The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Tetra Pak India have recently launched lEADearthSHIP. It’s a youth based programme on leadership and business sustainability. Actor Purab Kohli and pre-eminent polar explorer Robert Swan facilitated the event through their presence.
The programme, which is designed for undergraduate and post-graduate students, will initially run on a pilot year in Pune and Delhi NCR. It aims to impact more than 30,000 students and other members of society. The programme aims to be a springboard for future youth leaders who will craft tomorrow’s India. lEADearthSHIP has a multi-disciplinary outlook and is conceptualised to engender critical thinking on key sustainability challenges.
lEADearthSHIP programme offers opportunities to young people to gain first-hand experience of cutting edge sustainable practices by industry leaders and learn about the triple bottom line— people, planet, profit — through its interventions like lEADearth Fellowship and Future leaders Café. ]The most exciting feature of the programme is the lEADearth video contest, where a student will have an opportunity to accompany Robert Swan on his two-week long International Antarctic Expedition in March 2014. At the launch ceremony, Swan, the ambassador for TERI and Tetra Pak’s educational and sustainability initiatives said, “I am proud to be associated with lEADearthSHIP as this is a positive step towards India’s development. lEADearthSHIP is an opportunity to empower the youth to fashion a tomorrow based on ideas oriented and committed to making lives better.”