Manav Rachna Centre For Peace And Sustainability

About Manav Rachna Centre For Peace And Sustainability

UN’s Development Agenda for 2016-2030 i.e. “Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” comprising 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 related Targets have been adopted and signed by the Government of India in Sept 2015.

There is already a strong interest in, and response to, the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by governments, international agencies, businesses, civil society and other institutions in UN member countries.

The SDGs also have strong relevance to universities and Higher Education institutions as education and research are explicitly recognized in a number of the SDGs.

University plays an important role as a convener and facilitator of support processes of SDGs to make an impact in our society.

Manav Rachna University introduces Peace and sustainability Club as Manav Rachna university has a strong faith in youth power and their conviction in making a better world.

Let’s join hands to attain Sustainable Development Goals and to attain peace by becoming a part of the peace club

This peace club is a platform through which we can pick up social, economic, and environmental issues. Together we can make small but impactful changes in our surroundings and to ourselves to make a difference and contribute to the better world.

The attitude of Peace cultivates a harmonious working culture that promotes excellence in Performance. Top Leaders display this quality and rise above others. India has the opportunity through our youth to Engineer Peace and become a world leader in this aspect. Let’s take a first step towards making India proud.

Performance in bringing Social good is more conspicuously noticed than economic operational performance. Let’s be sensitized Global citizens to make Manav Rachna and India shine in the world.

International Placements can be achieved through demonstrating traits of “Engineering Peace” more than mere Operational Domain brilliance. Let\’s use this platform to make our carrier better

Above all attitude of peace helps you lead “Powerful life” through your own conduct and lifestyle and making difference to “Have Not” thereby ensuring Peace through sustainability.
Vision & Mission
Vision

To bring Peace & Sustainability to humanity.

Mission
- To study, to educate, to conduct training, to promote research in all spheres of peace & Sustainability.
- To propose and promote creative and new approaches towards ensuring sustainable development and peace at local, national and global level,
Objectives
- To provide strategic and operational level decision-making and leadership training to enhance planning and management of multidimensional peace operations.
- To support the development of India peace operations to emerge as Peaceful New Bharat.
- To provide a repository of data across the entire spectrum of peace & sustainable goal development operations.
- To provide mission focused pre-deployment training at both tactical and operational levels.
- To start research, masters and undergraduate programme in Peace and sustainable development aspects.
- To spread message of peace, security and sustainable developments amongst the youth.
- To build knowledge and create innovative tools for peace building and peace education.
- To bridge research and practice in preventing and resolving conflicts.
Mandate
- MRCPS will conduct training, education and research in all aspects of peace & sustainability, support operations in order to improve the effectiveness of the response to complex emergencies. The centre will provide research, policy analysis and advice across a range of themes including:-
  1. Comparative Traditions/Religions/Cultures
  2. Development for Peace
  3. Peace Education
  4. Communication for Peace
  5. Grass-root Movements as a Constituency of Peace
  6. Peace through Disarmament, Arms Control and International Law
  7. Peace Operations
  8. Peace building
  9. Peace and Health
  10. Women, Peace and Security
  11. Sustaining Peace
  12. Energy and Security
  13. Sustainable Development
  14. Peace and justice
  15. Gender equality and peace
  16. Ecology and peace
Research
Manav Rachna University offers Ph.D. in the areas of Peace and Sustainability.

