1.
~Lalit Kishore

2.
 There are globally agreed 17 Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) of UN's 2030 Agenda to transform the
world
 The goals are as follows
 GOAL 1: No Poverty; GOAL 2: Zero Hunger; GOAL 3: Good
Health and Well-being; GOAL 4: Quality Education; GOAL 5:
Gender Equality; GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation; GOAL
7: Affordable and Clean Energy; GOAL 8: Decent Work and
Economic Growth; GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and
Infrastructure; GOAL 10: Reduced Inequality; GOAL 11:
Sustainable Cities and Communities; GOAL 12: Responsible
Consumption and Production; GOAL 13: Climate Action;
GOAL 14: Life Below Water; GOAL 15: Life on Land; GOAL 16:
Peace and Justice Strong Institutions; GOAL 17 : Partnerships to
achieve the Goal

3.
 Besides the emergent issues, the main ones are
Accessibility; Data and Statistics (including
research); Inequality; Mental Health and
Development; Poverty; Natural Disasters;
Urban Development; Women and Girls, etc.
 However, research needs needs to seen as a
cross-cutting activity to chart the progress
across the 17 SDGs

4.
 On the basis of an FGD in an NGO,
as an abstractin the form of 5As
were elicited as essentials for
research in institutions and
organization as systematic and
focussed activity

5.
 A-1: Applied scientific
research with centrality of
sustainability to be viewed as
a relevant dimension in the
effective achievement of the
United Nation's SDGs
Agenda by 2030

6.
 A-2: Analysis of on-going
research scientometrically to
map the progress of relevant
research towards SDGs for
course correction be encouraged

7.
 A-3: Appreciative studies on
contribution of interdisciplinary
and transdisciplinary research
towards sustainability science as
knowledge area

8.
 A-4: Approaches to research
that are collaborative and
team-project based be
considered, discussed and
carried out to make them
robust

9.
 A-5: Accelerating support the
research transition for sustainability
by creating in-house units and
forums for exchange, dissemination,
discussion, orientation on
sustainability researches and
learning