#Raisina2024 | From material to cultural #sustainability

Watch Rahul Mishra, Shombi Sharp, Jaspreet Chandok, Anish Malpani, Ashita Singhal and Samir Saran at #Raisinadialogue2024

Raisina Dialogue youtu.be/2VWxeZvwt7c?si…

Shombi Sharp KISS - Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology In the presence of KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Founder Achyuta Samanta, Shombi Sharp #UNRC 🇮🇳, and Sushil Chaudhary UNV India Country Coordinator, #KIIT and #UNV launched an innovative partnership for students to gain experience as UN Volunteers, driving Sustainable Development #SDGs 🇮🇳🤝🇺🇳

.Shombi Sharp #UNRC 🇮🇳 toured the KISS - Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences & KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology in Odisha and interacted with students, including a quick game of football. KISS provides holistic education & programs for thousands of tribal children with a focus on gender parity & mother tongue education👏

.Shombi Sharp #UNRC 🇮🇳 visited the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar with Odisha Sports Secretary Vineel Krishna.
'This is truly a world class facility, ensuring a bright future for 🇮🇳 sport, youth empowerment, and disability inclusion,' Mr. Sharp remarked.
Odisha Sports

'We’ve had a long history of work on disaster reduction. Odisha has been making fantastic progress on human development indicators. Your leadership has been recognised nationally and internationally for the work on food security, including Odisha Millets Mission.'
- Shombi Sharp

#UNRC 🇺🇳🇮🇳 visited Odisha last week to recognise the strong partnership for #SDGs between #TeamUNIndia & the Government of Odisha.
Shombi Sharp met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik & Mr. VK Pandian, Chair 5T & Nabin Odisha, and applauded Odisha’s achievements for planet & people

UN representative to India Shombi Sharp lauds role of India in UN peacekeeping at 30 yrs of Rwanda genocide commemorative ceremony in Delhi

Honoured to host Mr. Shombi Sharp (Shombi Sharp), UN Resident Coordinator at United Nations in India, to KIIT & KISS for a momentous MoU exchange ceremony. This partnership empowers students to contribute to sustainable development alongside UN agencies, fostering a passion for global impact.

In a meeting with Naveen Patnaik, United Nations in India RC, Shombi Sharp highlighted Odisha’s accomplishment on #foodsecurity recognised nationally & globally.

World Food Programme in India is privileged to be a longstanding partner in Odisha’s transformational journey.

World Food Programme Elisabeth Faure Radhika Kaul Batra

Pleasure meeting Mr Shombi Sharp, UN Resident Coordinator in India (@UNinIndia). Thank him for his appreciation for #Odisha ’s global model of #disastermanagement , pioneering work in #foodsecurity , #5T governance and @odishamilletsmission.

#Transformation

Pleased to join this fantastic partnership initiative #SolveforTomorrow again in 2024, leveraging the power of India’s youth generation for global solutions and the Sustainable Development Goals #SDGs !👏🇮🇳🌏

What a privilege! On #SportsDay looking back at getting on the court with the inspiring India women’s national wheelchair basketball team ahead of their Olympic qualifier, so much fun too! 🇮🇳🏀

This International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, let us harness the power of sport to promote peaceful & inclusive societies.
🏀 #SportsDay throwback to when Shombi Sharp cheered for the Indian women’s wheelchair basketball team at a training ahead of the #Paralympics

📌 Thanks to the 🇮🇳🇺🇳 #IndiaUNFund , 🇫🇯 #Fiji is strengthening its #ClimateAction and #Resilience efforts by expanding a parametric insurance initiative to protect and cover 5,000+ households against climate impacts.

Learn more: 🔗cutt.ly/Jw0dGQYD

The UN team also interacted with some of 🇮🇳's incredible cultural heritage at historic #NeemranaFort , including the country’s most recently inscribed UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Intangible Cultural Heritage marvel – the Garba dance from Gujarat!

#TeamUNinIndia came together for a strategic discussion on sharpening the UN's partnership focus with 🇮🇳 Govt & other stakeholders.

United Nations in India remains committed to accelerating #SDGs in the spirit of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vishwas here & abroad thru #SouthSouthCooperation  🇺🇳🤝🇮🇳

David McLachlan-Karr joined #TeamUNinIndia Heads of Agencies in taking stock of the growing 🇮🇳🇺🇳 partnership. The retreat highlighted UN’s collective offer to India to accelerate #SDGs at home and globally through South-South cooperation.

David McLachlan-Karr witnessed first hand India’s groundbreaking #eVIN #CoWIN #UWINplatforms for vaccination at a polyclinic in Delhi. With Caitlin Wiesen UNDP India Res Rep ai, Mr McLachlan-Karr engaged with health workers on the role of digitisation in transforming health services in 🇮🇳

David McLachlan-Karr @UNDCO, Asia-Pacific attended FICCI's 8th International Sustainability Conclave & spoke about women as drivers of economic growth & #SDGs . He highlighted the role of public-private partnership in sustainable development, Digital Public Infrastructure & RE.

David McLachlan-Karr met Secretary West Randhir Jaiswal Pavan Kapoor & discussed 🇮🇳's critical role in achieving the #SDGs at home and abroad, helping other countries through South-South cooperation in partnership with #TeamUNIndia & as a pillar of multilateralism, including #G20 & the 🇺🇳