Meet Pavani Luckkana, a third-year IT student with a passion for sustainability and innovation. She began her academic journey at the Mauritius campus and later transferred to the Dubai campus after her first year to pursue broader opportunities and global exposure. With a strong foundation in technology and a drive to create meaningful impact, Pavani is committed to leveraging digital solutions to build a greener, more connected future.
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After my investment in the Global Sustainability Challenge in 2024, something inside of me shifted; something opened my eyes. From that time on, I did not learn only about sustainability; I learned about purpose. No longer was sustainability something I read about in the news; it became more personal; it held meaning. I started asking larger, more meaningful questions:
What does sustainability look like for my island?
For my community?
For our future?
As I continued to dig deeper, I began to notice something both concerning and uplifting: an apparent disconnect between how humans think about sustainability and the real, grounded principles that support it. I felt like most only saw it as climate or environmentalism. Few saw and sold the deep intersectionality of sustainability, identity, education, ethics, and innovation. However, sometimes it wasn’t because of people’s lack of trying to understand, but sometimes the information doesn’t quite hit the way people are trying to make their point.
That gap sparked something in me.
I realized I didn’t want to wait for someone else to get in there. So, I decided that I was going to be a contributing voice, not just talking, but doing. Not just responding, but re-imagining.
With the rapid advancement of technology, it is simple for ethics, diversity, and long-term impact to get left behind in the excitement. But I believe we have to stop that cycle. My passion initiative focuses on changing the manner in which people acquire knowledge about sustainability, specifically in nearby, oftentimes overlooked communities.
I am not here to rewrite or destroy history. I am here to encourage reshaping, modelling, and adaptation; to show that we can respect tradition and create room for innovation. That we can deconstruct systems without destroying their pillars. That sustainability isn’t just about the planet, it’s about us.
I want to challenge systems for meaningful growth. I want to help restore cultural identity that’s often lost in global narratives. I want to keep learning and, just as importantly, keep educating.
At the heart of it all is community. I’m building one that is educated, informed, creative, and fearless. Where questions are cherished, ideas are fostered, and change is generated together. Where sustainability isn’t something, we discuss, it’s something we live.
It’s not a project.
It’s a movement.
And it’s only just beginning.