India  

While various institutions at the local and global levels are being involved in the capacity building around climate change, higher educational institutions need to systematically involve in the capacity building for climate adaptation. Higher education institutions across the world, especially in developing countries, need to build the capacities of their students for preparing them to address climate change.

Climate adaptation strategies need to be imbibed in the “educational conscience” of higher education institutions. To have deeper discussions on these issues, School of Art and Architecture, Sushant University, Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) and BReUCom will be hosting a webinar on Building Institutional Resilience from 02.00 pm to 04.00 pm on 10 September, 2021. The webinar aims at addressing the following questions:

• What are some of the practical ways for building institutional resilience to address climate change challenges?
• How can informal and formal institutional systems collaborate together to build resilient in the community and other institutions?
• How can educational institutions support building institutional resilience through remodeled teaching and research?

We cordially invite you to participate in this webinar. Please REGISTER. On registration, you will receive a Zoom link that will give access to the webinar.

Programme At A Glance

Welcome, introduction and background

• Dr. Vibhuti Sachdev, Professor and Dean, School of Art and Architecture, Sushant University, Gurugram

Panel Discussion: Understanding Institutional Resilience

Chair

• Dr. Vibhuti Sachdev, Professor and Dean, School of Art and Architecture, Sushant University, Gurugram

Panellists

• Dr Barsha Poricha, Technical Head, Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence, New Delhi
• Mr. Ashish Rao Ghorpade, Deputy Director, ICLEI South Asia, New Delhi
• Ms Nidhi Dandona, Associate Professor, Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Sushant University,  Gurgaon

Roundtable Conversation: Remodelling Planning and Architecture Education for Future Urban Resilience

Chair and Moderator

• Dr Rajesh Tandon, Founder President, Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) and UNESCO Co-Chair on Community Based Research and Social Responsibilities in Higher Education

Experts, Practitioners and Educators

• Dr. Binti Singh, Associate Professor, Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture & Environmental Studies, Mumbai
• Ms Aruna Bharadwaj, Associate Professor, Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Sushant University,  Gurgaon
• Ms Pooja Lalit Kumar, Associate Professor, Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Sushant University,  Gurgaon
• Ms Samrudhi Bhalerao, Assistant Professor, Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Sushant University,  Gurgaon
• Dr. Tania Berger, Head of Cluster "Social sPACe based research in built Environment" (SPACE) at Department for Building and Environment, Danube University Krems, Austria

Vote of Thanks

• Ms Nidhi Dandona, Associate Professor, Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Sushant University,  Gurgaon

Looking forward to your participation.

Warm regards,