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Program Overview

Climate Change is expected to have wide-ranging impacts on every being in many ways. This program sensitizes faculty members to the evidence and impacts of climate change and introduces the principles of sustainable development, focusing on actions at personal and collective levels as a sensitive and responsible being.

Program Content

Inclusive and sustainable development for the future will have to account for climate change and depleted, degraded natural resources. The program introduces causes, mechanisms & impact of climate change and helps participants identify principles of sustainability with equal access to all. It creates awareness about the implications of today’s actions and choices in the long-term. Through discussions and activities, the sessions explore ways of connecting themes related to climate change and sustainability with participant’s subject domain. The program encourages sustainable choices and steps that can be taken as individuals and as members of HEIs/colleges.

Knowledge Partner

Maharashtra State Faculty Development Academy (MSFDA) is established by Government of Maharashtra under Section 8 of Companies Act, 2013 with a vision to transform higher educational landscape, through continuous professional development of teachers in Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) of Maharashtra. MSFDA engages in faculty capacity building based on key principles and approaches emanating from NEP 2020, which include experiential learning, creativity and innovation, learning beyond knowledge, multidisciplinary education, scientific and rational thinking, diversity and inclusion and networking with practitioners, expert institutions, HEIs.