Jagran
Lakecity University organized a Round Table consultation of experts,
practitioners, policymakers, civil servants, academicians, and NGOs, on “Nurturing an Ecosystem for Social Impact”. The
aim of the Round Table consultations was to discuss and deliberate on the
potential of public policy and CSR as drivers of Social Change and the
multifarious nature of the domains of public policy and CSR. The
deliberations pointed to the way ahead, conceptually and operationally, and called
for deep thinking and updating policies that are evidence-based and impactful
along with the periodic reviews of status and progress vis-à-vis global
benchmarks. It also indicated areas where new policies will enable the State to
better cater to the needs of citizens from all levels.
JLU also formally launched two major
Centres within the university viz JLU Centre for Public Policy & Governance
and JLU Centre for Excellence in CSR. The
key vision of these Centres is to promote high-quality teaching and research in
the fields of CSR, Public Policy, Governance and Administration.
Speaking as a
panellist during the plenary session, Shri Hari Mohan Gupta, Chancellor Jagran
Lakecity University said “Clearly India
must do its part in creating mechanisms that lead to a more equitable social
impact on people. Thus Public Policies and CSR initiatives by corporate and
Society needs to be credible and sound and entail a roadmap to achieve the
goals. With this roundtable and the launch
of Centres, JLU intends to focus on citizen-centric public policy and CSR
research and education”.Well known experts
and leaders like Mr Manish Shanker Sharma, IPS Additional Director General of
Police, Mr Manu Srivastava, IAS, Principal Secretary, Renewable energy and
Commercial Tax, Ms.Veena Bandyopadhyay, Social Policy Specialist, UNICEF, Mrs Maya
Maheshwari, IRS Faculty, RCVP, Bhopal,
Dr Alok Misra, Professor, MDI, Gurgaon, Dr Y Suresh Reddy, Lead CSR and
Director, SRF Foundation, Dr Neelam Gupta, President, AROH Foundation, Shri
Satya Prakash Mangal, Director, NHPC,
and Dr Vineeta Dutta Roy
, Associate Professor and Head CSR, BIMTECC
spoke around various thematic tracks like ‘Mainstreaming the marginalized through
education’, ‘Shifts in the public relations to the policymaking process’,
‘Imperatives of Public Policy in the age of social media’ Citizen centric
Administration topic: Accessibility, Accountability and Transparency and Impact Driven CSR: Innovative,
Collaborative and Sustainable
The credo of Jagran Lakecity university ‘Igniting Minds changing Lives’ came alive through this
roundtable meet where possibilities of bringing a change was explored. The panel came up with many exciting ideas as
to how we can progress with the mechanism of Public Policy and CSR.
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