CMR University student from Andhra Pradesh participates at UNLEASH Global Innovation Lab India 2022
Nellore (Andhra Pradesh) [India], 13th December 2022: P Likhith Reddy, a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) student at CMR University (CMRU), hailing from Nellore, Andhra Pradesh is among the 1,000 global young talents selected from over 19,000 applicants across 100 countries by UNLEASH, a Denmark-based non-profit organization with a mission to provide the youth an opportunity to create innovative and scalable solutions to help attain the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
With a vision “To nurture creative thinkers who will drive positive global change”, CMR University has integrated Design Thinking as a mandatory credit course across all its Schools of Studies through the Department of Common Core Curriculum (DCCC) as it believes that students who are equipped with design thinking skills, develop an ability to deeply understand complex real-life problems in various walks of life and come up with innovative and feasible solutions. CMR University has also integrated the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in its curriculum with an aim to consciously reform economies and communities, making them more inclusive, and environmentally conscious.
Likhith has chosen United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #7, Clean Energy as his focus area for UNLEASH Global Innovation Lab India 2022. He intends to explore solutions for carbon emissions from biomass which hugely affects women in Ghana. He has earlier participated in hackathons on themes like how to recycle and manage construction waste, how to help the physically disabled against bullying. He plans to work on affordable and clean energy in the future. He also extends his gratitude to CMR University and the Design Thinking faculty members for actively acclimatizing students with the Design Thinking Process and Mindsets..
The participants were selected based on their application and assessment of their motivation, ability to think critically and creatively about sustainability issues; and openness to collaborate and collectively co-create solutions. The selected talents from across the world will participate in the Global Innovation Lab 2022, which is being held in India for the first time at the Infosys campus at Mysuru. The participants will come up with new ideas and co-create innovative solutions through a human-centered Design Thinking approach.
At UNLEASH, over a period of 8 days, the CMR University students and faculty members will get a hands-on opportunity to work on some of the most pressing global sustainability challenges. These challenges are divided into 7 thematic tracks that tackle specific UN SGDs. Global experts will also guide the CMRU students and faculty members through different stages of the innovation process - Problem Framing, Ideation, Prototyping, Testing, and Implementing.