Some of the key areas are as follows. As Peace and Sustainability is area which is interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature. Centre for Peace and Sustainability would promote more transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary research.
1. Comparative Traditions/Religions/Cultures
2. Development for Peace
3. Peace Education
4. Communication for Peace
5. Grass-root Movements as a Constituency of Peace
6. Peace through Disarmament, Arms Control and International Law
7. Peace Operations
8. Peace building
9. Peace and Health
10. Women, Peace and Security
11. Sustaining Peace
12. Energy and Security
13. Sustainable Development
14. Peace and justice
15. Gender equality and peace
16. Ecology and peace
Latest Events
Year 2020
- Webinar “Four Pillars of Education” By Padmashree Dr. Karan Singh
Manav Rachna Centre for Peace and Sustainability organized Webinar on “four Pillars of Education” By Padmashree Dr. Karan Singh Sir, Champion of Interfaith dialogue and understanding, Indian politician and philanthropist. Watch Full Video here
- Manav Rachna Centre for Peace and Sustainability organized Webinar on “Biological Disaster Management: Post COVID19″ on 13th June 2020 By (Prof.) Dr. Muzaffar Ahmad, Former member, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Government of India Click here to watch video
- Manav Rachna Centre for Peace and Sustainability organized Webinar on “Emotional Balance in current times” on 17th June 2020 by Dr. Mohit Dayal Gupta, Professor of Cardiology & Medical Superintendent of Cardiac Sciences, GB Pant Hospital, New DelhiClick here to watch video
- Manav Rachna Centre for Peace and Sustainability organized Webinar on ‘Balancing Self, Family and Profession’ by Sister BK Shivani on 27th June 2020 Click here to watch video
- Manav Rachna Centre for Peace and Sustainability in collaboration with Bombay Natural History Society organized Webinar on “Bringing Butterflies Home ” on 15th July 2020 by Dr. Sohail Madan, Head, CEC, Bombay Natural History Society. Click here to watch video
- Webinar “Climate Change: Threat to Global Peace :What lessons from COVID19 Pandemic”
  Webinar “Climate Change: Threat to Global Peace :What lessons from COVID19 Pandemic” By Dr. Rajendra Shende, Chairman of TERRE Policy Centre, former Director UNEP.Watch Full Video here
Year 2019
1. National Seminar on Alternative Politics: Peace and Sustainability October 4, 2019: Read more
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2. Bestowment of Doctor Honoris Causa to peacebuilder Dr. Daisaku Ikeda: Read More
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Collaboration

Centre for Peace & Sustainability has signed Memorandum of Association with Institute of Peace and Action (MRCPS). This centre has been conceptualized with the generous support of Institute of Peace Research and Action (IPRA) involved in peace activities since last five decades. It has been involved in the past in dissemination of knowledge in the area of peace, completed many projects, published books. Conducted seminars, organized peace lecture series involving faculty and staff of reputed organizations. IPRA received financial support for the projects from Department of Education, MHRD, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)), Ford Foundation, National Council of Educational Research and Training, Departments of Women and Child Development, and Department Of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, UNESCO and Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Mumbai for a more peaceful and secure world.
Peace And Sustainability Student's Club
Team

Team

Activities

Poetry Competition

Mr. Mukesh Das -Student Head
Mukesh Das is an aspiring Industrial Engineering and Management student at Manav Rachna University. He has been an active part of extracurricular activities at university. His affectionate approach towards nature and social well-being brings him closer to our Manav Rachna Peace and Sustainability Club. He constantly works to motivate himself and other students to take a holistic approach towards the development of their well-being through different activities organized under the Manav Rachna Peace and Sustainability Club.
Ms. Muskan Khurana
Muskan Khurana, currently pursuing a Bachelor\’s of technology in computer science engineering from Manav Rachna University, is an enthusiastic learner. Her ability to show a caring, understanding and empowering environment is what makes her interested in Manav Rachna Peace and Sustainability Club. Working on social causes has always been a part of her life since the start. She\’s been involved in many social activities in her college.
Ms. Aarzoo Kapoor
Ms. Aarzoo Kapoor, currently pursuing a Bachelor\’s of technology in computer science engineering from Manav Rachna University. She had been a part of Noora earlier and participated in many curricular activities.
Mr. Divyansh Ahuja
Divyansh Ahuja is currently pursuing Industrial Engineering and Management from Manav Rachna University. His contribution to creative designs at various events has been well appreciated.

Power To Youth: A Holistic Wellness Programme
Manav Rachna Peace and Sustainability Club organized Power To Youth: A Holistic Wellness Programme for the students and faculties of Manav Rachna. The speaker guest for the session was Mr. Sandeep Sharma who has 25 years of industrial experience and has been conducting sessions and workshops on soft skills, Holistic Wellness, personality development at some of the most premium institutions and corporates across India.
The event was conducted by Mukesh Das, student coordinator for Manav Rachna Peace and Sustainability Club in the presence of faculties and 35 students from the institution.
The session was conducted on healthy living habits, maintaining a balanced life, managing peer pressure and stress, and goal setting. Mr. Sandeep also answered curious questions from the audience on spirituality and meditation.
Attendees feedback for the session was positive with encouraging words for such events on spirituality, personality development, and common problems that we face in our daily lives.
2. Youth Against COVID-19- An online discussion
During this moment of despair caused by the pandemic Coronavirus, when everyone is bound to stay at home Manav Rachna Peace & Sustainability Club organized a discussion on Role of Youth Against COVID-19.
The participants of the discussion were students from Nepal and Manav Rachna with varied educational backgrounds who collectively and enthusiastically participated to discuss the role that youths can play in countering the current outbreak.
The participants discussed major agendas like stopping spread of fake news, community caring and sharing, helping the immunocompromised among us while stressing how to break the transmission chain effectively. The discussion was also on what measures we must take to keep ourselves and the people around us safe to stop the spread. They also praised the medical, police, and administrative personnel for their selfless hard work to stop coronavirus from spreading in the society. The elderly and immunocompromised must be cared for by us while also practicing self-isolation. The discussion also stressed on how we should bring food, medicines and necessary items at the doorstep of elderlies, and also, we must avoid stocking extra food supplies to stop avoidable food shortage in the market.
The discussion was joined by a total of 20 online participants who shared their thoughts on the roles that youth must play in this difficult situation and also remain productive at home. The participants were extremely happy about the discussion and shared positive messages among themselves. The participants shared that more of such interactive events must be organized among students from these two nations.

