Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA-0383)
About Us
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is inspired by the vision of transformational change in rural development processes by leveraging knowledge institutions to help build the architecture 15 of an Inclusive India. Its idea is to involve the higher educational institutions (technical/non-technical/public/private) of the country in the process of indigenous development of self-sufficient and sustainable village clusters. The whole idea of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is that
- The educational institutions in the country help in overall nation development by adopting villages.
- The educational institutions understand and participate in the development process by employing technologies in the rural areas and in turn students of the academic institutions and faculty members will enrich themselves. The concept is to enrich the academic and research program for the country. All-inall, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan aims to create a vibrant relationship between the society and the higher educational institutions, with the latter providing the knowledge and technology support to improve livelihoods in rural areas and to upgrade the capabilities of both the public and private organizations in the society.
Vision:
To involve professional and other higher educational institutions of the country in the process of indigenous development of self-sufficient and sustainable village clusters in tune with the notion of GramSwaraj propounded by Mahatma Gandhi
Mission:
In accordance with the above mentioned vision, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan will strive to pursue the following:
- Develop the necessary mechanism and proper networking among educational? institutions, implementation agencies (Panchayati Raj Institutions) and the grass root voluntary organizations 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 Govt. schemes as well as the efforts of voluntary organizations.
- Simultaneously, reorient the ethos, the academic curricula and research programs in? professional institutions to make these more compatible with the national needs including those of rural areas, thus contributing to capacity building towards indigenous development.
Nodal Officers
Nodal Officer (2018-2020) Dr Ritu Lehal, Professor & Director Women's Study Centre.
Supporting Officer: Dr Sukhwinder Singh Assistant Professor Womens Study Centre.
Nodal Officer (2020-till date) Dr Hardeep Kaur, Professor & Head Department of Social Work.
Supporting Officer: Dr Jagmohan Singh, Field Organizer, Department of Social Work.
Villages Adopted under UBA
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is the Flagship program of MHRD. It Links Higher Education Institutions with a set of at least 5 villages. These institutions can contribute to the economic and social betterment of the villages adopted by them. To bring transformation in rural development processes by leveraging educational institutions to help build the architecture of an Inclusive India. The Punjabi University, Patiala has adopted following five villages in the vicinity of its permanent campus:
- Jalalpur
- Bahadurgarh (Rurki Kasba)
- Mehmedpur Jattan
- Shamspur
- Raipur
Activates Undertaken
Base line Survey of Five Adopted Villages.
Meeting with Gram panchayat sarpanch and Village panchiyat is conducted by UBA team in villages and completed following survey
- Different schemes of government adopted by village people.
- Education and Literacy rate and basic amenities available in the villages.
- Number of male and female individuals across different education levels.
- School Going Children and adult literacy across caste groups.
- Village infrastructure and services.
- Source of Energy and Power.
Online Activities
Theme: Extension lecture on New Education Policy 2020
Resource Person: Professor D. P. Singh, Department of Social Work, Punjabi University, Patiala Date of Lecture: 21, September.2021
Number of Participants: 60 (Including adopted villages Panchiyat Members and School Heads)
Theme: Extension lecture on Suicide: Role of Social Work in Prevention.
Resource Person: Amandeep Singh, Project Technical Officer cum Psychologist at Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, Punjab.
Date of Lecture: July 19, 2021
Number of Participants: 30
Theme: Extension lecture on Stress Management
Resource Person: Professor Dr Ushvinder kaur Popli, Director and former head, Department of Social Work, Jamia Millia Islamia
Date of Lecture: 22 July, 2021.
Number of Participants: 40.
Theme: Extension lecture on "Plant trees for Climate Solution: Exploring the Role of Citizens".
Extension lecture on "Plant trees for Climate Solution: Exploring the Role of Citizens"
Resource Person: Dr Rajneesh Kumar, Project Head Punjab, NGO called Round Glass
Foundation; he was also state awardee 2016 by the Government of Punjab.
Date of Lecture: July 28, 2021.
Number of Participants: 34
Theme: Extension Lecture on "Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Phase -2"
Resource Person: Resource Person was Manish Mittal IEC Expert SBM (G) from the department of Water Supply and Sanitation Punjab.
Date of Lecture: July 31, 2021.
Number of Participants: 42
Theme: Extension Lecture on "Social Welfare Programmes".
Resource Person: Sukh Sagar Singh, District Welfare Officer Patiala from Department of Social Justice Empowerment and Minorities Punjab.
Date of Lecture: September 24, 2021.
Number of Participants: 38
Extension Lecture on "Role of Social Workers for Care and Protection of Aged"
Resource Person: Lakhwinder Sareen, Programme Officer Help AgeIndia, Rongla Patiala.
Date of Lecture: September 24, 2021.
Number of Participants: 35
Welfare Activities by the Department of Social Work.
Fund Raising Campaign for Deaf and Blind Children: Candle and other handicraft Sale
Candles and other hand crafted items made by the students of Patiala School for Deaf and Patiala School for Blind, Saifdipur. The open exhibition for the purpose of fund raising on various places in Punjabi University campus was organized between the dated October 25 to October 29.2021.
Candles and other hand crafted items made by the students of Patiala School for Deaf and Patiala School for Blind, Saifdipur. The open exhibition for the purpose of fund raising on various places in Punjabi University campus was organized between the dated October 25 to October 29.2021.