SDG 1-No Poverty
Assam Don Bosco University, functioning as a unit of the world wide Don Bosco Society, founded by St. John Bosco who devoted his life for poor and abandoned youth, is committed to alleviating poverty in its various forms, to the extent it is able to. We are conscious of making educational services available to the to the poorer sections of the society while endeavoring to make our services sustainable. We offer scholarships to students both on the basis of merit and economic status. This is published in our Annual Prospectus which may be downloaded from our website. The prospectus of 2022 is available at https://www.dbuniversity.ac.in/pdfs/Prospectus_2022.pdf. The scholarship schemes are described on page 62,63.
Supporting Documents and Links:
- Bottom financial quintile admission target
- Bottom financial quintile student success
- Low-income student support
- Bottom financial quintile student support
- Local start-up assistance
- Programmes for services access
- Policy making addressing poverty
SDG 2- Zero Hunger
The ability to feed the world is a key element of sustainable development. If done right, agriculture, forestry and fisheries can provide nutritious food for all. At the same time, it can ensure rural development with people at the center of the process, supporting the incomes of those who rely on agriculture. Universities need to be able to demonstrate how they are contributing to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
Supporting Documents and Links:
- Campus food waste tracking
- Student food insecurity and hunger
- Sustainable food choices on campus
- Healthy and affordable food choices
- Access to food security knowledge
- Events for local farmers and food producers
- University access to local farmers and food producers
SDG 3-Good Health and Well-being
Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development. There is an urgent need to fully eradicate a wide range of diseases and address many different persistent and emerging health issues. We are exploring how to deal with specific conditions and diseases, and support their community.
Supporting Documents and Links:
- Current collaborations with health institutions
- Health outreach programmes
- Mental health support
- Smoke-free policy
SDG 4-Quality Education
A high-quality education should be an area where universities excel. Education is a key gateway out of inequalities, especially multigenerational ones. In addition to improving quality of life, access to inclusive education can help equip locals with the tools required to develop innovative solutions to the world’s greatest problems. SDG 4 explores early years and lifelong learning. We are exploring how universities support early years, lifelong learning, and their nations through ensuring equality of access to their facilities. Although the UN includes Education for Sustainable Development in SDG 4, we have chosen instead to measure that as part of SDG 17, as this is the mandatory SDG within our ranking, and in the case of universities it is a key factor of partnership around the goals.
Supporting Documents and Links:
- Public resources (lifelong learning)
- Public events (lifelong learning)
- Vocational training events (lifelong learning)
- Education outreach activities beyond campus
- Lifelong learning access policy
SDG 5- Gender Equality
Women and girls continue to suffer discrimination and violence in every part of the world. Gender equality is a fundamental human right, and a foundation for a peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable world. Providing women and girls with equal access to education is a key part of delivering gender equality, but universities also have a wider role to drive forward gender equality in their communities. Universities and women: Here we are exploring how our university is providing access and then supporting academic progression of women.
Supporting Documents and Links:
- Tracking access measures
- Policy for women applications and entry
- Women's access schemes
- Women's application in underrepresented subjects
- Policy of non-discrimination against women
- Non-discrimination policies for transgender
- Maternity and paternity policies
- Childcare facilities for students
- Childcare facilities for staff and faculty
- Women's mentoring schemes
- Policies protecting those reporting discrimination
SDG 6-Clean Water and Sanitation
Without water we cannot live. Water supports out agriculture and aquaculture. Clean water is vital. However, due to bad economics or poor infrastructure, millions of people including children die every year from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation, and hygiene. We are exploring how our university ensures access to water and sanitation for all.
Supporting Documents and Links:
- Water consumption tracking
- Waste water treatment
- Preventing water system pollution
- Free drinking water provided
- Water-conscious building standards
- Water-conscious planting
- Water reuse policy
- Water reuse measurement
- Water management educational opportunities
- Promoting conscious water usage
- Off-campus water conservation support
- Sustainable water extraction on campus
- Cooperation on water security
SDG 7-Affordable and Clean Energy
After water and food, energy is one of the key enablers of human life. Energy is central to nearly every major challenge and opportunity the world faces today and access to energy for all is essential. But energy needs to be available and affordable to all to allow future development, and it needs to be clean in order to ensure that the development can be sustainable. We are exploring how our university promote and support clean energy, both through research, outreach, and in their own behaviour and usage.
Supporting Documents and Links:
- Energy-efficient renovation and building
- Upgrade buildings to higher energy efficiency
- Carbon reduction and emission reduction process
- Plan to reduce energy consumption
- Energy wastage identification
- Divestment policy
SDG 8-Decent Work and Economic Growth
Decent work in safe and stable conditions is a vital component of helping people out of poverty, with the related aspects of reducing hunger and increasing health. The rise of precarious employment, modern slavery, and uneven growth has created threats to a sustainable future. Universities as employers can lead the way, as teachers can educate for the future, and as innovators can develop new and fairer ways of working. We are exploring how universities live up to these expectations.
