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From the Desk of Dean Diversity,

Outreach and Partnering

Vikram Bhatt

CONTEXT

The Diversity – outreach and partnering role serves the following objectives within ISABS:

- Develop online outreach offerings.
- Set up a process to introduce outreach offerings on a sustainable basis.

- Develop partnerships with educational institutes and fellow Behavioural science
institutes.

- Partner with Dean Social development, Dean Programs and Dean Research to calibrate
and contextualise offerings.
- Contribute towards building diversity consciousness within ISABS professional system
and client systems.

INITIATITVES

- Conceptualise, develop and deliver online prototypes of outreach offerings in
partnership with Dean SD.

- Engage with CRY, Makkala Jagriti and Rainbow foundation on introducing the initiatives
within their organizational system. (in partnership with Dean SD)

- Build an SOP in partnership with Dean SD and Dean program for outreach offerings.

- Dialogue with WHO India to see if ISABS can support their initiatives in India. Need to
continue the dialogue towards a possible partnership.

- Dialogue with IMT Nagpur on developing joint programmes.

- A possible partnership dialogue has begun with Gestalt institute of Cleveland.

- Deepen the OGGEO partnership through supporting them through online lab expertise
(in partnership with Dean Programs).
- Exploring dialogue on how Zulma Reyo school of consciousness

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