SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals

8Education for the wider community

UPES runs dedicated outreach education for people beyond its students: local schools and teachers, village communities, the families of migrant workers, its own support staff, working professionals and the public.

Schools and teachers

• Local schools. UPES takes SDG learning into local schools through the "Become a Community Problem Solver" programme for 155 students at Government Inter College, Paundha (August 2026), run by Runway Incubator and the Department of Social Outreach, where students designed solutions to local problems from waste and road safety to water and farm markets; LearnShala centres and maths and science camps in government primary schools; support for about 12 government schools and more than 700 pupils with Samagra Shiksha Uttarakhand, including a maths and science fair; an equality awareness drive in 16 government schools; and more than 100 school students presenting at Energy Summit 2025. Source: UPES CSR inspires school students in STEM (Garhwal Post), Project EDUDHURMA.

  

• Teachers. Project Dronasthali trained more than 30 primary teachers from 15 Dehradun schools in digital teaching, and Project Utkarsh supports 14 local schools with academic help and career counselling. Source: DSO Community Engagement & Social Impact Report, Project Dronasthali.

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Local residents and families

• Families of migrant workers. Project Samvedna gives day care and education to the children of migrant construction workers on UPES campuses. Source: UPES CSR reshaping lives of young students.

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• Communities. DigitalDhaam teaches computer and internet skills in nearby villages; Project Lakhon Khawahishen paired reusable menstrual cups with 90 days of training and follow-up for about 1,200 women; and Project Vikalp trains rural women in recycling, craft design and medicinal plant farming. Source: UPES social impact, DSO Community Engagement & Social Impact Report.

  

Staff, professionals and the public

• Staff. About 60 support staff have been trained through the Skill Development Programme and 22 through Project Grow, and Project Swavalamban teaches Class IV women employees English, digital skills and their legal rights. Source: How UPES is building a better world through its CSR initiatives.

  

• Professionals and the public. The ESG, Sustainability and Impact Specialist Programme, public launches such as the UDAAI Monsoon Report, the Living Lab Summit on Earth Day, Himalaya Calling and the Sustainability Fair share SDG knowledge beyond the campus. Source: UPES executive education on ESG (PR Newswire), Himalaya Calling 2025.

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This section covers the indicator on education for the SDGs in the wider community.