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The SDGs and India: goals, progress and your part

What the 17 Global Goals ask for, how India tracks them, and how to make your work count.

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The courseSDGs

Chapters
6
Lessons
21
Questions
140
Level
Beginner
Duration
~3 hours
Valid as of
September 2026
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What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain what the 2030 Agenda is, and how its goals, targets and indicators fit together
  • Describe each of the 17 goals and what it looks like in Indian communities
  • Find your way around India's SDG system: NITI Aayog, MoSPI, the SDG India Index, states and districts
  • Map CSR projects to Schedule VII and to specific SDG targets, without SDG-washing
  • Choose indicators, set baselines and break data down so no one is left behind
  • Plan, evidence and tell an honest story about your own contribution

Syllabus

Every lesson ends with a quick check. Each chapter ends with a quiz you need 60% to pass, and the course ends with a final assessment (70% to pass).

  1. 1Chapter 1What the SDGs areThe 2030 Agenda, how goals, targets and indicators fit together, and the big ideas behind them.
  2. 2Chapter 2The people goals (Goals 1–5)No poverty, zero hunger, health, education and gender equality: what each goal asks for, and what it looks like in India.
  3. 3Chapter 3Planet, prosperity, peace and partnership (Goals 6–17)Water, climate, consumption, nature, energy, work, cities, justice and partnerships in Indian settings.
  4. 4Chapter 4How India tracks the SDGsNITI Aayog, MoSPI, the SDG India Index, states, districts and blocks, and India's reviews at the UN.
  5. 5Chapter 5SDGs, CSR and businessMapping Schedule VII to the goals, how BRSR and investors use SDG language, and claiming a contribution without SDG-washing.
  6. 6Chapter 6Measuring and acting locallyTargets, indicators, baselines and disaggregation; results chains and theories of change; evidence levels; and what each of us can do.
  7. Final assessment and certificate20 questions · 70% to pass · unlocks when every chapter is passed