In the wake of India reclaiming its position as the leading source of international students in the US for the 2023-24 academic year, University of North Bengal Siliguri organized a lecture on “Traversing the Terrain of Internationalisation of Education” by Salesian Father Prof. George Thadathil, former Principal of Salesian College Sonada & Siliguri, on November 19.

Having concluded the official visit of the Salesian Formation Houses in Karnataka and Kerala of the Province of Bangalore, Father Gildasio Santos, the General Councillor for Social Communications from Rome, visited the Don Bosco Cultural Centre in Kochi on November 17 and 18.

On November 14th, Don Bosco Tech Society participated in a multi-stakeholder consultation hosted by the Government of Mizoram and the UNDP on "Leveraging CSOs Expertise for Accelerating SDGs in Mizoram". The event brought together Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and government officials to discuss strategies for aligning CSO initiatives with Mizoram's sustainable development priorities.

Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) is set to host the International Conference on Emerging and Environment Sustaining Renewable Energy (ICEESRE-2024) on October 24-25, 2024. This conference, a collaborative effort with five Taiwanese universities, aims to promote global progress in renewable energy and ensure access to affordable, reliable, and modern energy by 2030. The contributing Taiwan universities are Cheng Shiu University, National Quemoy University, National Chung Cheng University, Kun Shan University, and Fu Jen Catholic University.

On 13 April seven licensed women drivers drove into the future in their own e-autos in the 7th phase of the WE Auto (Women empowerment through Electric Autos) initiative in Kollam, Kerala; joining the other trailblazers, totalling to 34 women from the local fishing community. They are literally driving change into their own lives and the lives of their communities, with the support of BREADS and its Don Bosco partner Fishermen Community Development Programme (FCDP).  

The students of Don Bosco school, Mariapuram, Warangal, in Telangana district, launched a tree plantation campaign on the five acres of land chanting Grow Bosco (‘Bosco’ in Italian refers to wood/forest). The children went on the plantation drive of fruit-bearing saplings with the accompaniment of bugles and drums.