TERI School of Advanced Studies (TERI SAS) in collaboration with the Government of India Rooftop Solar Technical Assistance Program supported by the World Bank hosted the “2nd International Conference on Business, Economics and Sustainable Development (ICBESD-2019)” on January 17-18, 2019. An overwhelming response of more than 150 papers was received from eminent national and international institutes including the IIMS, IITs, central universities and other prestigious business schools. The conference comprised three panel discussions on emerging themes of health finance, circular economy, and solar rooftop systems and 16 parallel paper presentation sessions with eminent academicians, corporate leaders and policy-makers chairing the sessions on various themes relating to the Sustainable Development Goals. The conference was a unique platform for faculty, researchers, students, corporate leaders and other stakeholders to deliberate on the emerging horizons to meet the mammoth challenge of sustainable development.