91探花

Good Health and Well-being

Sustainable Development Goals: Progress Report | Reporting Year 2025–26

1. Introduction & Institutional Commitment

Sustainable Development Goal 3 aims to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at every age. For a university, that begins with the people it hosts. 91探花 is a fully residential campus of more than 16,000 students, alongside faculty, staff and the construction workers and neighbours who share its surroundings. Health here is a daily operational responsibility as much as an academic subject.

JGU responds on several fronts. A Health Centre led by a consultant surgeon provides round-the-clock care. Through its partnership with Sukoon, the University offers free, confidential mental health support. Each winter, when stubble-burning smoke settles over the region, it mounts a coordinated response to protect the campus. Its Clean Campus Dining framework builds nutrition into every meal. These services sit alongside the Jindal School of Public Health & Human Development and a body of policy-facing research that the WHO and UNICEF have cited.

This report presents JGU’s progress, key initiatives and impact under SDG 3 across the following areas: non-communicable disease and mental health, access to quality health services, communicable disease prevention, sexual and reproductive health, tobacco control, pollution-related illness, and health-risk capacity and early warning.

2. Key Figures at a Glance

Indicator	Achievement
Individual clients served by Sukoon (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026)	1,536
Emergencies managed	854
Health Centre beds, including an 8-bed Isolation Unit and a 6-bed Emergency Unit	40
Health Centre availability	24×7
HEPA air purifiers procured	3,300
Anti-smog guns / outdoor air purifiers	7 / 10
N95 masks distributed	5,000
Whole-grain / gluten-free share of menu	65%
Refined flour in grain volume	0%
Cross-listed electives mapped to SDG 3	28
Health advisories circulated to the community (Apr 2025 – Oct 2026)	11

3. Research Progress in SDG 3

Research on health and well-being at JGU has grown steadily in recent years. Between 2021 and 2025, JGU’s SDG 3 scholarly output rose every year, and by 2025 it exceeded 100 publications. JGU’s SDG 3 research trend is on track, while India’s overall trend on this goal is moderately improving. Around 6.7% of JGU’s scholarly output contributes to SDG 3.


JGU’s health research draws on law, business, public policy, the sciences and public health.

Researcher	Research theme	Worldwide prominence percentile (2020–2025)	UN SDG 3 target
Prof. Dipika Jain, Jindal Global Law School	Induced abortion and maternal health services	89.30	3.1, 3.7
Prof. Dipika Jain	Access to safe abortion services in India	58.69	3.7
Prof. Aliya Naz, Jindal School of Liberal Arts & Humanities	Arsenic removal technologies for potable water	99.12	3.9
Prof. Aliya Naz	Health risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; heavy metal pollution and soil health risk	99.30; 99.75	3.9
Prof. Mohit Yadav, Jindal Global Business School	Framing effects in health decision-making	87.86	3.4
Prof. Srinivas Jangirala, Jindal Global Business School	Blockchain innovations in healthcare data security	99.97	SDG 3 (general)
Dr. Joseph Moyinoluwa Talabi, Naveen Jindal Young Global Research Fellow, Lagos State University	Hand hygiene compliance and infection control	94.74	3.3

Funded projects

Project	Principal Investigator	UN SDG 3 target
Marketing of Unhealthy Food to Children in India	Anmol Diwan, Jindal Global Law School	3.4
Pandemic Funds, Public Goods for Health and the Future of Global Health Financing (PANDFUND)	Indranil Mukhopadhyay, Jindal School of International Affairs	3.d, 3.c
A Reconsideration of Care: Pursuing Gender-equal Care for Global Health and Wellbeing	Ruchira Sen, Jindal School of Journalism and Communication	3.4 (cross-listed with SDG 5)

4. Policy & Governance

JGU’s SDG 3 commitment is carried through its Clean Campus Dining framework, the Policy on the Ban on Tobacco, Nicotine and Smoking Product Use, and the work of the University Health Centre and its Sukoon mental health partnership.
Policy objectives

• Remove refined flour, artificial additives and frying from campus dining, and maintain a “No-MSG / No-Margarine” mandate at all events (100% compliance reported).
• Provide free, confidential, non-judgemental mental health care through an “Educate, Detect, Treat” model.
• Protect community health during pollution episodes through indoor and outdoor mitigation.
• Maintain a 100% tobacco-free, nicotine-free and smoke-free campus, in line with the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 and UGC Tobacco-Free Educational Institution guidelines, with counselling and quitting support through Sukoon.