Supporting Documents and Links:
- Employment practice living wage
- Employment practice unions
- Employment policy on discrimination
- Employment policy modern slavery
- Employment practice equivalent rights outsourcing
- Employment policy pay scale equity
- Tracking pay scale for gender equity
- Employment practice appeal process
SDG 9- Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Assam Don Bosco University to provide free training in various disciplines of skill development to unemployed youth. Through this project the University trains educated (up to 10th standard) unemployed youth in technical job-oriented skills for employment opportunities in Electronics & Information Technology Hardware, installation and maintenance of power backup systems and computer application training.
The Entrepreneurship Development and Incubation Cell of the University has sought to provide mentorship and guidance for idea generation, incubation facilitation and business development for Start Ups.
SDG 10- Reduced Inequalities
With a foundation based on strong values and the deep commitment of its faculty and staff strength, the University is centred on an enriching learning and development environment for its students, faculty and staff.
Supporting Documents and Links:
- Non-discriminatory admissions policy adopted by ADBU
- Access to university track underrepresented groups applications
- Access to university underrepresented groups recruit
- Anti-discrimination policies adopted by ADBU
- University diversity officer
- Support provided by ADBU for underrepresented groups
- Accessible facilities at ADBU
- Disability support services provided by ADBU link
- Disability access scheme adopted ADBU link
- Disability accommodation policy adopted by ADBU
SDG 11- Sustainable Cities and Communities
The University library has an excellent collection of various types of resources like Books, Journals (Printed), E-Journals, Project Reports, Daily Newspaper, Magazines, CD-DVDs, etc. available for its users. The university is a member of the various consortium such as eShoodhSindhu, National Digital Library, South Asian Archive, World eBook Library. The entire Library collections are made available through OPAC (On-line Public Access Catalogue). OPAC can be accessed through any terminal on all the three Campuses network connected. Library collections and the e-resources can be accessed through Web OPAC. The University’s library is fully automated with RFID technology, and it is the first private university in entire North-East India to implement RFID technology in the library. The library offers a range of information services to support the learning process set to the highest professional standards. The university is using DSpace software for its institutional repository which preserves the institute's intellectual output for campus-wide access and digital preservation for the posterity.
Supporting Documents and Links:
- Public access to buildings
- Public access to libraries
- Public access to museums
- Public access to green spaces
- ADBU’s contribution to Arts and heritage
- Record and preserve cultural heritage initiative by ADBU
- Sustainable practices targets adopted by ADBU
- ADBU’s initiative to Promotion of sustainable commuting
- Remote working policy of ADBU
- Affordable housing for employees provided by ADBU
- Pedestrian priority on campus
- Local authority collaboration regarding planning and development adopted by ADBU
- New build standards adopted by ADBU for planning development
- Building on brownfield sites
SDG 12- Responsible Consumption and Production
Assam Don Bosco University aims to ensure good use of resources, improving energy efficiency, sustainable infrastructure, and providing access to basic services, green and decent jobs and ensuring a better quality of life for all.
Supporting Documents and Links:
- ADBU Ethical sourcing policy
- ADBU Policy waste disposal - hazardous materials
- ADBU Policy on waste disposal and landfill policy
- ADBU Policy for minimisation of plastic use
- ADBU Policy for minimisation of disposable items
- ADBU Disposable policy and its extensions to services
- ADBU minimisation policies extended to suppliers
- ADBU Waste tracking process
- ADBU sustainability report
SDG 13- Climate Action
Climate change is a crisis that will affect every part of society, and every country. Assam Don Bosco University has embarked on a plantation drive spread over 190 acres of its campus at Sonapur as an initiative towards development of green campus. Assam Don Bosco University is acting to address climate issues through research, low carbon use and education.
Supporting Documents and Links:
- Low-carbon energy tracking
- Local education programmes on climate
- Climate Action Plan by ADBU
- Co-operative planning by ADBU for climate change disasters
- Inform and support government
- ADBU’s Commitment to carbon neutral university
SDG 14- Life Below Water
In its effort towards creating an eco-friendly campus, the University encourages its Faculty and Students to engage in conserving the Campus environment, its flora and fauna, through activities that include individual and collaborative research, conservation practices, activities and initiatives of the Eco Club and the University as a whole. The Tapesia Campus is home to 296 species of fauna and 38 species of flora. Among the animal species, of mention is the incredible arachnid Lyrognathussaltator, the common Tarantula, which is found nesting among our vast expanse of greens. These numbers reveal the rich biodiversity of the Campus which summon for both admiration as well as protection and conservation. The name “Tapesia” itself comes from the fungus Tapesia which is Disaster Response Programme approximately 5000 Gambusia Fish has been released in to the fresh water bodies to curb mosquito breeding.
