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SP Jain signs MoU with World Sustainable Business Forum

Written by SP Jain Global Events | May 14, 2019 6:07:00 AM

SP Jain School of Global Management and World Sustainable Business Forum (WSBF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as a “Strategic Global Academic, Knowledge, Education and Research Partner” on May 14, 2019. 

Leading the signing ceremony was Prof Christopher Abraham, Professor and Head of Campus (Dubai), SP Jain, who signed the partnership agreement with Mr Merzi Sodawaterwala, Chairman, WSBF.


(From left to right) Mr Merzi Sodawaterwala, Chairman, World Sustainable Business Forum, and Prof Christopher
Abraham, Professor and Head of Campus (Dubai), SP Jain, sign the
MoU

WSBF is a global platform committed to empowering the sustainable development of the world by mobilising collaborative and collective action of all stakeholders (including SP Jain’s campuses in Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore and Sydney). 

WSBF’s mission is to channelise financial and non-financial capital towards incubating, measuring, managing and amplifying the impact of future-proof sustainable businesses created through scientific research, innovation and collaboration of current and future generations to achieve the United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development. 

SP Jain shares, endorses and pledges to promote WSBF through active collaboration as a Strategic Partner through its campuses in Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore and Sydney, and network of students, alumni, faculty, scholar, academic personnel, other institutions, government agencies, national and international organisations.


(From left to right) Mr Marko Selaković, Director – Institutional Development & Student Recruitment, SP Jain (Dubai);
Mr Merzi Sodawaterwala, Chairman, World Sustainable Business Forum; and Prof Christopher Abraham, Professor and Head of Campus (Dubai), SP Jain

To engage the youth, alumni, corporates and communities, WSBF and SP Jain in partnership with Dubai International Academic City, Student Hub have launched a global competition “Save the Earth Challenge” that invites online submissions of ideas that have the potential to make a positive impact. Deadline for the challenge is June 19, 2019. For more details, click here.