Helen Keller, the great humanist and disability rights activist, once said, “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”

The world has seen a number of adverse situations in terms of natural calamities, war, pandemics, economic crises, terrorist brutality and so on, but every time it has regained normalcy as nature has created resilience in everyone. The new pandemic – Covid-19 – has resulted in dramatic loss of human life worldwide, and presents an unprecedented series of challenges to public health, food systems and the world of
work. The economic and social disruption, caused by the pandemic is devastating. This pandemic is not only taking a toll on health care systems and people’s lives, but is also impacting global economies, resulting in business disruptions, job losses, and making us head towards one of the worst times ever for the people on earth. All the industries are undergoing massive decline in their business. Now, therefore, is
the time to develop together our resilience to overcome the intertwined health, social and economic impacts of the pandemic and ensure that the “new normal” is easier and better.

This conference theme “Building Resilience: The Way Forward” will provide a platform to academicians, research scholars, industry practitioners and students for multi-layered discussion and debate, focusing on building resilience for all the sectors to resume our economic growth on different dimensions – Business Innovation, Social Innovation, Technology Innovation and Resilience in Education – the intersection of challenge and opportunity.