Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0 to link Higher Education Institutions with five villages

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan aims to link the Higher Education Institutions with at least (5) villages so that these institutions can contribute to the economic and social betterment of these village communities using their knowledge base.

The Government has recently launched Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0, which is the phase-2 of the scheme. It covers 750 Higher Educational Institutes.

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan aims to link the Higher Education Institutions with at least (5) villages so that these institutions can contribute to the economic and social betterment of these village communities using their knowledge base.

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.

It also aims to create a virtuous cycle between the society and an inclusive university system, with the latter providing knowledge base; practices for emerging livelihoods and to upgrade the capabilities of both the public and private sectors.

The objective of the scheme is

• (i) To engage the faculty and students of Higher Educational Institutions in understanding rural realities;
• (ii) Identify and select existing innovative technologies, enable customization of technologies, or devise implementation methods for innovative solutions, as required by people; and
• (iii) To allow Higher Educational Institutions to contribute to devising systems for smooth implementation of various Government Programs.

Currently, 688 Institutions covering 33 States/UT's are participating under the scheme.

The time frame for UBA 2.0 implementation is as provided below:-

Year	Total Institutions to be selected
2017-2018	750
2018-2019	3000
2019-2020	4500

The details of Higher Educational Institutes and the villages adopted may be seen below:-

S.No.	Type of Institutes	Number of Institute	Number of villages adopted by PIs
1	Technical Institutes	426	2192
2	Non-technical Institutes	262	1363
	Total (Tech. + Non-Tech.)	688	3555