He is a member of the National Knowledge Commission and the national advisory group on e-governance.

FORBES: Emerging Markets

The conference sessions will have deliberations on various topics such as urban reforms, safety and security, energy efficiency, environment, affordable housing and e-governance.

UNESCO: THEMES

Other challenges include the absence of a consensus on what ESD means, confusion regarding the differences between environmental education and ESD, the need to adapt legislative and policy frameworks to integrate ESD, scarcity of appropriate ESD teaching tools and research, and the need to strengthen civil society involvement in governance at multiple levels (e.g. school, community, region and country).

UNESCO: Education

They will also consider 'twinning', i.e. bringing together successful models of groundwater governance for future collaborations.

UNESCO: EDUCATION