Guru Nanak Dev University signs pact for sustainable habitat
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, December 31
Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) has become the first Indian university to join Cities Forum, London, a collaborative network of cities that share a belief in the importance of culture for creating thriving metropolitan environments.
Centre for Sustainable Habitat (CSH) of GNDU signed a memorandum of understanding with Cities Forum, London, to conduct need-based collaborative research and training in different fields of sustainable habitat.
The pact is a major industry-academia linkage for research and training in identifying various challenges and exploring solutions in mobility, housing, environment and sanitation in cities and villages of India.
Both institutions have agreed to organise workshops, seminars, conferences, and training programmes on the different sustainable development goals and targets of the United Nations as adopted by India.
Cities Forum, London, will act as the knowledge partner and has agreed to take the students of GNDU for internship, summer training and their studio projects in the mutually agreed upon areas of research.
Prof Jaspal Singh Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor, GNDU, said such collaborative research and training activities with international organisations would go a long way in achieving the vision and mission of the university in the field of sustainable habitat.
He said Cities Forum, London, was a global organisation with a multi-disciplinary international group of experts with an experience in sustainable urban development.
