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Department of English, Sitalkuchi College

Title- Towards a Better Future? Sustainable Development in Cooch Behar

District

Session- 2021-2022

Course Fee: Rs- 100 Each

Intake Capacity: 40 Students

Duration: 30 Hours

Credit: 2

Course Curriculum Committee:

 Prof. Jagannath Basu (Course Coordinator)

 Prof. Biplab Debnath (Member)

 Prof. Amitava Chakraborty (Member)

Rationale of the Course:

Sustainable development continuously seeks to achieve social, economic, cultural and

environmental progress in ways which will not exhaust the Earth's finite natural resources.

Thus, the world must develop ways to meet these needs so that our future generations can

inherit a healthier and greener planet. United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals has

long been the holy grail of policy makers. Recent signs, however, do not portray a healthy

picture. The 2013 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its pledge to ‘live no one behind’

is a global commitment to improve the lives of the most vulnerable of us. According to the

Centre for Science and Environment's State of India's Environment Report, 2022, India has

dropped three points from 117 in 2021 to 120 this year in terms of meeting the 17 Sustainable

Development Goals. Failure to act now means that the Sustainable Development goals

(SDGs) will not be made undermining the credibility of the international community and
living millions to die unnecessarily. Keeping it in mind, this course has been designed and

developed with an objective to address and try to resolve the issues related to social,

economic, environment and health specifically in the fragile and under- developed region of

Cooch Behar district, West Bengal, India.

Course Content:

Sustainable Development:

 Conceptualizing Sustainable Development

 Evolution of the concept of Sustainable Development

 Significance of Sustainable Development

 Ecosystem and Sustainability

 Dimensions to Sustainable Development

Issues and Challenges in Cooch Behar District:

 Poverty, Hunger & Inequalities

 Good Health and Well-being

 Quality Education

 Clean Water and Sanitation

 Affordable and Clean Energy

 Decent Work and Economic Growth

 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Ways & Means towards Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals:

 Modernisation/Systematisation of the Self-Help Groups

 Co-operative Credit Society

 Focus on the usage of Cow-dung Biogas

 Modern Methods for Orchard Farming

  Better Goat Farming Methods and Techniques

 Innovative methods on Herbal Farming

 Development of Sustainable Business Network

 Sensitization on Efficient Tobacco Farming

 Soil and Climate Requirements for better ways of Arecanut Cultivation (Betel Nut)

 Preparation of Natural Soda-water --- “Chhyaka”

 Sensitization on Innovative learning methodologies and digital inclusion for

sustainability
 Development of a network of food systems and the importance of adopting a multi-
sectoral approach to nutrition-sensitive interventions

 Better Awareness and Implementation of Sanitation --- “Swachhta”

(Signature of the Course Coordinator) (Signature of the

Principal)