Tag: Sustainable development

Mahindra University organizes its third annual R&D showcase MURS around the theme ‘Sustainable Development’

Over 150 research papers were submitted for presentation at MURS2020, out of which 60 were selected after careful review for presentation under different tracks like oral, poster and prototype presentation – all around the symposium theme ‘Sustainable Development’.

December 10, 2020

HP has ensured green growth and sustainable development: Jai Ram Thakur

He said that plastic water bottles less than one liter capacity would be banned in the public meetings in the state.

June 5, 2020

It helps at every point in culture operations

Rajamanohar Somasundaram who invented Artificial intelligence technologies to assist farmers, in a free-wheeling chat, talks about his innovative project 'Aquaconnect'

June 21, 2019

The era of darkness is over for them

The era of darkness is over for them, but only after 71 years of independence. Thanks to spirited volunteers with Centre for Sustainable Development in Mandi (NGO), over 220 folks in three interior villages, inaccessible by road, in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh got their homes illuminated with electricity last month only. Solar power equipment …

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July 19, 2018

‘New policy soon on biofuels with Rs 1 lakh cr potential’

In a major move on sustainable development, the government is to soon bring out a National Biofuels Policy for a sector poised to become an economy worth Rs 1 lakh crore, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday. The policy would detail the architecture for India to make the move towards adopting the second generation, …

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March 7, 2018

PM Modi to open World Sustainable Development Summit 2018 today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the World Sustainable Development Summit 2018 (WSDS 2018) at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Friday. The summit has been organised by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). The summit will be attended by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dr Harsh Vardhan; Minister for Industries and …

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February 16, 2018

Waste not, want not

A positive development in recent days relates to the initiative by the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to regulate the amount of food to be served by restaurants and hotels to their customers in order to prevent possible wastage. The Minister has also questioned the large quantity that is often served, …

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May 3, 2017

EU to promote cooperation between European, Indian cities

European Union (EU)-funded International Urban Cooperation programme (IUC) was officially launched in India on Wednesday. According to a statement from the EU, IUC will consolidate city-to-city pairing cooperation among Indian and EU cities which will work together to develop Local Action Plans in urban sustainable development including addressing the challenges emerging from the climate change. …

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April 26, 2017

For sustainable growth

‘Great vision without great people is irrelevant”, wrote Jim Collins in his book, Good to Great. Extending this backward, even an ordinary vision without good people is not possible. It does not matter if the company were to be a manufacturing or a service organisation, large corporate or a small firm as people in the …

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March 23, 2017

For sustainable growth

‘Great vision without great people is irrelevant”, wrote Jim Collins in his book, Good to Great. Extending this backward, even an ordinary vision without good people is not possible. It does not matter if the company were to be a manufacturing or a service organisation, large corporate or a small firm as people in the …

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March 23, 2017

Worthless waste that we produce

While the world tears itself apart with raging debates over the drivers of climate change and projected impacts on sustainable human development, our waste just keeps piling up to turn development back a day every day. But issues of waste dig to the core of global policies such as Sustainable Development Goals (SDG: 2015-2030). As …

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March 9, 2017