Associate Professor Sarju Sing Rai

Academic discipline: Health

Dr. Sarju Sing Rai is an Assistant Professor in “Competencies Development for Societal Transformation through Public Engagement in Transdisciplinary Research and Education” with focus on the themes – Global Health, and Health and Wellbeing (SDG 3). He is member of the Broader mind – Community Service Learning (CSL) project of VU Amsterdam, wherein he is involved in teaching and designing transdisciplinary and transformative education with multistakeholder involvement to jointly address complex (global) health issues. He is also involved in local knowledge alliances with community–based organizations, citizen groups, and educational institutions operating within the city of Amsterdam, viz. Knowledge alliance – Loneliness & Mental Wellbeing, and Knowledge Alliance – Inclusive and accessible City.

Within the Netherlands, he is involved in NRO’s CONNECT project with other 10 Dutch Universities, where he is co–leading activities to elucidate design elements and develop framework(s) for Transdisciplinary Learning in Higher Education. Internationally, he is co-leading the Aurora 2030 programme – work package focusing on Teaching and Learning for Societal Impact & Transformation.