Conference Objectives

In a world facing pressing global challenges, the pursuit of sustainable development has become more crucial than ever. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all, provide a roadmap for positive change. The theme, "Empowering Change," encapsulates the spirit of collective action needed to achieve these goals and create a better tomorrow for generations to come.

Achieving the SDGs requires collaboration across sectors, nations, and generations. Governments, businesses, civil society, and individuals must join forces to implement innovative solutions, break down systemic barriers, and drive meaningful change. This theme emphasizes the transformative power of collective action and the role each stakeholder plays in contributing to a more sustainable and equitable world.

The conference aims to bring out research articles that envision a future where prosperity is shared by all and commit to the hard work required to turn aspirations into reality. This conference converges people from business, technology, science, education, design and law to explore how to harness sustainable development goals for a better tomorrow.

Objectives

• To Increase awareness among participants about the importance of sustainable development and its impact on various aspects of society, including the environment, economy, and social equity.
• To Facilitate the exchange of knowledge, best practices, and innovative ideas related to sustainable development among stakeholders.
• To Provide a platform for policymakers to discuss and develop policies that promote sustainability at the national, regional, and local levels.
• To Showcase successful sustainability projects, initiatives, and solutions from various regions and sectors.
• To Provide opportunities for networking and partnership building among participants to foster collaborations and alliances that support sustainable development efforts.
• To Identify and prioritize key sustainability challenges facing the nation and develop strategies and action plans to address them.

To Encourage the development and adoption of innovative technologies, practices, and business models that promote sustainability and contribute to the achievement of national development goals.

Program Schedule

Important Dates

Themes

Tracks

• Track 1: Innovation and Technology for Sustainability
• Track 2: Community Engagement and Grassroots Initiatives
• Track 3: Climate Action and Environmental Stewardship
• Track 4: Social Inclusion and Equality
• Track 5: Education for Sustainable Development
• Track 6: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainable Business Practices
• Track 7: Health and Well-being
• Track 8: Policy and Governance for Sustainability
• Track 9: Youth Empowerment and Leadership
• Track 10: Global Partnerships and Collaboration
• Track 11: Inclusive Partnerships for Sustainable Development

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Basanta Sahu is a Professor & Head of the Economics Division at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi. He has previously held academic positions at Tel Aviv University, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship & Management, Institute of Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, Institute of Food Security, and Sambalpur University. His research roles include positions at S. Daniel Abraham Centre for International and Regional Studies, NABARD, Institute of Economic Growth, and National Institute of Public Finance & Policy.

With over 25 years of experience in postgraduate teaching, policy research, training, and policy advisory, Dr. Sahu has delivered lectures worldwide. His research interests include development and economic policy, household economics, gender, trade and development, microfinance, and agricultural issues like drought policy, water, and food insecurity. Dr. Sahu has numerous publications in refereed journals, book chapters, and policy papers. He has participated in major policy forums and public debates both nationally and internationally. His honors include the ‘Academician of Social Sciences’ (2014) from the International Academy of Social Science, USA, the ‘Prativashree Award’ (2017), the ‘Bharat Vikash Award’ (2016), and the Odisha Platinum Jubilee Award (2012). He serves on the editorial boards of several journals and is a life member of professional bodies such as the International Academy of Social Science (USA), Gender and Water Alliance (Netherlands), International Society for Development & Sustainability (Japan), Coalition for Food and Nutrition Security, Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts, and Agricultural Economics Research Association (India).

Dr. Kavi Mahesh was till recently the Director of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad, an Institute of National Importance. He is currently a Mentor and Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at RNS Institute of Technology, Bangalore. Previously, he was the Dean of Research at PES University, Director of the World-Bank funded Research Centre for Knowledge Analytics and Ontological Engineering – KAnOE and a Professor of Computer Science. His areas of interest are data analytics, knowledge management, epistemology, ontology, text processing and Indian Knowledge Systems.

He has three US patents and has published two books, 16 book chapters and 100 papers which have received over 1900 citations. He was earlier with Oracle Corporation, USA and New Mexico State University and has consulted with Infosys, Hewlett Packard and United Nations. He holds an M. Tech. in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (1989) and an MS (1991) and a PhD (1995) in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

Venue

KLS, Gogte Institute of Technology

Udyambag, Khanapur Road, 

Belagavi - 590008, Karnataka, India

Past Conferences

Organisers

Steering Committee

Patrons

• Shri. A.N. Mandgi, President, Karnatak Law Society, Belagavi
• Shri. Pradeep Sawkar, Chairman, Karnatak Law Society, Belagavi
• Shri. Vivek G. Kulkarni, Secretary, Karnatak Law Society, Belagavi
• Shri. Sudheendra Ganachari, Secretary, Karnatak Law Society, Belagavi
• Shri. Pramod Khatavi, Chairman, KLS, Gogte Institute of Technology (MAM), Belagavi
• Shri. Rajendra Belgaumkar, Chairman, KLS, Gogte Institute of Technology (Engg), Belagavi

Convenors

• Dr. M. S. Patil, Principal, KLS GIT
• Prof. D.A. Kulkarni, Dean, Department of MBA, KLS GIT

Co-Convenors

• Dr. Jyoti Jamnani, Department of MBA, KLS, GIT, Belagavi Email: jntalreja@git.edu
• Dr. Nupur Veshne, Department of MBA, KLS, GIT, Belagavi Email: naveshne@git.edu
• Dr. Sanjeevini Gurjar, Department of MBA, KLS, GIT, Belagavi, Email: srgurjar@git.edu

Partners Details

Review Board

• Dr. Aurthur Fernandes, Associate Professor and Dean - Institutional Branding and Outreach, Kirloskar Institute of Management, Karnataka, India
• Dr. Y. M. Satish, Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies, MSRIT, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
• Dr. Sachin Parappagouda, Assistant Professor, Jain Deemed to be University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
• Dr. Rajendra Inamdar, Professor, KLS, Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
• Dr. Sanjeev Ingalagi, Associate Professor, KLS, Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi, Karnataka, India
• Dr. Hema Harsha, Associate Professor, M. P. Birla Institute of Management, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Call for Papers

Both conceptual and empirical papers are invited from Academicians, Industrialists, Research scholars, students from various discipline on any of the given sub-themes or any other management & technology-related topics.

