Understanding Sustainable Agriculture Piloting it in Universities
The word 'sustainable' is now ubiquitous and used as free-for-all adjective even for profits and wealth. 'Sustainable Profits' has entered in many corporate reports. That, however, is not the only reason to understand and differentiate between such terms and 'sustainable agriculture'. The benefits of Sustainable agriculture are critically related t...
A Nationwide survey on E-Learning Readiness for College Students
Recently, SCCN launched a nationwide survey seeking to understand the 'E-learning readiness' for the college goers in the country- a particularly relevant subject in the current pandemic induced remote learning. The survey is designed to assess the preparedness in terms of access and quality of infrastructure related to e-learning for college stude...
HAB 59 - India’s Youth contributing towards Prime Minister’s call of Atmanirbhar Bharat
"Hackathon 59 for Atma Nirbhar Bharat 2020 (HAB 59)". The HAB-59 was devised to provide a platform to young Indian talented groups in application development for IT-based solutions in multiple categories related to the 59 Chinese apps banned by the Government of India. Hackathon 59 was a National Level Hackathon that was being jointly organized by ...
The Ocean, Our Origin and Our Future
There is a renewed interest in 'VUCA World' (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity in the World) during this pandemic. VUCA – first used in 1987, drawing on the leadership theories of world-renowned guru on the subject, Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus. COVID 19 situation fits well into VUCA world. COVID19 challenge is extremely serious and...
How India’s New Education Policy serves to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals
''This Policy proposes the revision and revamping of all aspects of the education structure, including its regulation and governance, to create a new system that is aligned with the aspirational goals of 21st-century education, including SDG4, while building upon India's traditions and value systems.'' – New Education Policy of India 2020. The UN h...
All the Vice Chancellors of 5 Major Agriculture universities in Maharashtra came together and decided to take up the goal of sustainability in farming. This was the first in a series of engagement with agriculture colleges to take the conversation forward on climate resilient agriculture and sustainability. Today thousands of farmers of India face ...
The Institution Innovation Council (IIC) an Initiative of MHRD Innovation Unit organized the IIC 2020 National Innovation Competition for all IIC institutes. Building on the success and lessons learned from the national proof of concept competition (POC competition -2019) and regional mentoring sessions 2019, the national innovation competiti...
It was indeed my great honour to support 'Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Young Researchers' Fellowship' which was awarded to 11 young scientists on 27th July 2020. That day was the 5th death anniversary of Dr Kalam, India's former President, the highest political figure who was felicitated with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award. His was extraor...
Terre Policy Centre, as a part of an 'International E Internship Program on Climate Change and Biodiversity', invited Dr Ian Redmond, world renowned Naturalist and Conservationist to give a talk on the 'Role of Apes and elephants in Combating dangerous Climate Change' on 30th June 2020. The International E-Internship program is a 7 week long ...
On the 3rd of July, Mr Erik Solheim, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, addressed the interns at the International E-Internship Programme on Climate Change and Biodiversity. He gave a talk on the "Role of Clean Energy in meeting the targets of Paris Climate...
Proud to announce that SCCN (Smart Campus Cloud Network) flagship project of TERRE Policy Centre has entered into partnership with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) as a Networking Partner for their SDG Help Desk to strengthen the sharing of knowledge and facilitate information exchange. The partne...
Smart Campus Cloud Network (SCCN) joins hands as Ecosystem Partner for the Circular Innovation Jam 2020! for India region which is organized by The Incubation Network in collaboration with Climate Collective and AtWorks. This regional ideation event will take place across five countries in South & Southeast Asia. The event seeks to develop inno...
Environment and Emergency are now synonyms! 5th June 2020 is 46th World Environment Day (WED). It is a global event coordinated by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) where I led the most successful global programme of capacity building of the 146 developing countries that resulted in 'flattening' the rising curve (to use current COVI...
Talk show of two giants in Global Environment - Advocacy and Action On 31st May 2020, a webinar was arranged by TERRE Policy Centre and National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela's; Spartan Digital Conclave an association of students from NIT Rourkela hosting two eminent personalities in the space of environment advocacy, Dr. Rajendra Shende, ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has put several essential services to a standstill, in need of innovative solutions for service delivery. Education is one such sector. Seeing into the 4th phase of the lockdown, we find that schools and college campuses are not operational and students are awaiting their exams. CBSE board exams have been pushed to the f...
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