The Indian Institute of Administration, Lucknow, (IIM-L) on Thursday hosted the G20 University Connect session within the mild of upcoming assembly of the G20 summit underneath India’s presidency. The session was organised in collaboration with Analysis and Innovation System for Growing Nations and the ministry of exterior affairs (MEA).
It was preceded by some school occasions like G20 Quiz, article writing competitors and pottery making. All of them have been aimed at partaking the youth in actions surrounding the upcoming summit. The University Connect started with the premiere of the official G20 video asserting the Indian presidency. The aim was to foster insightful discussions on world financial challenges and alternatives whereas facilitating a fruitful trade of information to information the nationwide youth.
Audio system, who graced the occasion, shared with the scholars their views on the India’s G20 presidency. Director, IIM Lucknow, Prof Archana Shukla expressed her gratitude for the organisers for offering the institute an opportunity to host the occasion. She emphasised the significance of collective efforts amongst all member nations in fixing the issues of sustainability, power, local weather, safety and peace.
A lecture sequence was additionally began with an deal with by Sanjay Bhattacharyya, secretary, MEA, and India’s former ambassador to Switzerland, Turkey and Egypt. He shared the story concerning the formation of the G20, India’s priorities underneath its presidency and the function of youth on this world dialogue.
He laid down seven priorities of the nation for the 2030 agenda setting, together with local weather financing, meals safety, and accelerating the tempo of fulfilment of the SDGs amongst others. Former IPS officer Anand Maheshwari guided the youth as to how they need to leverage the G20 discussions to their profit. Balu Kenchappa, regional director, RBI Lucknow, talked concerning the function of completely different nations just like the US, Japan, China within the monetary growth of the world as a complete and the way India match into this gamut of progress.