The Founding Vice Chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University, Prof. (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar addressed the prestigious Annual Meeting of the Academic Council of the United Nations System (ACUNS) and delivered the keynote speech, titled "The Role of Universities in the Global South for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)". In his landmark discourse, Dr. Raj Kumar outlined how critical it was to achieve the ambitious Agenda 2030 in the remaining six years and how important it is for all stakeholders, governments and corporations to undertake strategic policies and actions to contribute directly to the fulfilment of the SDGs and solve pressing global issues. “It is essential that knowledge production and distribution, innovation, cutting-edge research, interactive learning, capacity building are enhanced for human development and universities and other higher education institutions can be a key platform to realise the fruitful conclusion of these important and demanding tasks,” he said.