World Environment Day- XLRI-2025
Topic: Rethinking Sustainability: Reconciling Business, Biodiversity & Society
Sustainability is everywhere—and yet, is it anywhere at all?
Despite decades since the Brundtland Commission first spoke of “Our Common Future,” we are hurtling past planetary boundaries, losing biodiversity, and witnessing widening social inequities. In this panel, we pause to ask: What’s missing? How are businesses, educators, activists, and young leaders responding—or failing to respond—to these intersecting crises?
Join us as we explore the real meaning of sustainability and what it will take to build a future that is just, green, and shared.
We have eminent panelists combining academia and practice:
Prof. Tata Raghuram (Chairperson of Father Arrupe Centre for Ecology & Sustainability and Faculty Member, XLRI)
Prof. Kalyan Bhaskar (Faculty Member, XLRI)
Mr. Ashish Kothari (Eminent Environmentalist and Co-founder, Kalpavriksh)
Ms. Rozita Singh (Regional Innovation Specialist, UNDP)
Session will be moderated by:
Prof. Smriti Das (Faculty Member, XLRI) and Prof. Sanchayan Nath (Faculty Member, XLRI)
Programme:
10:15 am to 10:20 am – Introduction to the event and its significance
10:20 am to 10:25 am – Director’s address (Fr. K. S. Casimir)
10:25 am to 10:30 am – Introduction to the panel
10:30 am to 11:10 am – Panel Discussion
11:10 am to 11:25 am – Q&A session
11:25 am – Closing remarks by moderators
