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T

he 14th National Convention
organized by the United Nations
in association with the Global
Compact Network India on the
theme “Sustainable Development Goals:
Pioneering Solutions for India” held
recently in Mumbai saw representative
collaboration and participation from
various sectors — public, private, non-
profit and Government.

The theme of the convention put
emphasis on the real, on-ground actions
that businesses need to take to make a
real impact on achieving the SDGs while
also creating economic value for the
nation.

The prime focus of the convention
was to showcase the respective
ideologies, methodologies and most
importantly, case studies depicting the
wide implementation of sustainable
innovations and leaderships taken up by
various companies and organizations in
India.

Kamal Singh, Executive Director
and Head, United Nations GCNI,

who successfully led this convention,

stressed the need for all stakeholders

including the youth to work together

and in collaboration towards achieving

the SDGs in a time bound manner.

He also stated the Global Compact

Network of India is continuously striving

to include the youth in this endeavour

and that is why they specially included

the youth achievers awards into the

convention.

Sameer Unhale, CEO of Thane Smart

City Project, and a panelist at the event,

said that it is important to engage

children at the grassroots and the

school level. His organization has been

conducting various events to connect

children with this larger aim of achieving

the SDGs.

Erwin Steinhauser, MD & CEO,

Sandvik Asia, who was a speaker

at the event, said that the potential

of the youth to achieve these SDGs

is amazing. His company has been

organizing tinkering labs in public

schools to build a new way of learning

in schools. He emphasized that these

kind of initiatives like awards and

school engagement programmes will

give impetus to achieving the SDGs in

a practical and sustained manner.

— S. Arun