Supporting Documents and Links:
- Fresh-water ecosystems community outreach program at ADBU
- Sustainable fisheries community outreach program at ADBU
- Initiative for conservation and sustainable utilisation of the oceans
- ADBU Policy on food from aquatic ecosystems
- ADBU Ecosystem maintenance and Biodiversity
- Aquatic ecosystem damage prevention at ADBU
- Action plan by ADBU to reducing plastic waste in campus
- Plan on minimizing alteration of aquatic ecosystems
- Strategy on monitoring the health of aquatic ecosystems
- Collaboration by ADBU for shared aquatic ecosystems
- ADBU Watershed management strategy
SDG 15- Life on Land
In its effort towards creating an eco-friendly campus, the University encourages its Faculty and Students to engage in conserving the Campus environment, its flora and fauna, through activities that include individual and collaborative research, conservation practices, activities and initiatives of the Eco Club and the University as a whole. The Tapesia Campus is home to 296 species of fauna and 38 species of flora. Among the animal species, of mention is the incredible arachnid Lyrognathussaltator, the common Tarantula, which is found nesting among our vast expanse of greens. These numbers reveal the rich biodiversity of the Campus which summon for both admiration as well as protection and conservation. The name “Tapesia” itself comes from the fungus Tapesia which is Disaster Response Programme approximately 5000 Gambusia Fish has been released in to the fresh water bodies to curb mosquito breeding.
Supporting Documents and Links:
- Events about sustainable use of land at ADBU
- Sustainably farmed food on campus
- Maintain and extend current ecosystems' biodiversity
- Educational programmes on ecosystems
- Sustainable management of land for agriculture and tourism (educational outreach by ADBU)
- Sustainable use, conservation, and restoration of land (policy)
- Monitoring IUCN and other conservation species (policies)
- Local biodiversity included in planning and development
- Alien species impact reduction (policies)at ADBU
- Collaboration for shared land ecosystem
- Water discharge guidelines and standards
- Policy on plastic waste reduction At ADBU
- Policy on hazardous waste disposal
SDG 16- Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
Assam Don Bosco University believes that our people remain at the heart of everything we do and the concept of community is fundamental to Don Bosco’s system of education; the campus community embraces staff, faculty, and students, as well as alumni, parents, benefactors, and visitors. The University's vision, mission and values statement, graduate attributes, and achievements encapsulate the University stands for and what is offered to students, staff, and the wider community. The University is committed to providing an education that cultivates a spirit of creativity and initiative and equips tomorrow’s leaders and innovators; engaging community; maintaining diversity and inclusion among its students and staff; and providing equitable access to education. The University also have a robust policy in place that addresses the issues of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults at workplace, in the university community and in the larger community that we interact with outside the campus. The University's commitment to building Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions is manifest in its policies of:
Supporting Documents and Links:
- Elected representatives ADBU
- Identification and engagement with stakeholders
- Participatory bodies for stakeholder engagement
- University principles on corruption and bribery
- Academic freedom policy of ADBU
- ADBU financial data
- Provide expert advice to government
- Policy- and lawmakers outreach and education
- ADBU Neutral platform to discuss issues
SDG 17-Partnership for the Goals
The University's commitment to affordable and clean energy is manifested in the architectural design of campus buildings compliant with ECBC 2017 and is manifested in its policies of Energy Efficiency and Carbon Reduction. The "Green Pledge" signed by the University in partnership with the European Union in 2019 curbs the use of single use plastics, reducing water and electricity consumption, segregating waste before disposal and other sustainability measures as agreed.
Supporting Documents and Links:
- Relationships with NGOs and government for SDG policy
- Cross sectoral dialogue about SDGs
- International collaboration with ADBU
- ADBU Collaboration with UNICEF
- Collaboration with NGOs for SDGs
- Publication of SDG report: SDG1
- Publication of SDG report: SDG2
- Publication of SDG report: SDG3
- Publication of SDG report: SDG4
- Publication of SDG report: SDG5
- Publication of SDG report: SDG6
- Publication of SDG report: SDG7
- Publication of SDG report: SDG8
- Publication of SDG report: SDG9
- Publication of SDG report: SDG10
- Publication of SDG report: SDG11
- Publication of SDG report: SDG12
- Publication of SDG report: SDG13
- Publication of SDG report: SDG14
- Publication of SDG report: SDG15
- Publication of SDG report: SDG16
- Publication of SDG report: SDG17
- Education for SDGs: commitment to meaningful education
- Service Learning and Community Engagement at ADBU
- Education for SDGs in the wider community
