New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- A growing disconnect between what universities teach and what businesses need is creating a talent gap in India's sustainability sector, Anushree Poddar, programme director of the PGP in Sustainability & Business Management at Masters' Union, said at the fifth Mint Sustainability Summit in Mumbai.

Delivering a special address on Bridging Academia and Industry: Rethinking Higher Education for Sustainability, Poddar said companies are increasingly struggling to find professionals who understand both sustainability and business.

"There exists a great gap between how businesses work and integrate sustainability, and how sustainability is being taught," she said, adding that the first challenge lies in "the curriculum an...