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Welcome to the Science Summit at UNGA76, a major contribution to advancing Science for the UN SDGs. Online from 14- September - 5 October 2021.
ISC will organise the second edition of the UNGA76 Science Summit around the 76th United Nations General Assembly (SSUNGA76) in September 2021. The objective of the virtual meeting will be to raise awareness of the role and contribution of science to the attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It will demonstrate initiatives that provide models for global science mechanisms and activities in support of the SDGs, particularly in science infrastructure and capacity building. Science is and will enable sustainable economic, environmental, and societal development. Science is more than a funding prioritisation exercise: science is impacting all areas of policy-making and is playing a more critical role in how policy objectives are achieved and the consequent benefit to people everywhere, including responses to global challenges.
Engagement with policy leadership is more important than ever: UNGA76 is a unique forum for science to demonstrate how policy and political leadership can benefit from innovation. Central to this is the role of nonstate actors and the multilateral fora, which increasingly determine how priorities are set. Science needs to be part of this dialogue and inform outputs through thought leadership, evidence, insights, analysis, and innovation.

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Sneha Sinha

RIS
Young Professional
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Sneha Sinha is a Young Professional at RIS. She joined RIS in February 2020. She holds a Ph.D. in Science Policy from Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. As a PhD scholar, she has received fellowships and grants such as the Charles Wallace India Trust, Indian Council of Historical Research and Indian Council of Social Science Research. Before joining RIS, she worked with the Director, University Grants Commission (UGC) - Human Resource Development Centre, JNU and facilitated the designing of the SWAYAM ARPIT interdisciplinary refresher course on History of Science and Technology, under the guidance and support of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
At RIS, she works on the RIS Science Diplomacy Programme funded by the Department of Science and Technology and researches on various aspects of science diplomacy. She is also involved with the editorial process of the Science Diplomacy Review, a multi-disciplinary peer-reviewed journal on science diplomacy published by RIS.