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IIM’s three-day conference on sustainability gets under way

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SHILLONG, Nov 3: In keeping with its mission of sustainable development, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Shillong inaugurated the 9th edition of the three-day International Conference on Sustainability, also known as ‘SUSCON IX’ on Thursday.
The conference is being held in hybrid mode with participants from across the globe virtually attending the programme and from within the campus.
In a bid to advance a holistic developmental paradigm, the theme of SUSCON this year is ‘Collaboration, Compassion and Co-Creation’. The goal of SUSCON is “to bring together the brightest minds working on sustainability from across the world.”
Participants in the event will engage with some of the conference’s renowned speakers. They will actively engage in contemporary concerns, while using a variety of viewpoints to explore fresh interpretations, applications, and evaluations of sustainability, and have the chance to actively support sustainability in and beyond their immediate contexts.
Director IIM Shillong Prof DP Goyal, in his welcome address, mentioned that the conference will provide a platform for deliberations on sustainability as a form of celebration of the country’s progress.
Chief guest Padma Bhushan Dr Mrityunjay Athreya, globally renowned Management Thinker, Educator and Consultant attended the conference online as did guest of honour Dasho Karma Ura, president of the Centre for Bhutan Studies and Gross National Happiness Research (Thimphu, Bhutan).
Dr Bibhab Kumar Talukdar, Indian conservation biologist and founder and CEO of Aaranyak, the special guest of the occasion, was also present at IIM Shillong.
The event was formally inaugurated with the lighting of the lamp by all the present dignitaries.

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