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Abstract

Pandemics and economic wars should not stagnate the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The SDG index has stalled since 2020 and was one full point below the projections in 2022. Only 12% of targets are currently on track. Half are facing “moderate or severe deviations” due to “stagnation in the face of multiple crises” and 30% more have either stagnated or regressed. In order to accelerate progress towards the household related goals and develop environmentally friendly sustainable livelihood opportunities the strategy has to have specific targets, rather than a thin spread of efforts. The webinar shall deliberate on how countries can attain all the SDGs in the midst of the current global scenario.

About the Speakers

Dr Pratyush Vatsala

Dr Pratyush Vatsala, Principal & Professor, Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi has more than 30 years of experience of teaching at UG & PG Colleges in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Delhi. She has widely published in national and international journals in English and Hindi. Engaged in creative, social and research activities, she has edited and contributed to many books. Her area of interest varies from Indian Poetics to Educational Administration, Human Rights to Human Development with Value inculcation and Youth Motivation.

Her publications include: Jane Anjane, New Age Companion to English Literature, Human Rights and Dalit Narrative, Equality & Social Justice: Issues and Concerns, Current Issues in Human Rights Education and Value Development, Mahila Hinsa Ka Ant: Kal Aaj aur Kal, Human Rights Education: Issues & Challenges, Breaking the Silence on Human Rights & Gender Issues, Human Rights Regime: Dialogic & Debates, Kayva Aur Saundarya: Vividh Ayam, Media Aur Loktantra, Speaking Silence: History, Politics and Psychology, and Ikkisvin Sadi ke Bharat Mein Gandhi Chintan ki Prasangikta.

Dr Aruna Sharma

Dr Aruna Sharma is an Indian Administrative Officer of the 1982 batch. She was in a 5-member High Level RBI committee on the Deepening of Digital Payments at the Reserve Bank of India.

Her previous works include, “Dancing Towards the $5 Trillion Economy on Holistic Beat” (2021), “Resource Convergence Mantra Model” (2008) and “Impact of Recourse Convergence in Policy Making, Program Design and Execution” (2014). Her article on “The Samagra anti‐poverty programme in Madhya Pradesh: Integrating household data, overcoming silo‐problems and leaving nobody behind,” is published in Development Policy Review, May 2021 edition.

She is a Fellow at the University of Bath in the UK and an alumnus of Harvard Kennedy School, USA. She specialises in tech and FinTech, the digital world, core sectors and environment issues usage for inclusive development. She regularly writes for the Financial Express, the Economic Times and electronic media.

Chris Garroway

Chris Garroway is the United Nations country team economist for India based in New Delhi since 2021. During India’s 2023 G20 Presidency he was seconded to India’s G20 Sherpa Office and in 2022 he served on the UN’s Global Crisis Response Group task team monitoring interlinked crises in food, energy and financial markets worldwide. Chris previously was special assistant to the Secretary-General of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva and he joined the UN as a Young Professional at UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific (ESCAP) in 2011. Prior to that he held positions at OECD Development Centre and the World Bank. Chris is a French American national who speaks English, French, Russian and Bulgarian and holds degrees from Paris School of Economics and McGill University.

Prof. Indu Varshney

Prof. Indu Varshney, having 29 years of teaching experience, is Professor in economics department of Dharma Samaj College, RMPS State University, Aligarh. She served as the Treasurer of the Indian Economic Association for 9 years and currently holds the position of General Secretary. She is the Executive Chairperson of the Socio-Economic Development and Research Institute and the Managing Editor of Sawas Journal. Additionally, she serves as the Joint Secretary of the Indian Economic Research Institute. Prof. Varshney has participated in numerous seminars and conferences and organized 10 national and international seminars sponsored by UGC, ICSSR, and the Uttar Pradesh Government. She is a member of the National Executive Committee of Swadeshi Jagaran Manch and the International Goodwill Society of India.

Prof. Varshney secured the first position at the postgraduate level at the university. With 29 years of academic experience, she has mentored 8 researchers and guided 5 postdoctoral fellows. She has edited 11 books and published 25 research papers.