Oversight & responsibility: The Health Centre is led by a consultant surgeon with a medical and nursing team and is available 24/7. Sukoon provides on-site mental health professionals. Tobacco-free enforcement is led by the Chief Proctor’s Office with the Office of Safety, Security and Vigilance.

5. Progress Against Targets

Target 3.1: Reduce maternal mortality

World Health Day and women’s health. The Health Centre marked World Health Day 2025, whose theme was “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures”, with an advisory on women’s long-term health. It covered menstrual and reproductive health at different stages of life. JGU research on maternal health services is led by Prof. Dipika Jain.

Target 3.3: Communicable diseases

Seasonal disease prevention. The Health Centre circulates advisories on monsoon diseases (dengue, malaria, chikungunya, typhoid, hepatitis, respiratory infections and leptospirosis), conjunctivitis and viral skin infections. Each covers symptoms, prevention and when to seek care. An 8-bed Isolation Unit supports the safe management of infectious illness.

Target 3.4: Non-communicable diseases and mental health

Sukoon: free mental health services. In partnership with Sukoon, JGU offers free, confidential one-on-one counselling and resilience-building workshops. Between April 2025 and March 2026, the service worked with 1,536 individual clients and managed 854 emergencies, alongside workshops and digital outreach.
Clean Campus Dining. Ingredient substitution and dietary diversification across all 2025 dining operations produced the following results:

• Refined flour at 0% and artificial additives at 0%.
• Frying replaced by steaming and baking.
• A 65% whole-grain and gluten-free menu share.
• 12 new plant-based recipes a month.
• A 35% rise in fibre per meal.
• Real-time calorie and nutrition charts in every dining space.

Awareness on chronic conditions. The Health Centre circulates advisories on anaemia, Type 1 diabetes and epilepsy. The epilepsy advisory aims to reduce stigma and explains how to avoid common triggers.

Target 3.7: Sexual and reproductive health

Confidential, gender-sensitive care. A specialist gynaecologist visits the Health Centre twice a week, female doctors and nurses are available 24×7, and professional counsellors support students on sexual health, relationships and well-being. Workshops, seminars and peer-led campaigns cover contraception, STI prevention and consent.

Target 3.8: Universal health coverage and access to quality services

JGU Health Centre. The Health Centre provides preventive primary care and early detection for students, faculty and staff. It has 40 beds, a 6-bed Emergency Unit and ambulances stationed across campus. In-house laboratory tests are free of charge, and referral partnerships with leading hospitals support specialist care. Apollo Pharmacy operates 24×7 next to the Centre.

Community outreach. The Centre extends free consultations and essential medicines to on-campus construction workers and underprivileged local community members. It also runs periodic screening camps at construction sites, blood donation drives with the Rotaract Club, and CPR, First Aid and AED training.

Target 3.9: Pollution-related illness

Clean-air emergency response. A multi-layered response to stubble-burning-driven smog, including the period after Diwali, included:

• 3,300 HEPA purifiers across hostels and classrooms.
• 7 anti-smog guns and 10 outdoor purifiers.
• Air misting and increased sprinkling.
• 5,000 N95 masks.
• 24/7 ambulance and emergency services.
• Awareness efforts encouraging a reduction in crop burning.

All student housing units can request a purifier and dehumidifier.
Safe handling of hazardous waste. Medical, e-waste and menstrual waste are segregated and routed to authorised channels or to specialised sterilisation and recovery facilities.

Target 3.a: Tobacco control

Policy on the Ban on Tobacco, Nicotine and Smoking Product Use. JGU is a 100% tobacco-free, nicotine-free and smoke-free campus, with the prohibition extending to 100 yards beyond the boundary and a ban on tobacco sponsorship. Sukoon provides counselling and quitting support, connected to the National Quitline and the national mCessation mobile platform, and awareness drives promote reducing smoking for health and cleaner air.

Target 3.d: Early warning and management of health risks

Heat and seasonal risk preparedness. Ahead of and during the hot season, the Health Centre circulates guidance on dehydration, heat exhaustion and heatstroke. The 2026 advisory also carried a Hindi flyer for household and support staff. Visiting international fellows receive health information on the local climate, seasonal risks and the 24×7 helpline.

Global health financing research. The PANDFUND project, funded by the Research Council of Norway, examines pandemic funds and the future of global health financing.

