FORE School of Management, New Delhi: FORE School of Management, New Delhi, organised an AICTE ATAL-sponsored Faculty Development Programme (FDP) titled “The Triple Challenge: Energy Crisis, Climate Change, and Geopolitics — A Circular Economy Perspective” from September 7 to 12, 2026. The programme was designed to equip faculty from Engineering, Management, Design, Applied Sciences, and Hospitality disciplines with an interdisciplinary understanding of circular economy principles and their role in addressing the interconnected challenges of energy insecurity, climate change, and geopolitical instability.
Prof. Sachin Kumar Mangal, Dean (Research) and Professor of Operations Management and Decision Making at FORE School of Management, New Delhi, conducted a session as Coordinator of AICTE ATAL FDP on Research Problem Formulation and Geopolitical Risk Mapping.
Following this, Prof. Vipulesh Shardeo, Assistant Professor, FORE School of Management, New Delhi, conducted a session as Co-Coordinator on System Thinking Exercise and Article discussion with the participants.
The FDP was aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs 7, 12, 13 and 17), the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, and India’s COP28 commitments and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and followed a Collaborative, Experiential, and Outcome-Based Teaching and Learning (OBL) framework as per ATAL Scheme guidelines.
The FDP brought together distinguished resource persons from academia, industry and policy. Mr. Anish Dahiya, DGM, SAEL Industries Ltd., conducted a session on Systematic Literature Review and SDGs & Circular Economy, while Prof. Suresh K. Jakhar, IIM Lucknow, discussed research frontiers in energy-supply chains. Dr. Paras Garg, Lal Bahadur Shashtri, Institute of Management, Delhi, conducted a hands-on workshop on Life Cycle Assessment, energy transition and critical minerals.
Prof. R. K. Singh, MDI Gurgaon, addressed operations for sustainability and carbon neutrality in a Net Zero economy, while Dr. Surya Prakash, Great Lakes, Gurgaon, discussed sustainable supply chains, including reverse logistics and sustainable sourcing. Mr. Harsh Srivastava, Mercer Consulting, examined the geopolitics of sustainability, including trade-policy shifts and resource nationalism.
Dr. Arunaditya Sahay, distinguished professor of FORE School of Management, New Delhi discussed India’s Paris commitments and the relevance of EVs, while Dr. Neeraj Kumar Jaiswal, IOCL, Mathura, addressed India’s NDCs, COP28 commitments and National Resource Efficiency Policy. Mr. Rakesh Chhabra, Rai Industries Association, Sonepat, discussed India’s climate policy and its implications for industry.
Further sessions included NEP 2020 and Curriculum Design by Prof. Vivek Agrawal, GLA University, Mathura, and research scope for nuclear energy by Dr. Lalit Singh, NPCIL-BARC, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. Together, the sessions provided participants with interdisciplinary perspectives on the Triple Challenge of energy crisis, climate change and geopolitics through a Circular Economy perspective. The programme ended with a Valedictory session, where the Coordinator of the FDP, Prof. Sachin Kumar Mangla, thanked all participants for attending, all resource persons for accepting the invitation and sharing invaluable knowledge, and the support staff for seamless coordination. Further, the organizing team extended special thanks to Dr. B. B. L. Madhukar, President, FORE Society, and Prof. Subir Verma, Director, FORE School of Management, for nurturing a culture that enabled the organization of such an event.