Hyderabad: UOH to host three-day global conference on sustainable development knowledge

Hyderabad: According to a press release, the University of Hyderabad (UoH) is organizing a three-day international conference on Knowledge for Sustainable Development, which aims to promote dialogue across disciplines to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). .

Speaking at the conference to mark the inauguration of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of UoH, UoH Vice-Chancellor Professor BJ Rao underlined the importance of the theme of the conference and the role that the university can play and hoped that the conference would generate new ideas and inspire the youth. Will stimulate the minds. Thinking about the different topics to be raised in the conference.

Professor Seeram Ramakrishna, Everest Professor at the National University of Singapore, highlighted the need to mainstream the SDGs into education at various levels. I have suggested that 5 to 50 percent of the content of each course should revolve around SDG topics.

In a video message, UN Resident Commissioner Shombi Sharp congratulated UoH for the conference. IQAC Director Professor Anand K Kondapi, Convenor Professor Arvind Susarla, Professor Geeta Vemuganti, Arvind Susarla and S Siddharthan and senior professors were present.