce streams participated in the event. The event commenced with the welcome address by Dr. Indu Sharma, Dy. Dean Academics SBBSU. She welcomed the SDGCC members Mr. Chandan Barman, Ms. Nandita Mathur, Dr. Pooja and participants. She briefly explained the details of the programme.
The programme was further coordinated by Ms. Nandita Mathur. She explained the aim and working of SDGCC. The session was further addressed by Mr. Chandan Barman. He explained about the global development framework adopted by the United Nation General Assembly in 2015 which includes 17 goals, 169 targets and 232 indicators. He also expressed concern about situation of India in the Global Sustainability Index.
Ms. Nandita Mathur briefed about means to achieve the sustainable goals in targeted time. She further explained how different sustainability key indicators including education, poverty, environment degradation and disaster are interrelated to each other. Dr Pooja explained how important is to include every section of mankind for the successful fulfilment of sustainable goals. She gave idea to set up the sustainable clubs among the students and perform awareness programmes in the society. Apart from expert talk, students also interacted with the experts via the chat box for clearing the doubts and pitching up some innovative ideas to achieve the sustainability goals.
Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Dhramjit Singh Parmar appreciated the efforts of experts and hoped that more such collaboration will help in sensitizing students to sustainable goals. The session concluded with the vote of thanks by Dr. Anil Kumar Singh, (Assistant Dy. Dean Academics, SBBSU). Dr. Singh thanked experts and participants for actively participating in the session. He also thanked Honourable Vice-Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) Dharmjit Singh Parmar, whose continues encouragement and motivation made Youth Engagement Series a successful event.
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