Resource Person: Sunita Basnet
Topic: Sustainability Integration in Academia: Case Study of BBA: Innovate for Impact Project, The British College
Time: 60 Min (7:30 AM to 8:30 AM)
Key Focus:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Understand how sustainability principles can be integrated into academic curricula, with a focus on business and management education.
- Explore the design and implementation of the BBA: Innovate for Impact project as a model for embedding sustainability, SDGs, and social enterprise thinking in higher education.
- Evaluate the role of educators, students, and institutional leadership in driving sustainability transformation within academic environments.
- Identify the outcomes, challenges, and lessons learned from a real-world academic initiative focused on experiential, impact-driven learning.
- Reflect on how academic innovation can influence industry, policy, and local communities through sustainability-focused education.
Resource Person: Pankaj Kumar
Topic: Enterprise-Level Renewable Energy in Nepal: A Case Study of Medium Hydropower (sustainability in practice)
Time: 60 Min (8:30 AM to 9:30 AM)
Key Focus:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Understand the role of medium-scale hydropower enterprises in Nepal’s renewable energy transition and sustainability agenda.
- Analyse how enterprise-level energy projects balance environmental, social, and economic goals in the context of Nepal’s development needs.
- Examine the sustainability practices embedded in project design, operations, and community engagement in medium hydropower.
- Evaluate challenges such as environmental trade-offs, financing, regulatory frameworks, and local impact associated with such infrastructure projects.
- Draw insights on how energy enterprises can contribute to national and global SDG goals, particularly affordable clean energy, climate action, and sustainable communities.
