SUSCON2020: 8th International Conference on Sustainability Indian Institute of Management Shillong Shillong, India, March 5-7, 2020 |
Conference website | https://www.iimshillong.ac.in/sus-con/ |
IIM Shillong is happy to announce its next International Sustainability Conference (SUSCON VIII) during March 5-7, 2020. The conference will weave around the theme: Holism, Harmony, Happiness. The first two days of the conference will be spent on deliberations and 3rd day will see the launch of Action Ground Zero: Regenerating the Sacred Forests of Meghalaya.
Holism, Harmony, Happiness
In a world where digital connectivity of humans is being increasingly challenged by strife, and violence between countries, cultures, religions and even small ethnic and interest groups the need of the hour for global as well as local leadership in each domain of human endeavour (academics, business, government, civil society groups and multilateral organizations etc.) to cultivate the art and science of developing holistic vision and perception that leads to inclusion of and integration with the ‘others’ and not fuel the vicious fire of hatred and separatism.
Once this holistic mind of the leaders is able to see the reality in its totality, it is possible to strive for achieving harmony among the different parts by removing the formidable roadblocks to inclusion and integration. “Matter divides, spirit unites.” (Sri Aurobindo) This quest for harmony is essentially a journey of ‘Spirit’ or Consciousness that begins with the individual and gradually expands across family, community, organization, community, nations and the planet at large. Differences still remain but now appear as diversity like flowers in a garden against the background of the unity of human beings with fellow beings, nature and cosmos in spirit.
Finally, the outcome of this journey is a state of happiness in the mental domain of the people of the world cutting across all boundaries and denominations where love, compassion, empathy, and peace may prevail to make way for a better tomorrow. When asked what is his vision of India in the new millennium the legendary Tata patriarch J R D Tata had smiled and given the simplest possible answer that could come from him only: “I want to see a Happy India.” Not only India but the global citizenry is waiting for this Happiness to dawn and bless us all. But that does not come so easy. We need to question our worn-out beliefs, conventional notions of progress and development, of success and failure to evolve creative and approaches that will build a sane and more wholesome future which will promise our posterity peace, happiness and a better quality of life.
SUB-THEMES
- Re-imagining the Future of Business
- Re-imagining the Future of Management Education
- Re-imagining the Future of Mainstream Economics
- Re-imagining Man-Nature relationship
- Re-imagining the Notion of Sustainability