UNNAT BHARAT ABHIYAN

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan at NIT Raipur

Previously, NIT Raipur is participating in Unnat Bharat Abhiyan as a participating institute from its first phase. The UBA coordinator attended a meeting of coordinators of UBA from various institutes at IIT Delhi on September, 17, 2015. In consultation with the District Collector Raipur a cluster of five villages in the Development Block Dharsiwa, namely, Nardaha, Pacheda, Bendri, Pirda, and Chataud have been identified. Initial discussions with the inhabitants of these villages are going on to understand various problems and issues and to come up with feasible solutions for the same. Some of the areas the UBA cell of NIT Raipur has identified to work on these villages such as village sanitation, drinking water supply, energy including renewable energy, agriculture and allied activities, irrigation, improving technology of handicraft and artisans, affordable housing, improving educational standards, improving health etc.

UBA cell coordinator attended the meeting of coordinators of UBA Cells from various institutes at IIT Delhi on September, 17, 2015. Then after in consultation with the District Collector Raipur a cluster of five villages in the Development Block Dharsiwa, namely, Nardaha, Pacheda, Bendri, Pirda, and Chataud have been identified.

PI-UBA unit of the following officials is constituted to implement the activities under UBA.

Shri Harendra Bikrol, Department of MCA	- Coordinator
Dr. Goverdhan Bhatt, Department of Civil Engg. (NSS in-charge)	- Member
Dr. Santosh Penta, Department of Chemistry (NCC in-charge)	- Member
Dr. Ravi K. Jade, Department of Mining Engg.	- Member

In April, 2018 second phase of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan has been launched. In order to facilitate, guide and monitor the activities of the participating institutions in Chhattisgarh region, NIT Raipur identified as a regional coordinating institutions (RCI) by the Ministry of Education, GOI to contribute in the implementation of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan effectively.

In this regard following committee is constituted for RCI-UBA unit:

Dr. Sudhakar Pandey, Department of Information Technology	- Regional Coordinator
Dr. Manikant Verma, Department of Civil Engineering	- Member
Dr. Dharm Pal, Department of Chemical Engineering	- Member
Dr. Suvendu Rup, Department of Information Technology	- Member

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Some of the areas the UBA Cell has identified to work on at these villages are:

Village sanitation
Drinking water supply
Energy, including renewable energy
Agriculture and allied activities
Irrigation
Improving technology of handicrafts and Artisans
Affordable housing
Improving educational standards
Improving Health
Proper use of IT applications

UBA Cell

UBA Cell members
UBA Cell functions directly under the supervision of the Director, NIT Raipur.
NSS unit in the institute is involved in the UBA activities.
NCC unit of the institute is also involved in UBA activities.
Student clubs like Sahyog, Technocracy, We Care – Green Movement, Sanskriti, Click the Photography Club, Raga the Music Club are also involved with the activities of the UBA cell.

Visit http://unnat.iitd.ac.in for more details about UBA CELL.

Villages selected under UBA

Block :	Dharsiwa
District :	Raipur
State :	Chhattisgarh

Selected Villages :

Chataud
Nardaha
Pacheda
Bendri
Pirda

Dharsiwa is a village panchayat located in the Raipur district of Chhattisgarh state,India. The latitude 21.4081864 and longitude 81.6719914 are the geocoordinate of the Dharsiwa.