World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) 2018

Three members from Chemistry Department – Dr. Megha Mittal, Associate Professor & Head, Dr. Vinayak Pathak, Assistant Professor and Dr. Prem Kishor, Assistant Professor attended WSDS  recently  under the broad rubric of ‘Partnerships for a Resilient Planet’. The Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Sri  Narendra  Modi  inaugurated the WSDS. This is the flagship event of TERI which was conceptualized as a single platform to accelerate action  towards  sustainable development, especially climate change.

WSDS  2018  comprised heads  of  states  and  government,  senior government   officials,   Nobel   Prize   winners,  CEOs  of  major  global corporations  as  well as leading thinkers and academicians of distinction. It  aimed  to  mobilize  leadership from every corner of the globe, and from every  sector  of  human  activity  to focus on deeper challenges and draw

consensus  for  an  equitable development paradigm.