Sustainable Development in India: The Need for Paradigm Shift in Higher Education
- Author Manu Sehgal
- Co-Author Priyaka Khanna
- DOI
- Country : India
- Subject : Commerce
Keywords : Sustainable Development, Higher Education, India
Abstract
Sustainable development has become indispensable for world’s future. There are numerous challenges that act as a hurdle for sustainable development. Major challenges that India faces include rising population and the rapidly altering urban lifestyle, which pose grave environmental and social problems to the people. To tackle these challenges and ensure well-being of the future generations, there is need to shift the goal of education to sustainable development. As education is one of the basic factors of human development, its interface with sustainable development acts as means of empowerment. The idea is to use higher education as a powerful tool for achieving sustainable development and imbibe the values of responsible citizenship. It requires innovation in the teaching learning process in higher education by adopting policies and strategies for promoting social sustainability and healthy environment. It is the responsibility of all the stakeholders in higher education to uphold the basic tenets of equality, dignity and equity at the global level by promoting sustainable development in order to meet the needs of its existing people by integrating social, economic and environmental concerns. This paper suggests that there is need for paradigm shift in higher education in India for achieving sustainability.
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