SupportingCapacity for the region and the nation
UPES shares its expertise beyond campus through professional education and partnerships on emerging fields.
Impact
UPES shares its expertise beyond campus through professional education and national partnerships.
- The RISE Centre trains mid- and senior-level professionals in corporate ESG, banking, CSR and policy.
- Collaborations with DRDO laboratories link UPES researchers with national work on materials, energy storage and aviation fuel.
- ESG skills for industry. The RISE Centre, a joint initiative of UPES and Aspire Impact inaugurated in September 2024, ran an ESG, sustainability and impact specialist programme with Mahindra University: 32 hours over four days, 20 thematic sessions and more than 50 caselets for mid- and senior-level professionals in corporate ESG, banking and finance, CSR and policy.Source: RISE Centre at UPES
Source: UPES blog, executive education programmes for ESG leaders. - Defence and energy research. Collaborations with DRDO laboratories link UPES researchers with national work on advanced materials, energy storage and sustainable aviation fuel.
Related events
Session on global energy security
A session on long-term energy security, affordability and independence amid changing geopolitics, policy and technology.
Link: LinkedIn post
FIPI Naftanomics 2025
Industry leaders, young innovators and energy enthusiasts met for discussions on sustainability and the energy transition.
Link: LinkedIn post
UPES at the 16th World Petrocoal Congress
Faculty and students, led by the Vice Chancellor, represented UPES at the congress in New Delhi on the energy transition.
Link: LinkedIn post - Digital education for India. UPES ON and programmes such as the BBA and MBA in Digital Business, the BA in Data, Analytics and Visualization and the B.Des in Game Design respond to national digital and skills priorities. Through a partnership with OpenAI, UPES is becoming an AI-first university, bringing ChatGPT Edu into teaching and learning with a personal AI tutor and an AI programme with EY India and KPMG.Source: UPES ON inaugurated (Business Standard)Source: UPES embraces AI-first campus approach with OpenAI
- Executive and community learning. UPES hosts delegations and visiting experts that bring international practice into executive education, such as the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London, for maritime, logistics and energy professionals, and student chapters run events such as AICWiC'25, the ACM India Celebration of Women in Computing.Source: UPES executive education on ESG, sustainability and impact (PR Newswire) · Event report: Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and Maritime SkillsPlus delegation · Event report: AICWiC'25: ACM India Celebration of Women in Computing
Related events
Certificate course on fashion law and wearable technology
The Technology Club, with Remfry & Sagar and the Fashion Law Journal, offered a certificate course.
Link: LinkedIn post
Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and Maritime SkillsPlus delegation
Delegates from the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London, and Maritime SkillsPlus visited to strengthen executive education in maritime, logistics, aviation, oil, gas and energy.
Link: Event report
AICWiC'25: ACM India Celebration of Women in Computing
The UPES ACM-W Student Chapter hosted the flagship ACM-W India event, with talks by women leaders in technology and a poster presentation.
Link: Event report
Code Connect mentoring event
Senior students mentored first- and second-year students in an open forum for guidance on studies and campus life.
Link: Event report
Distinguished professors join HILL
Dr Prem Chandra Sharma, Mr Threesh Kapoor and Dr V.C. Thakur joined the Himalayan Institute for Learning and Leadership at UPES as distinguished professors.
Link: Event report
MoU with SETU Aayog for a Public Law and Policy Lab
A three-year MoU with SETU Aayog, Government of Uttarakhand, to set up the Public Law & Policy Lab at UPES.
Link: LinkedIn post
This section covers the indicator on capacity building for the region and the nation.
Links and sources
- The RISE Centre at UPES launches sustainability programme (GUS news)https://www.globaluniversitysystems.com/news/institutions/the-rise-centre-at-upes-launches-sustainability-programme
- UPES executive education on ESG, sustainability and impact (PR Newswire)https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/upes-announces-launch-of-executive-education-program-on-esg-sustainability-and-impact-302244013.html
- RISE Centre at UPEShttps://www.upes.ac.in/rise
- UPES and SDG 9: industry, innovation and infrastructurehttps://www.upes.ac.in/sustainable-development-goals/industry-innovation-and-infrastructure
- Event report: Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and Maritime SkillsPlus delegationupes-sdg9-event-institute-of-chartered-shipbrokers-and-maritime-skillsplus-delegation.html
- Event report: AICWiC'25: ACM India Celebration of Women in Computingupes-sdg9-event-aicwic-25-acm-india-celebration-of-women-in-computing.html
Supporting documents
These documents support the evidence in this report.
- Solar energy and energy efficiency (PDF).
- Water treatment and reuse (PDF).
- AICWiC'25: ACM India Celebration of Women in Computing (PDF).
- Alumnus named in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2025 (PDF).
- AWS Community Day Dehradun 2025 (PDF).
- Code Connect mentoring event (PDF).
- CXO Insights: digital transformation (PDF).
- Distinguished professors join HILL (PDF).
- DrishtiKone 2025: an industry perspective (PDF).
- Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and Maritime SkillsPlus delegation (PDF).
- Masterclass on climate risk profiling (PDF).
- Pre-incubation cohort 4: microgrants for six start-ups (PDF).
- Udbhav 2025 state hackathon (PDF).
- University of Malta delegation on AI and health care (PDF).
- WAAI'25: Workshop on Advances in Automotive Industry (PDF).
- Workshop with London South Bank University experts (PDF).
- Young Founder Summit 2025 (PDF).