National Management Week – Aug. 01 to 07, 2023 (Theme: ESG through the Lens of SDGs)
AIMS Institutes to join hands with the Industry and Local Communities to drive SDGs Adoption
AIMS Institutes (www.theaims.ac.in), the eighth-best* Business School in Bengaluru, has committed to playing a key role in creating awareness amongst the industry and local communities besides driving proactive engagement for the adoption of sustainable development goals (SDGs).
“As a responsible Higher Educational Institute (HEI), we have taken cognisance of the recent meeting convened by the top UN Body – the Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC) – to address the urgent need to put the 17 SDGs back on track, said Dr Kiran Reddy, Founder-Principal of the AIMS Institutes. “We have decided to take decisive, multi-pronged action with respect to each of the 17 SDGs”, added Dr Reddy.
As a first step, a series of indoor and outdoor activities including lectures, seminars, workshops, competitions, fieldwork, and projects – that are aligned with the chosen theme of “ESG through the Lens of SDGs” – will be conducted as part of the 2023 National Management Week Celebrations from August 01st to 07th. This initiative is driven by the
Association of Indian Management Schools, which is making a return after a pandemic-induced hiatus of three years.
Three AIMS Institutes’ Faculty teams (one each for environment, social, & governance) will be guiding more than 200 students, right from SDGs orientation to campaign ideation, planning, & execution of various activities mapped to each of the 17 goals (that are further bifurcated into 169 targets & 306 national indicators as per the UN Charter).
Collection of single-use plastic items within the campus, lake cleaning, public hygiene drive, and awareness campaign in nearby schools and local communities are some of the marquee activities that will be carried out by the students during the week-long celebrations.
The highlight of the activities cluster is a students-driven industry survey to ascertain the level of SDGs awareness amongst industrial units and companies located in the Peenya Industrial Area in North Bangalore. This survey will commence on Aug. 01, 2023, and is likely to last for 30-45 days approximately. During this period, multiple student teams will be visiting 3 to 5 companies every day and collecting data associated with the SDGs.
“The aim is to carry out an empirical analysis of the collected data and bring out a Peenya Local SDG Index that would serve as a benchmark for other industrial areas in and around Bengaluru and Karnataka,” said Dr Kalpana Venugopal,
MBA Program Director, AIMS Institutes while elaborating on the purpose of the survey. “We are keen to take the lead in SDG advocacy in Peenya Industrial Area (to begin with) where our campus is located.
On an ongoing basis, we will be engaging with industry captains, NGOs, research scholars, distinguished academicians, public servants and like-minded educational institutions, besides involving students to execute our SDG-specific plans”, concluded Dr Priyanandan Reddy, COO of the AIMS Institutes.
Key Sessions scheduled during the Management Week Celebrations from Aug. 01 to 07th, 2023:
- Mr Abhishek Ranjan, Senior Director – ESG, CSR and D&I from Brillio – A Bain Capital Company and Chief Guest of the inaugural session, will be delivering a keynote address with a specific focus on how industry and academia can leverage synergies to achieve SDGs.
- Mr Krishnan Ranganathan, Co-Founder of Udhyam Learning Foundation and Guest of Honour for the inaugural session will be narrating the “ISTRI Project Story”, a pioneering, environment-friendly initiative that has resulted in enhancing the earning potential and livelihood of the streetside iron vendors.
- Eminent panellists from the solar, electric vehicle, sustainability, ecology, and green energy industry verticals will be engaging in a high-octane panel discussion on building sustainable smart cities. This session will be moderated by an industry expert in hydrology, meteorology, and climatology.
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