The Sustainability Leadership, 2023 organized by CSD in Bengaluru brought together incredible minds, experienced professionals to impart their knowledge and emphasize the need for increased efforts to achieve Sustainability in all sectors.
Organization of the event involved a facilitator group, UN leaders (mockery), students representing various countries and interest groups (NGOs/CSOs) and negotiation was headed by UN Chair, Co-Chair and Experts. Every team had 5 members from various disciplines such as Environmental /Agricultural, Biological, Chemical /Medical Sciences, Energy, Sustainability Science, Engineering and Architecture, etc.
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CSD heartily congratulates the winners of the final round
- Winners – Team Australia from BJB Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
- First Runner up – Team Brazil from SSMRV College, Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Second Runner up – Teams India and Bangladesh from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra and Institute of Management Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, respectively.
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Delegates and Speakers
The Summit saw eminent personalities, to name a few, Shri. Eshwara Khandre, Hon’ble Minister for Forests & Environment, Karnataka; Shri. Javed Akthar, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary Dept. of Environment & Forests, Karnataka; Dr. Shalini Rajneesh, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner, Govt. of Karnataka; Mr. Lehar Singh Siroya Member of Rajya Sabha from Karnataka; Shri. M.R. Sreenivas Murthy, Chief Executive, Gokula Foundation (Medical); Smt. Uma Mahadevan IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and Skill Development. Our Speakers included Dr. Abinash Dash, Director, Development, Monitoring and Evaluation Office, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India; Mr. Anirbhan Ghosh, Head, Centre for Sustainability, Mahindra University; Dr. S. Satapathy, Former Director, Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Govt. of India; Dr. Achalendra Reddy, Chairman, National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai; Dr. Dola Bhattacharjee, Scientist, Regional Office, Ministry of Environment; Dr. Ramanjaneyulu, Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Hyderabad; Mr. K Krishan, Industrialist and Former Chairman, Skill Council for Green jobs, New Delhi; Ms. Sangeeta Patra, Vice President, Skill Council for Green Jobs, New Delhi; Mr. Naveen G.V, Managing Director, Benchmark Gensuite; Dr. Yale Lingaraju, National Director, River rejuvenation projects, Art of Living, Bengaluru. The Summit aimed to spark conversations and actions to achieve the targets set in Sustainable Development, especially Climate goals. The topics broadly covered SDGs’ Progress and Challenges, Climate Change as a challenge in SDGs, Acceleration of SDG actions and the road ahead for SDGs.
