MAHE organises the Think 20 event interlinking the G20 and SDGs to promote One Health approach

Bengaluru, 28 March 2023: Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) Karnataka, India, organized a two-day event on 20- 21 March 2023, the place eminent audio system representing authorities suppose tanks, non- governmental organizations (NGO), industries, and academia, gathered to handle necessary conversations on a few of the most urgent points, together with Interlinking G20 and SDGs in a Multi-Polar World Order, Pandemic Treaty at the intersection of “One Health” approach, international well being governance in the context of battle, and the dynamics of geopolitics.

The Think 20 (T20) is a well-established official engagement group of the G20 which serves as an “thought financial institution” for the G20 to convey collectively the instructional establishments, analysis organizations, and high-level consultants to focus on coverage points related to the G20. The T20 facet event was organized in cooperation with the T20 Secretariat, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), and Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) as a part of Aazadi ka Amrut Mahaotsav and India’s taking on the Presidency of G20. India goals to prioritize international financial and developmental parameters, promote the agenda of equitable and inclusive improvement together with a shared future highlighting the precept of “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” (One Earth, One Family, One Future).

During this event, Smt. Uma Mahadevan, IAS, (*20*) Chief Secretary- Panchayat Raj, Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR), Government of Karnataka was the chief visitor of the event adopted by Lt. Gen. (Dr.) M.D. Venkatesh, Vice Chancellor, MAHE, Manipal as the visitor of honour.

Smt. Uma Mahadevan, IAS, Addl. Chief Secretary, RDPR, Karnatakaaddressed the two-day T20 Side Event onInterlinkage of G20 and SDGs: Challenges, Solutions, and Way ahead which was organized by the Prasanna School of Public Health (PSPH) and the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations (DGIR), MAHE, Manipal to facilitate the pressing want of implementing localized options for SDGs at the Panchayat stage by the Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR).Smt Uma Mahadevan stated:The RDPR division performed a significant function in conducting science-based consciousness programmes throughout the COVID-19 disaster, referring to SDG 03. Lauding the efforts of MAHE, she additional laid emphasis on the significance of the transformational nature of training throughout generations, and the alignment of the experience in academia, universities, practitioners, state, analysis, and personal sector to obtain the SDGs.

Lt. Gen. (Dr.) M.D. Venkatesh, Vice Chancellor of MAHE acknowledged:In the previous three years, MAHE has revealed greater than 10,000 articles in reputed journals, out of which, 5770 articles are revealed in journals with direct relevance to SDGs and greater than 30 initiatives are ongoing in numerous areas pertinent to SDG. He additional quoted Dr. T.M.A Pai’s imaginative and prescient for youth stating“Today’s youth are tomorrow’s leaders” emphasizing the want to internalize and put together youth to take management positions.

In this event, quite a few eminent audio system offered insights into the challenges, gaps, and potential avenues that the G20 can act as a platform for cooperation and dialogue in the work in direction of SDG.

Dr. Seshadri Chari, Member of the Planning and Monitoring Board of MAHE and Member of the Governing Council, RIS emphasised on Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s level on considering globally and appearing regionally by addressing the significance of linking the G20 agenda and the SDGs.

Prof. Dr. Srinath Reddy, Distinguished Professor and Past President of the Public Health Foundation of India,harassed on the function of fairness and inclusivity of insurance policies in attaining SDG.

The two-day event served as a wonderful platform to specific emphasis on a collective dedication to guarantee cooperation in ongoing discussions which concerned the prevention of future pandemics, numerous areas of local weather safety, knowledge safety and cooperatives, cyber safety, accountable Artificial Intelligence, digitalization of well being infrastructure, and strengthening well being techniques and governance in battle settings. Ms. Eenam Gambhir, Joint Secretary, G20 Secretariat in her concluding remarks acknowledged “In the context of India’s Presidency of the G20 and the want to combine SDGs with the agenda, India has to emerge as the voice of the Global South, work on facets of sustainable improvement, insurance policies, and commitments.”