Amrita School for Sustainable Futures, Amritapuri (ASF)

Amrita School for Sustainable Futures (ASF) is centered around making sustainable development a reality for everyone including the most vulnerable communities. Through unique experiential learning initiatives, ASF focuses on providing a blend of lear tiatives, ASF focuses on providing a blend of learning that is powered by community driven programs that revolves around creating self-reliant ecosystems. Guided by Amrita’s Chancellor, Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, and inspired by the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030, the Amrita School for Sustainable Futures (ASF) conducts research and provides training that engages in participatory initiatives to foster social and environmental inclusivity and economic equity for rural communities in India. Interdisciplinary experiential learning program in rural India for bachelor’s and master’s students A minor in Sustainable Development Thematic Areas: Health & Wellbeing, Climate Change & Risk Management, Water & Sanitation, Gender Equality, Peace & Social Justice, and Energy Unique academic framework – Education for Life (E4Life), the School’s academic programs dynamically integrate social, economic, environmental, and cultural aspects of communities while assessing their needs, enabling global youth to experience, embrace, empower, and engage through a blend of both experiential and academic learning. Led by internationally renowned faculty from multidisciplinary backgrounds, both from academia and industry, ASF offers a fully funded Phd program called E4Life The Chair addresses the Global Education 2030 Agenda with a distinct emphasis on Education that transforms life, building knowledge societies and thereby leveraging science and innovation for a sustainable future. The Chair will facilitate the development and implementation of a global curriculum, applicable to fourteen selected UN SDGs through an experiential learning framework that will enable a deeper understanding of challenges faced by members of remote communities, and better designing of sustainable solutions in collaboration with them. The UNESCO Chair and the Center for Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality at Amrita focus on 6 key areas such as security, skill-development, social and cultural environment, health and sanitation, climate change and disaster risks incorporating all UNSDGs by utilising science and technology for designing innovative methods and tools, enabling community’s active and inclusive participation in implementing technological solutions, thereby delivering effective interventional strategies towards strengthening gender equality and women’s empowerment.