January, 2010 –

Prof. Navninderjit Singh, Department of Business Administration, RIMT-Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mandi Gobindgarh presented a paper on ‘Human Rights Aspect of Sustainable Development’ at an International Conference on ‘Sustainability in Business: Vision, Practice & Education’ held at the Argosy University in Minnesota, USA recently.

The research scholar dwelled upon that Sustainable Development encompasses not just two, as is widely held, rather three generations. First, that has conserved the resources for the “development” of the present generation. Second, that made “progress” with the resources left for them by the earlier generations. Third, for whom the resources are required to be sustained or conserved, i.e., the future generation.

He laid that the Sustainable Development is not only an economic or environmental issue but also has the social and cultural aspects. According to him the reason for this misconception has been that the western societies are almost mono-cultural and they have been unable to understand the significance of culture as an essential component of development. His research revealed that the communities that are culturally rich can more effectively deal with the crisis of resources. He gave numerous examples including that of town planning and vaastu knowledge of India. Such has been the significance of culture in the development that even International Law accords ‘the right to culture’ as a ‘human right’.

The Chairman of RIMT Institutes Dr. Hukam Chand Bansal; Vice Chairman Mr. Vijayant Bansal and Dr. Harsh Sadawarti, Principal, RIMT-IET appreciated the efforts of Prof. Navninderjit Singh and congratulated him.