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The Hindu
02-07-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
More than 700 take part in workshop on SDGs at SRMIST
: Over 700 research scholars, faculty, and students from across the State took part in a two-day national workshop on 'India 2030: Innovate, Integrate, Inspire-The Path to Achieving Sustainable Development Goals', organised by SRM Institute of Science and Technology last week. Sponsored by the Indian Council for Social Science Research, the workshop was organised to foster innovative ideas, integrate diverse perspectives, and drive action towards achieving the SDGs by 2030. C. Rangarajan, former Governor, Reserve Bank of India, and Chairman, Madras School of Economics, delivered the keynote address on 'Macroeconomics, Growth with Equity, and Social Infrastructure', underlining the fact that economic growth without equity is unsustainable and incomplete. A. Vinay Kumar, Pro Vice-Chancellor, SRMIST, also spoke.
Hindustan Times
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
RSS calls for enabling people form an 'informed opinion' on govt policies
New Delhi, Senior RSS functionary Sunil Ambekar on Tuesday underscored the need to enable people form an "informed opinion" on government policies for their success and called upon the intelligentsia of society to take the lead in such efforts. He was addressing an event, jointly organised by the Indian Council for Social Science Research and Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini here, to launch a book titled 'Integral Humanism, A Distinct Paradigm of Development', authored by Ashok Gajanan Modak. Deendayal Upadhyay, who elucidated the concept of the integral humanism, had said that people should be made aware about this country and helped them develop a proper understanding of what is right and what is wrong, Ambekar noted. Upadhyay had also said that the intelligentsia of the society has a 'very big role' to play in such efforts, he added. 'I think it's very important that there should be 'lok jagran', 'lokmat parishkar' ,' Ambekar, RSS national media and publicity department head, said. But those leading efforts to 'enlighten' the society must be 'impartial and free of self-interest', he said. 'The government has decided in its policy to promote Indian languages and if people do not have proper understanding that they can progress by them also, then they will say everybody should go after English,' Ambekar said citing the three-language formula in the National Education Policy as an example. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan was present at the event, among other dignitaries. The government could take action on the issue of regulation of OTT content and against TikTok, a mobile app linked to China, as there was public opinion in its favour, Ambekar said. The RSS functionary said efforts should also be taken to make people understand the significance of the environment-friendly development. 'This is very important. If public opinion is not in its favour and there is no awakening in the society, then freebies-like things will keep happening in politics,' he added.
