International Institute for Higher Education Research & Capacity Building
Center for Excellence in Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CECRAS)
Vision
To create an institution which fosters excellence in research, thought leadership, teaching, professional training and curriculum development in corporate social responsibility and sustainable development towards creating a more socially, economically and environmentally inclusive world.
Mission
To develop relevant research, academic & training programs which incorporates the latest thinking on sustainability through participation in events, scholarly publications and policy networks.
Goals
- Campus Sustainability- to create a university community who cares inclusively about People, the Planet and shared Prosperity;
- Research, Training & Capacity-building- to foster excellence as a center for research, training and capacity-building;
- Curriculum Development and Academic Programs- to develop and deliver academic content relevant to societal sustainability and human capital development needs;
- Sustainability Knowledge Portal- to create a collaborative culture by bringing together diverse stakeholders bonded by a common passion for sustainability;
- Sustainability Collaborative Networks- to forge partnerships with higher education, industry and development sectors to impact on policy.
Umbrella Programs
- The Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI)- [read more]
- Knowledge for Change (K4Change)- UNESCO Chair for Social Responsibility in higher Education [read more]
Founding Executive Director: Amit Lahiri
Chief Sustainability Officer, O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed To Be University)
Associate Director, International Institute for Higher Education Research & Capacity Building (IIHEd)
Founding Executive Director, Center for Excellence in Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CECRAS)
Masters in Environmental Studies (York University, Canada)
Graduate Diploma in Sustainability (Schulich School of Business)
M.Sc (Bombay University)
Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/amit-lahiri-b7a07a106/
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Amit Lahiri
Chief Sustainability Officer, O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed To Be University)
Associate Professor, International Institute for Higher Education Research & Capacity Building (IIHEd)
Founding Executive Director, Center for Excellence in Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CECRAS)
Amit is the Chief Sustainability Officer at O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed To Be University) in India, and an Associate Professor at the IIHEd-a preeminent research institute at the university. He is the founding Executive Director of CECRAS. He combines about ten years of experience in the global life sciences industry in two MNCs with about twenty years in the higher education sector. His career has spanned working across Canada, France, Germany, the U.A.E. and India. He has a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies (Sustainable Development) from York University, Canada, a Graduate Diploma in Business & the Environment (Sustainability) from the globally ranked Schulich School of Business, Canada and a Master’s degree in the Life Sciences (Molecular Biology) from Bombay University, India. He has been awarded the Board of Governors Award of Excellence in 2015, the highest award in the Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts & Technology in Canada. He was a featured speaker the same year in the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) panel ‘Tech for Good’ at the prestigious NASSCOM’s National India Leadership Forum (NILF). He was invited to speak at the plenary panel at the eminent Tata Institute of Social Sciences-the National CSR Conclave in November 2017 on ‘Driving SDGs through CSR in India’. He was a featured speaker amongst industry experts at the Mahindra & Mahindra Sustainability Forum in 2018 on ‘Environmental & Social Governance’. In 2019, he was invited by the MCA (Ministry of Corporate Affairs) to present a model to map SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) to the CSR spending in India as a way to measure the overall developmental impact. The MCA is the apex body of the Government of India responsible for the formulation & governance of the CSR law. Internationally, he has led a award-winning coffee social enterprise global citizenship & equity education project in the Dominican Republic in 2014, presented at the 8th Living Knowledge Conference at Budapest in 2018, the Law and Sustainable Development Conference at the University of California (Davis School of Law) in 2019 and invited to present a paper at the upcoming Law and Development Conference at the Humboldt University, Berlin in September 2019. Since joining O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed To Be University) in 2017, Amit is mandated with developing the institutional capacity for research, teaching and professional training in Sustainable Development- focusing on CSR and Sustainability models.
- Panel Discussion on Environmental, Social and Governance Frameworks for Industry, Mumbai, December 14th, 2018
- CSR Partnerships Conclave at IIT Guwahati in partnership with TISS, Guwahati, December 4th-6th 2018
- Industry Master Class on CSR-SDG Linkage, New Delhi, November 13th 2018
The first-ever master class being conducted by Centre of Excellence in Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CECRAS) in association with the Centre for Responsible Business (CRB) to help industry professionals conceptualize the linkage between CSR in India and SDGs globally. This is being conducted by three leading academic and thought leaders at the Delhi campus of JGU on 13th November 2018. - Scholarly Writing Workshop on CSR and Sustainability, New Delhi, November 13th 2018
The first ever scholarly writing workshop on CSR being organized by CECRAS in collaboration with Centre for Responsible Business (CRB) to facilitate research capacity building amongst CSR and Sustainability scholars in India. This workshop is being conducted by three leading global business schools at the Delhi campus of O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed To Be University) on 13th, November 2018. - CSR Partnerships Conclave at O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed To Be University) in partnership with TISS, New Delhi, November 1st -3rd 2018
The Delhi conclave on CSR partnerships from nov 1st to 3rd is the first-ever collaboration between a public university- TISS and a private one – O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed To Be University) to facilitate a platform for multisectoral partnerships catalized by the CSR mandate in India.
The Centre of Excellence in Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CECRAS) at the International Institute for Higher Education Research and Capacity Building of the O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed To Be University) will be inaugurated during this conclave.
Please fill the registration form on the following link: https://bit.ly/2PoTmBX
Payment Information - Public Lecture on What are the Fundamental Rights Obligations of Corporations? , October 30th, 2018
- Workshop on Social Innovation ,New Delhi, October 26th 2018
- Environment and Development: Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, May 9th, 2018
- The Role of Higher Education Institution in Corporate Social Responsibility in India, October 27th 2017
- Theory and Practice of Contemporary Corporate Social Responsibility in India, October 6th 2017
- Globalization ,Corporate Accountability and Human Rights, September 1st 2017
- Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada (Weblink: https://www.ryerson.ca/csrinstitute/)
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences, ( AESDII) Assessment and Empanelment Standards for Development Institutions in India (Weblink:http://www.tiss.edu/view/11/projects/tiss-assessment-and-empanelment-sta…)
- Centre for Responsible Business (Weblink: http://www.c4rb.org/)
- Varitra Foundation (Weblink: http://www.varitra.com/)