Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said that the colleges and universities have a greater role to play in realising Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the country was ranked at 120 th place in Sustainable Development Index-2021 and a lot needs to be done for achieving the agenda adopted for sustainable development by 2030. It is time to get serious about achieving SDGs, he opined.
In his virtual address at the inauguration of 96 th annual meet of Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and the National Conference of Vice-Chancellors in partnership with the United Nations on “Realising Sustainable Development Goals through Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)”, at the University of Mysore, Mr. Naidu said collective efforts are the need of the hour for achieving the SDGs by 2030 with countries joining hands in making it possible.,
He stressed the need for ending child malnutrition and gender inequality and ensuring clean water.
