AIT conducts 3-day MHRD Unnat Bharat Abhiyan camp at adopted villages

NEW DELHI, JULY 16: Atria Institute of Technology conducted a three-day camp as part of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan at Sonaganahalli, Gedare, Anudi and Mudigere, the college’s adopted villages.

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) is a flagship programme of Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) to identify developmental challenges and evolving appropriate solutions for accelerating sustainable growth. The second edition began in April 2018 with a total of 748 institutions participating in the scheme. The scheme aims to link higher education institutions with a set of at least five villages with the aim to contribute economic and social betterment of these communities.

A 56-member team comprising 50 students from Computer Science engineering department, were taken to the adopted village and took part in several activities.

Kaushik Raju, Director of Atria Institute of Technology, said, “It is an opportunity for the faculty members and students to implement various innovative ideas for community development. This initiative will also bring about holistic development and positive transformation in students since they will be able to put their learning to practical use and see the benefits.”

“During our visit to each village, we enquired about the basic necessities of rural people living in these villages like food, clothing, shelter, healthcare, transportation, livelihood and education. On the basis of these details, we conducted the UBA survey on the first day, using the UBA app. The government has proposed some amount of money to the village for which the living status of the people needs to be surveyed. The survey is to provide information about each family’s status,” explained Sanjeev, a 3rd year computer science student of Atria Institute who participated in the programme.