UN Sustainable Development Goal 1: No Poverty

Helping small businesses survive the green transition

SDG 1.1 · Research that tackles poverty

ResearchersShivansh Nautiyal (PhD scholar) and Dr Sushil Kumar Rai
Published inSustainable Development, 2025
RecognitionUPES PhD Spotlight Award

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Micro, small and medium enterprises employ millions of people in India, many of them on low incomes, and they face growing pressure to adopt greener practices. The paper “Barriers to Greening the Indian MSMEs Sector: A Path Toward Sustainable Industrial Transformation” identifies what stops these businesses from making the change.

The work by PhD scholar Shivansh Nautiyal and Dr Sushil Kumar Rai was published in Sustainable Development in 2025 and recognised with a UPES PhD Spotlight Award.

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