Introduction

This compendium is the product of the Erasmus+ Capacity in Higher Education project known as CONTESSA – Contemporary Teaching Skills for South Asia, a venture spanning from 2018 to 2022. The genesis of the CONTESSA program emanated from a collaborative effort between the University of Graz, which acted as the coordinating institution, and the Technical University of Dresden, another European program institution, in tandem with partner universities from Cambodia (University of Cambodia, Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia) and Sri Lanka (University of Colombo, Open University of Sri Lanka). To generate sustainable impacts, we engaged in synergy creation involving stakeholders from diverse sectors including academia, industry, politics, and non-profit social entities.