Publication Opportunity

• All abstracts will be published in the e-Conference Proceedings with e-ISBN and DOI No.
• Selected peer reviewed papers will be published in e-Edited Book with ISBN and DOI No.
• Publication in indexed journals is based on further review and acceptance by the respective journal or Editor.
• Best papers will be awarded

Submissions Guidelines

Authors are requested to submit their Abstract and full-length papers as per instruction given below:

• Research papers describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, experimental, applied and theoretical work or research. Submission of a manuscript implies that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
• The author’s name or affiliations should not appear anywhere else in the body of the manuscript to facilitate the blind peer review process.

Abstract Submission guidelines

• The acceptable word range for the abstract is 150-200 words.
• Minimum 4 and Maximum 5 keywords.

Guidelines for Paper Submission

• The manuscript must be submitted in A4 size pages with double-spaced, Times New Roman-12 font size in MS Word compatible format text.
• The length of research papers (including exhibit and references) should be between 4000-5000 words.
• Suggestive Paper Structure
  • Introduction
  • Literature Review
  • Methodology/ Approach
  • Findings/Results
  • Conclusion/Implications
  • Recommendations (wherever required)
  • Acknowledgements (wherever appropriate),
  • References,
  • Appendices
  • Tables / Figures (at appropriate in the text).
• Headings and subheadings must be short and numbered. The primary heading and sub-headings should be in title-case capitalization, first letter of each word in the capital and in bold.
• Figures/ diagrams/ graphs preferably in an editable form and numbered consecutively. The source reference should be indicated at the bottom. The figures, diagrams and pictures should also be given relevant titles.
• For the use of copyrighted material from other sources, authentic permission should be required.
• Tables preferably in an editable form and numbered consecutively. It’s ‘title’ should be placed above the table and ‘source’ should be indicated at the bottom. Tables should be numbered and referred to in the text as Table 1, Table 2, etc. Tables should not duplicate results in graphs. The minimum amount of descriptive text should be used on graphs and drawings (label curves, points, etc. with single letter symbols). The tables and figures should be clearly visible, readable and monochromatic in nature. Avoid inserting pictures of tables and figures in the manuscript.
• References should be included at the end of the paper and arranged in alphabetical order. The references must follow the style guide of the American Psychological Association (APA) seventh edition Publication Manual.
• All manuscripts will be subject to double-blind peer-review and are expected to meet the scientific criteria.
• The text should be in English. American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of both.
• All submissions should report original and previously unpublished research irrespective of the type of research paper you are presenting.

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Submission Guidelines

Guidelines

Authors are requested to submit their Abstract and full-length papers as per instruction given below:

• Research papers describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, experimental, applied and theoretical work or research. Submission of a manuscript implies that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
• The author’s name or affiliations should not appear anywhere else in the body of the manuscript to facilitate the blind peer review process.

Abstract Submission guidelines

• The acceptable word range for the abstract is 150-200 words.
• Minimum 4 and Maximum 5 keywords.

Guidelines for Paper Submission

• The manuscript must be submitted in A4 size pages with double-spaced, Times New Roman-12 font size in MS Word compatible format text.
• The length of research papers (including exhibit and references) should be between 4000-5000 words.
• Suggestive Paper Structure
  • Introduction
  • Literature Review
  • Methodology/ Approach
  • Findings/Results
  • Conclusion/Implications
  • Recommendations (wherever required)
  • Acknowledgements (wherever appropriate),
  • References,
  • Appendices
  • Tables / Figures (at appropriate in the text).
• Headings and subheadings must be short and numbered. The primary heading and sub-headings should be in title-case capitalization, first letter of each word in the capital and in bold.
• Figures/ diagrams/ graphs preferably in an editable form and numbered consecutively. The source reference should be indicated at the bottom. The figures, diagrams and pictures should also be given relevant titles.
• For the use of copyrighted material from other sources, authentic permission should be required.
• Tables preferably in an editable form and numbered consecutively. It’s ‘title’ should be placed above the table and ‘source’ should be indicated at the bottom. Tables should be numbered and referred to in the text as Table 1, Table 2, etc. Tables should not duplicate results in graphs. The minimum amount of descriptive text should be used on graphs and drawings (label curves, points, etc. with single letter symbols). The tables and figures should be clearly visible, readable and monochromatic in nature. Avoid inserting pictures of tables and figures in the manuscript.
• References should be included at the end of the paper and arranged in alphabetical order. The references must follow the style guide of the American Psychological Association (APA) seventh edition Publication Manual.
• All manuscripts will be subject to double-blind peer-review and are expected to meet the scientific criteria.
• The text should be in English. American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of both.
• All submissions should report original and previously unpublished research irrespective of the type of research paper you are presenting.

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