Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA)
About Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) is a flagship initiative of the Ministry of Education, Government of India, aimed at strengthening the bond between higher educational institutions and rural India. The programme seeks to enable sustainable rural development through knowledge exchange, technology transfer, and active community participation.
The ICFAI University Sikkim joined UBA as Participating Institute (PI) in the year 2018 and has since adopted five villages, working consistently towards socio-economic upliftment, capacity building, and sustainable development through participatory engagement.
Vision
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is inspired by the vision of transformational change in rural development processes by leveraging knowledge institutions to help build the architecture of an Inclusive India and to have a paradigm shift in academic and research programs of the country.
Mission
Develop the necessary mechanism and proper coordination among educational institutions, implementation agencies (District administration / Panchayati Raj Institutions) and the grassroots level stakeholders to enable effective intervention at the field level.
Select suitable rural clusters and effectively participate in the holistic development of these clusters using eco-friendly sustainable technologies and local resources creating sufficient employment opportunities in the process, harnessing multifarious government schemes, customised use of existing technologies and use of knowledge as per the local needs.
Reorienting the academic curricula and research programs in higher educational institutions to make them more responsive to the needs of the time and to bring in holistic development and enrich knowledge of students about issues of villages/society.
- To identify/select five villages in consultation with the district collectors for the activities under the UBA.
- Institutions are expected to do field studies, study the implementation of government schemes, and facilitate their better implementation so that they meet their objectives.
- To engage interested faculty members & students, NSS and other bodies of the institutes engaged in community development activities.
- As a selected PIs, we should work with state government, district authorities / PRIs / other institutions and non-governmental bodies, for arriving at suitable solutions for improving the social and economic well-being of the rural communities.
Our Commitment (Since 2018)
Since joining UBA in 2018, the University has:- Adopted five villages for sustained engagement
- Parbing: Luing Perbing GPU
- Lwing Kharga: Luing Perbing GPU
- Middle Luing: Luing Perbing GPU
- Lower Sichey: Municipal
- Phenzong: Ranka GPU
- Conducted structured surveys and need-based interventions
- Involved students and faculty in field visits and rural immersion activities
- Coordinated with local administrative bodies for effective implementation