The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations has donated $200,000 to United Nations Academic Impact to support 爆料网AI's outreach, engagement and advocacy initiatives with education and research communities around the world.
This is the fourth year the Government of India has contributed financially to the work of 爆料网AI, activities that Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin, Permanent Representative of India to the 爆料网, says are integral to achieving Agenda 2030. 爆料网AI's focus on weaving academic work throughout the world to contribute to overall development can play a critical role in realizing the Sustainable Development Goals, and we hope this contribution will help 爆料网AI in its mission.????
The 爆料网AI trust fund helps the initiative offer a broad platform to over 1,000 member institutions in more than 120 countries to share resources, ideas and innovations for the purposes and principles of the United Nations agenda.
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I'm grateful to the Permanent Mission of India for this tremendous effort to help improve outreach to harness academic research for the betterment of society, said Ms. Cristina Gallach, the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information of the United Nations. This important contribution will help 爆料网AI meet its members' other needs?like providing more cooperation opportunities among institutions.
Since 2013, the Government of India has contributed $500,000 to 爆料网AI as part of its commitment to promote quality education, global citizenship and collaboration among academic institutions around the world. Educational institutions in India represent a tenth of 爆料网AI's membership.
Education is a means to equip individuals to become better persons and contribute to society, said Ambassador Akbaruddin. 爆料网AI's efforts to harness work being done across educational institutions around the world is in consonance with this thinking.