About UBA

A group of committed faculty members from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi who have long worked in the areas of rural development and appropriate technology took the initiative to launch the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan. The program was formally launched by the Ministry of Education (MoE) (formerly Ministry Human Resource Development (MHRD)) in presence of The President of India on 11th November, 2014.

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.

Mission

- - 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.
  - It also aims to create a virtuous cycle between society and an inclusive academic system by providing knowledge and practices for emerging professions and to upgrade the capabilities of both the public and the private sectors in responding to the development needs of rural India.

Goals

To build an understanding of the development agenda within institutes of Higher Education and an institutional capacity and training relevant to national needs, especially those of rural India.
To re-emphasize the need for field work, stake-holder interactions and design for societal objectives as the basis of higher education.
To stress on rigorous reporting and useful outputs as central to developing new professions.
To provide rural India and regional agencies with access to the professional resources of the institutes of higher education, especially those that have acquired academic excellence in the field of science, engineering and technology, and management.
To improve development outcomes as a consequence of this research. To develop new professions and new processes to sustain and absorb the outcomes of research.
To foster a new dialogue within the larger community on science, society and the environment and to develop a sense of dignity and collective destiny.

UBA Schemes

"Technology Development scheme" with a funding upto Rs. 1,00,000/-.

"Technology Customization scheme" with a funding upto Rs. 50,000/-.

Procedure to apply for UBA

UBA proposal should be applied at institute level. For rural development, the proposal submitted should be under any of the areas as specified by the Subject Expert Group (SEG). The technicality of the proposal will be scrutinized by the SEG and the implementation details will be reviewed by National Steering Committee (NSC). Once both SEG and NSC approves, a proposal will be funded.

Subject Expert Groups

Rural Energy Systems
Rural Craft and Artisans Development & Rural Industrialization and Entrepreneurship Development
Sanitation & Solid Waste Management
Liquid Waste Management
Rural Infrastructure
Ethos in Technical Institutions
Water Resource Management
Sustainable Agriculture System
Capacity Building ,Strategy for Convergence and Implementation of Various Govt. Schemes
Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Start-ups and Digital Knowhow
Curriculum Reforms and Educational Institutions Social Responsibility
Participation in School Education
Others

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