MANAV RACHNA PEACE AND SUSTAINABILITY CLUB ORGANIZED ‘POETS IN DARK- POETRY AGAINST SOCIAL INJUSTICE’
Manav Rachna Peace and Sustainability Club organized ‘Poets in Dark- Poetry Against Social Injustice’ online poetry writing competition with the aim to raise voice against social injustices in words.
Poems on injustices prevailing in the society bring us to crossroads and make us rethink on the way society and all of us are moving. This event involved participation from students beyond our university and covering around 50 participants from universities across India from colleges like FORE School of Management, Delhi Technological University (DTU), Xavier School of Management (XLRI), Jamshedpur and many more on the list.
Advisory Board Members
Karan Singh (Chairman)
- Indian politician, philanthropist and poet
- Former Governor of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Former Member of the Rajya Sabha for National Capital Territory of Delhi
- Ambassador of India to the United States of America former Minister of Education and Culture
- Former Minister of Health and Family Planning
- Former Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation
- Former Member of the Lok Sabha for Udhampur
Justice Mr. R C Lahoti
- 35th Chief Justice of India
Prashant Bhalla
- Chancellor, Manav Rachna Educational Institute
- President, Manav Rachna Educational Institutions (MREI)
- President, Manav Rachna International Schools
- Chairman, Kunskapsskolan Schools
- Chairman- ASSOCHAM National Council on Education
- Treasurer, Education Promotion Society for India
- Member, CII
Amit Bhalla
- Vice President, MREI
- President, Faridabad District Badminton Association
- Patron, Haryana Badminton Association
- Chief Patron, Haryana Football Association
- Trustee, Faridabad Navchetna Trust
Swami Gyananandji
- Spiritual Guru, G.I.E.O. Gita & Shri Krishan Kripa Sewa Samiti
Ved Prakash
- Former Chairman, University Grant Commission
Muzaffer Ahmad
- Former Director General health Govt of J&K, Fr Member with the Status of Union Minister of State Govt of India National Disaster Management Authority, Fr Member Medical Council of India & Chairman Ethics Committee, Member Strategic Advisory Board Millennium Alliance, Member Task force Health FICCI . National Advisor UNICEF India, Member Executive board public health foundation of India.
Rajendra Shende
- Chairman Terre Policy Centre
  Director, United Nations Environment Programme
Sanjay Srivastava
- Vice Chancellor – MRIIRS & Managing Director – MREI
Meenakshee Gopinathan
- Indian educationist, political scientist, writer
- Former principal of Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi
- Founder and incumbent director of the Women in Security Conflict Management and Peace
- (WISCOMP)
- Former member of the National Security Advisory Board
- Padma Shri award in 2007
Anand Prakash
- Professor & Head, Department of Psychology
- Dean, International Relations (Humanities and Social sciences)
- Delhi University
Vishesh Gupta
- Chairperson and Board of Directors of Bharat Soka Gakkai (BSG)
Jyotsna Singh
- Director, Dara Shikoh Centre, J & K . Amar Mahal Museum & Librarary, J & K
Sushila Bhan
- Chairperson, Institute for Peace Research & Action
Gen S. P. Kochhar
- Retired Signal Officer in Chief- Indian Army
- Former Chief Executive officer- Telecom Sector Kill Council of India
- Former Principal Advisor-Ministry of Micro small and medium Enterprises
- Formal Principal Advisory- Yes Bank
Anuj Sinha
- Chairman of the Board at Network of Organisations for S&T Communication
- Member secretary, IPRA
I K Bhat
- Vice Chancellor, Manav Rachna University
- Former Director of National Institute of Technology Hamirpur (H.P.), Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur (Rajasthan), NIT Delhi, NIT Jalandhar (Punjab) and IIIT Kota(Rajasthan)
Geeta Thakur(Member Secretary )