6. Programmes, Research & Curriculum

• M.Sc. in Global Health & Human Development (Online): a one-year, 60-credit, three-trimester programme covering public health policy, epidemiology, health systems research and biostatistics.
• Jindal School of Public Health & Human Development (JSPH): interdisciplinary public health teaching and research.
• 28 cross-listed electives mapped to SDG 3. Spotlight: “Mindfulness and Stress Management: Theory and Practice for Enhancing Mental Well-Being”.
• Research themes: maternal health and access to safe abortion services (Prof. Dipika Jain); framing effects in health decision-making (Prof. Mohit Yadav); arsenic removal technologies for potable water (Prof. Aliya Naz); hand-hygiene compliance and infection control (Dr. Joseph Moyinoluwa Talabi); blockchain for healthcare data security (Prof. Srinivas Jangirala).

7. Community, Partnerships & Outreach

• Sukoon: on-site mental health partner.
• Hospital partners: Tulip Multi-Specialty Hospital, Crossroad Hospital, Bhatla Heart & General Hospital, Max Hospital and Fortis Hospital.
• Apollo Pharmacy: 24×7 access to medicines for the community and their families, with home delivery on request.
• Dr Lal PathLabs: on-site sample collection and discounted diagnostics.
• Rotaract Club: student-led blood donation drives.
• Government of India Polio Vaccination Programme: Health Centre personnel support the administration of polio drops in labour settlements and hutment areas.
• Free care for construction workers and underprivileged local residents: consultations and essential medicines.
• Research partners: UNICEF, the Research Council of Norway and the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India.
• Policy citations: JGU research cited by the WHO (2025) and UNICEF (2023).

8. Events & 91探花 Timeline

The Health Centre circulated the following advisories to the whole JGU community.

Date	Health advisory	What it covered	UN SDG 3 target
7 Apr 2025	World Health Day 2025: Prioritizing the Long-Term Health and Well-Being of Women	Menstrual and reproductive health at different life stages	3.1, 3.7
14 Aug 2025	Common Monsoon Diseases & Their Prevention	Vector-borne, foodborne and waterborne, and airborne diseases and leptospirosis	3.3
24 Sep 2025	Understanding & Preventing Anaemia	Symptoms, types, causes and prevention	3.4
6 Nov 2025	Air Pollution and Your Health	PM2.5, health effects, precautions and when to seek care	3.9
19 Nov 2025	Epilepsy Awareness and Prevention of Triggering Factors	Issued after National Epilepsy Day; medication adherence, triggers and myths	3.4
25 Mar 2026	Urinary Tract Infections: Awareness, Prevention & When to Seek Medical Care	Causes, prevention and when to see a doctor	3.8
29 Apr 2026	Heat-Related Illnesses in Dry Summer	Dehydration, cramps, heat exhaustion and heatstroke; Hindi flyer for support staff	3.d
4 Jun 2026	Essential Health Information for International Fellows	Seasonal health risks, on-campus medical services and the 24×7 helpline	3.d, 3.8
5 Aug 2026	Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)	Seasonal spread, prevention and contact-lens care	3.3
13 Aug 2026	Knowing Type 1 Diabetes	Warning signs, causes and when to seek urgent care	3.4
7 Oct 2026	Common Viral Skin Infections	Chickenpox, measles and other infections: transmission and prevention	3.3

9. Future Commitments & Roadmap

• Air quality: complete the air-purifier rollout across all student housing.
• Nutrition: continue the Clean Campus Dining standards, with new plant-based recipes every month.
• Mental health: expand peer-counsellor programmes and digital self-help resources.
• Outreach: extend medical and mental health outreach to rural Sonipat through mobile health vans and specialty camps in neighbouring areas.
• Research and partnerships: grow clinical research and hold seminars with national and international health leaders.

JGU’s work on SDG 3 shows a university looking after its community in practice and sharing what it learns more widely. Between April 2025 and March 2026, Sukoon worked with 1,536 individual clients and managed 854 emergencies, giving students and staff free, confidential care when they needed it. During the pollution season, 3,300 HEPA purifiers, seven anti-smog guns, ten outdoor purifiers, 5,000 N95 masks and 24/7 emergency services protected the campus. Dining standards moved just as far. Refined flour went from 45% of grain volume to zero, and whole-grain and gluten-free items rose from 15% to 65% of the menu. The Health Centre’s free consultations and medicines for construction workers and underprivileged neighbours carry the same care beyond the campus gates.

Teaching and research extend this work into prevention and policy. The online M.Sc. in Global Health & Human Development, 28 cross-listed electives, funded projects with UNICEF and the Research Council of Norway, and citations by the WHO and UNICEF place JGU’s health scholarship in wider conversations. With the full air-purifier rollout under way and the nutrition standards set to continue, JGU is well placed to keep strengthening its contribution to health and well-being.