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Centre for Business and Society Follow Us! @LUMSCBS @CBS_LUMS @cbs_lums @cbslums Introduction The Centre for Business and Society (CBS) is a m inclusive and responsive platform that brings eff sations at the intersection of business and socie stage of influence. The centre engages with a m groups including business, government, polic society, practitioners and the academic communi to solving today’s business and societal challen objective of the centre is built on focus areas vi social and economic sustainability, including so environmental responsibility, diversity and inclusi CBS was created in 2019 at the successful conclusi for Governance & Public Management (CGPM) Enterprise Development Centre (SEDC). CBS draw plary legacy it inherited from these centers an manifold to absorb the key activities and under these prominent centres at SDSB.

WHO ARE WE? Thematic Pillars Rethinking business in a collectively conscious CBS’ blueprint draws largely from the 2030 and responsive society. Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the 17 Sustainable Development goals Proposing possibilities for change; providing (SDGs) that lie at its heart. Keeping in mind pathways to get there the SDG’s and the legacy passed down to CBS by CGPM AND SEDC, CBS’ thematic HOW DO WE GET pillars center around the following themes: THERE? Education Gender Trainings Research Health Sustainability Conferences Publications Speaker Sessions Edu-tainment Events Policy Discussions and Debates Donor funded Grants / Sponsored Projects Student Engagement/Immersion Programmes multidisciplinary, CBS fosters knowledge exchange between a Inclusiveness Public Policy fforts and conver- diverse set of audience to collaborate and work ety onto a wider towards a collective goal: rethinking the role of Governance Diversity myriad of diverse businesses for sustainable societies. To achieve this, cy makers, civil the centre brings forth a spectrum of activities Equal Access for All which ranges from trainings, conferences, edutain- ity to contribute ment events and student competitions to policy nges. The core discussions, debates and speaker sessions. ital to Pakistan’s Ethics, collective awareness and social responsibili- ocial, ethical and ty are the underlying themes for all the centre’s ivity. activities. The centre’s thematic areas include cross ion of the Centre cutting themes of education, gender, sustainability, ) and the Social diversity, inclusiveness, health, governance, public ws on the exem- policy, micro/social entrepreneurship and capacity nd has expanded building and equal access for all. rtakings of both

Trainings 252 2000 4000 Middle & Training Individuals Senior Sessions Trained Manager Conducted Trainings 19% FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 5% LEADERSHIP 18% MONITORING AND EVALUATION 17% HR MANGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 6% PROJECT MANAGEMENT 23% PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT ASP 23% BUGETING AND FINANCE 6% MICROFINANCE 14% STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF NGOs 18% PROJECT MANAGEMENT 7% MONITORING AND EVALUATION 32% LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME SEDC

Governance Lecture Series International Conferences Katchi Visual Story- Abadis - The telling and 2017 2018 Problem and Citizenship Education Ways to a By Arafat Solution By Tasneem Mazhar Siddiqui Virtual Spaces and Democra- cy in Pakistan By Muhammad Jibran Nasir Gender, Work and Creating Speaker Sessions Society - Challenges, Inclusive Organizational Promoting and Protecting the Opportunities and and Public rights of Older Persons in Prospects for Spaces By Dr. Asghar Zaidi Women’s Economic 2020 What is behind the label? Erhics and Development Cultural Challenges in Fieldwork By Peter Thomsen 2019 Gender, Worl Gender, Work and and Leadership: Society - Future of Bringing togeth- Equalities, Diversi- er Feminist and ties and Inclusion (EDI) in South Asia Postcolonial Insights and Beyond Talks Women Empowerment and Women at Workplace By Ardi Stoios Baken

Edutainment Events CBS brings forth a variety of Edu-tainment events, which are events based on a spectrum of pertinent social issues, purposefully designed to educate the audiences through various forms of entertainment 01 02 Inauguration of the It’s Everyone’s Business, Centre for Business and Period: Health, Hygiene and Society and A play on the Menstrual Taboo violence against women, by Ajoka Theatre titled 'Barri' 03 04 Launch of Autobiography by Pakistani Voices from the Mrs. Perwin Babar Ali and SDSB Margin: Panel Talk on Religious Diversity and Gospel Concert Book Store Launch by the Leo Twins 05 Musical Evening to Commemorate International Women’s Day



StEP Student Engagement Programme CBS has a series of programmes that focus on wider student engagement at LUMS Awareness Campaigns SMOG Awareness Am CBS in collaboration with the LUMS CBS signe Environmental Action Forum (LEAF), admission organized a panel talk on smog for admiss awareness and the current air pollu- tion crisis in the country. ot ON yaS Inter recnaC tsaerB - Summer Int Breast Cancer Awareness - MOOC Sum - Project Base To commemorate Breast Cancer Awareness Month, CBS and SDSB collaborated with Pink Ribbon Paki- stan to organize a panel discussion which was followed by a ceremonial walk. As part of the campaign, CBS volunteers also conducted a three-day long fundraising drive on campus to raise funds for Pink Ribbon Pakistan.

mbassadors for Change Programme ed an MoU with The Citizens Foundation (TCF). Under this collaboration, TCF and CBS agreed to facilitate the n of meritorious TCF Alumni in tertiary institutions. To help prepare a good number of meritorious TCF Alumni sion in the top undergraduate degree programmes in Pakistan. 60 20 19 150 TCF Alumni enrolled LUMS Students Weeks long Contact hours to be part of this Volunteer to teach programme between volunteers programme TCF Alumni and TCF Alumni rnships ternship Programme mmer Internships ed Internships

StEP Student Engagement Programme Student Competitions 01 Annual Policy Brief Competition Thematic Areas: (i) Gender Inclusion (ii) Institutional Governance Reforms (iii) Social Policy (Education, Health and Poverty Eradication) 02 Photography Competition Title: Click for Change Theme: Inclusiveness Photograph By Asim Munir Photograph By Momin Iqbal Photograph By Ansuya Bhatia Photogr

Photograph By Abdullah Afaq Photograph By Aqeel Ahmed Photograph By Faisal Saeed raph By Hammad Noor

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