Javadekar launches Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0

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New Delhi : Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry on April 25, 2018, launches Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0 in New Delhi. Addressing the launching ceremony at AICTE headquarters through video message, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the students are the real agents of change who can develop, empower and brighten the future of the country.

Javadekar said that Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0 is in line with PM Narendra Modi’s vision to transform India, in which students from colleges and universities will go to nearby villages to get acquainted with the life of the village people and the problems faced by them in day to day life. He reiterated the quote of Mahatma Gandhi that India lives in villages and every village has its own specialty and challenges also. He added that this unique initiative of HRD ministry will serve as real Bharat Darshan for students and it is also an opportunity for them to learn about the basic challenges faced by rural people and to bring out practical solutions for their betterment, according to a PIB release.

The Minister advised students to involve local village people at every stage of problem identification and solving issues relating to health, cleanliness, waste management, plantation, financial inclusion, women and child development etc. Javadekar informed that the Ministry will bring out a practical handbook relating to Unnat Bharat Abhiyan.

Addressing the launching ceremony of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0, the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr Satya Pal Singh said that India had witnessed the migration of rural population in the past, but now the process of sustainable development through the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0 will help reverse this migration. Dr. Satya Pal Singh also congratulated the Indian Institute of Technology – IIT Delhi for developing excellent technology to take the development process to the rural areas.

Speaking on this occasion, the Secretary (Higher Education) of Human Resource Development R Subrahmanyam said that 750 institutions chosen in the first lot participated in today’s seminar. He said that to cover the 45,000 villages of the country under this movement, we need the participation of 8,252 institutions of Higher Education.

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Human Resources Development, with the intention to enrich Rural India. The knowledge base and resources of the Premier Institutions of the country are to be leveraged to bring in transformational change in rural developmental process.

Under the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0, the institutions have been selected on a Challenge Mode and the scheme has been extended to 750 reputed Higher Educational Institutes (both public and private) of the country.