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Unnat Bharat Abhiyan

Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India has launched the national program called Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), with the vision to involve professional and higher educational institutions in the development process of rural areas in the country to achieve sustainable development and better quality of life. Under the UBA programme every Participating Institute is to adopt a cluster of five villages in a District. The Mission of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is to enable higher educational institutions to work with the people of rural India in identifying development challenges and evolving appropriate solutions for accelerating sustainable growth.

Roles and Responsibilities

The main responsibility of a UBA cell will be primarily to develop linkage with selective rural clusters, involve in the planning process and to promote the requisite Science &Technology interventions to improvise and expedite the developmental efforts in those clusters.

The Participating Institute (PI) will adopt at least five villages in consultation with the District Collectors for the development activities under the UBA.

Participating Institutions are expected to do field studies, study the implementation of the Government schemes, and facilitate their better implementation so that they meet their objectives to the best.

Participating Institution should engage interested faculties, students, NSS and other bodies of the institutes engaged in community activities.