The Vice-Chancellors of Indian universities on March 25 resolved that the universities would draw up strategies for achieving their targets for the realisation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and share their best practices through the network of Association of Indian Universities (AIU) for attainment of SDGs.
The ‘Mysore Declaration-2022’, consisting of nine resolutions, was adopted at the 96 th AIU annual meeting and the National Vice-Chancellors’ Conference which concluded at the University of Mysore on Friday. The participating V-Cs gave thumbs up to the declaration and promised to put in best efforts for realising the declaration.
More than 100 V-Cs took part in the conference while over 100 V-Cs participated virtually at the three-day conference which was addressed by Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu and Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot on the inaugural day. The theme of the conference, organised with the support of the UN, was “Realising Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).”
