DEHRADUN, Feb. 18 -- UPES, in collaboration with HESCO, organised a national-level Expert Workshop on Environmental Education, bringing together academic leaders, sustainability experts and policymakers to shape a robust, actionable 'curriculum framework' for embedding sustainability across Indian higher education. Designed as a high-impact, outcome-oriented 'build room' rather than a conventional seminar, the workshop focused on reimagining environmental education as a practical, interdisciplinary competency. The deliberation focused on moving beyond textbook awareness to enabling measurable student competencies rooted in India's ecological realities and development priorities.
Central to the discussions was a national imperative: as Indi...