UN Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

DrishtiKone 2025: an industry perspective

UPES · 2025

Date2025
Organised byUPES
Report section9.4 Research and partnerships with industry
Goals supportedSDG 4, SDG 8, SDG 9, SDG 17

About the event

UPES hosted the first edition of DrishtiKone – An Industry Perspective, bringing leaders from global companies together with academics and students for a day of dialogue on collaboration.

The programme included leadership roundtables, academic showcases and panel discussions on reimagining industry–academia partnerships. Leaders from organisations including Microsoft, Airbus, Honeywell, Deloitte, PepsiCo, McDonald's, BT Group, Zepto, ONGC, TE Connectivity and Quick Heal shared their views on the skills of the future, the expectations of Gen Z and India's innovation journey.

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