NGO collaborations for the SDGs
JGU works with non-governmental organisations to advance the SDGs through research, advocacy, teaching and student involvement. These partnerships give students a way into real work on rights, inclusion and the environment, and give NGOs research support and a platform.
Equality Now: “JGU for Change: Zero Tolerance of FGM”, 6 February 2025
The Centre for Women’s Rights Studies at JGU organised this all-day event with the JGU-FGM Project, Equality Now and WeSpeakOut to mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. Equality Now sponsored the event, which set out to raise awareness, strengthen advocacy and open discussion of legal and social reforms to end FGM. The theme was building alliances and movements to end FGM, and the programme included a day-long exhibition at the Buddha Quadrangle. India has no specific law banning FGM, so advocacy by students and faculty with NGOs addresses a real gap.
Digital media literacy for Soliga and other tribal communities (Prof. Venu Arora, Jindal School of Journalism and Communication)
Prof. Arora is co-founder and director of Ideosync Media Combine, a social and behaviour change communication organisation in the NCR. An Ideosync project supported by WACC is widening digital inclusion for Soliga Indigenous communities in the Biligiri Rangan Hills of Karnataka. Young Soliga people receive intensive training in digital media literacy so they can preserve their language and tell their own stories through digital media. Prof. Arora’s wider work covers participatory and community media, media literacy, feminist evaluation and gender.
Centre for Justice, Law and Society (Prof. Dipika Jain, Jindal Global Law School), supported by the New Venture Fund
Prof. Jain is the founding director of the Centre, which works where law and marginalisation meet. It has tackled barriers to justice for marginalised groups through policy interventions, advocacy with parliamentarians, and legislative and judicial engagement. It has held consultations with grassroots movements and civil society, run workshops on critical pedagogy, and worked with partners such as the Center for Reproductive Rights, Cornell Law School and the University of Connecticut. It has published several reports on legal barriers to abortion access, including the effects of the pandemic and gaps in the legal framework. Students take part through the law school’s clinics on reproductive justice and transgender rights.
WWF India: LL.M. in Environmental Law, Energy & Climate Change
Jindal Global Law School runs this one-year LL.M. with the Centre for Environmental Law, WWF India. Students take courses in environmental, energy and climate law. WWF India’s practitioners bring field experience in conservation law, wildlife and climate litigation into the classroom, and students do research and internships on live environmental problems.
Financial inclusion in tribal communities in Tamil Nadu (Prof. Ram Ramachandran, Jindal School of Banking & Finance)
Prof. Ramachandran’s research looks at financial inclusion as a way of advancing the SDGs in marginalised communities. The work draws on a case study carried out with an NGO working in a tribal region of Tamil Nadu.
How students take part
Across these partnerships, students join as researchers, clinic members, event organisers and interns. This gives them direct experience of NGO work on the SDGs alongside their studies.
