Category: India Event

The UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education and PRIA with the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) organised a webinar on ‘Fostering Social Responsibility by Higher Education: COVID 19 and Beyond’ on April 8th 2020. … Continue reading →

Dr. Rajesh Tandon was invited as a distinguished guest speaker at the International Conference on UNAI. Last 10 years’ contribution of UNAI has made an exemplary impact through different collaborative and innovative initiative in higher education institutions (HEIs) across the … Continue reading →

On Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education in partnership with International Development Research Centre (IDRC), UNESCO New Delhi Cluster Office and Association of Indian Universities (AIU) hosted a two-day … Continue reading →

UNESCO Delhi has begun to participate in these celebrations in 2018 along with government and other agencies, by acknowledging “Concerned with education in all its aspects, Mahatma Gandhi also believed that science should be the tool for enhancing not only … Continue reading →

In 2018, Azim Premji University launched a “Stories of Change: Case study challenge” inviting detailed analytical case studies from state and civil society organisations on social interventions enhancing human, social or sustainable development outcomes. The motivation behind this exercise is … Continue reading →

Background Unnat Bharat Ahiyaan (UBA) 2.0 was launched by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India in February 2018. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has set up a Subject Expert Group (SEG) on Curricular Reforms and Educational … Continue reading →

In a first of its kind initiative, UNESCO India and Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) co-hosted two days meetings of all the ten UNESCO Chairs in India.  The dates for the meeting were December 10th and December 11th respectively. The … Continue reading →

The first face to face residency under the January 2018 cohort of the Mentor Training Program under Knowledge for Change (K4C), was conducted between March 11 and March 23 at PRIA, New Delhi and O P Jindal Global University, Sonepat. … Continue reading →