Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, UBA 2.0 has completed four years on April 25. On this day in 2018, the UBA 2.0 was launched with the vision of transformational change in rural development processes.
About Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
- Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is a flagship programme of the Education Ministry which aims to link the Higher Education Institutions with set of at least five villages, so that these institutions can contribute to the economic and social betterment of these village communities using their knowledge base.
- Its objective is also to engage the faculty and students of Higher Educational Institutions in understanding rural realities.
- Currently 748 Institutions are participating under the scheme. In the phase -2 of the scheme 605 institutions have been selected.
- Out of these 313 are Technical Institutions and 292 are Non-Technical Institutions.
- Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0 is the upgraded version of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 1.0.
- The scheme is extended to all educational institutes; however under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0 Participating institutes are selected based on the fulfillment of certain criteria.
