Binod Anand delivers keynote address about STEM youth engagement
Binod Anand delivers keynote address about STEM youth engagement By Jacob Brown and Caitlyn Hall — ; Published September 24, 2024, 7:28 pm ; updated September 25, 2024, 9:56 pm News, Top Stories Binod Anand, secretary general of the Confederation of NGOs of Rural India, gave a keynote address to students in the Business Innovation Building on Tuesday evening. The event was organized as part of the 20th anniversary celebration of the Lehigh University/United Nations Partnership. Anand co-founded the Centre for Agricultural Transformation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to policy formulation and sustainability through research and innovation. He discussed the
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