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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
organization(s)
- Partner with Dean Social development & Dean Programs to calibrate and contextualise
offerings.

Initiatitves

- The online modules that were prototyped last year are now being offered under the
programme(s) umbrella.
- Continual engagement through SD channel around various outreach offerings.
- The SOP for outreach programmes has been implemented.

- New outreach programmes are under review (Three)
- An MoU for partnership with Busybuds in Malaysia is very close to fruition. This will be
the foundation for setting up outreach and impact in Malaysia.

- One podcast recording is completed and edited. Further recordings need to be done
and the podcast system needs to be launched first half of 2022.

Outlook for 2022

- Manifest the Malaysia partnership.
- Expand the outreach process to include offerings from different professional members.

- Continue building a suite of online offerings in partnership with Joint - Deans programs
and Dean Social development

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