Introduction

The Mission of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is to enable participating 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.

Under the UBA program all Participating Institutes are adopting a cluster of five villages in consultation with Districts Collectors. A letter in this regards has already been circulated to Districts Collectors by MHRD. VESIT adopted a cluster of 5 villages namely as (1) Gargaon (Dabhon) (2) Apti, (3) Asnas, (4) Ambiste Khurd and (5) Aamgaon in Wada Taluka, District Thane

Objectives

a) Productivity :- To increase productivity by cropping intensity and change in cropping pattern leading to higher production and productivity.

b) Socio-Economic Conditions :- To improve socio-economic conditions, create livelihood opportunities and increase food security; well-being of the poorest of the poor.

c) Holistic Development :- To ensure effective participation of the villagers for the holistic development of the village Gargaon by preparing an Integrated Development Plan for the sustainable development of the village using eco-friendly sustainable technologies and local resources, creating sufficient employment opportunities in the process, harnessing multifarious Govt. Schemes.

d) Women Empowerment :- To empower the women through active participation in decision making process, increase income and access to resources.

e) Use of Technology :- To liaison with district administration and gram panchayat institutions to help them to prioritize the fund allocation to various developmental activities and provide necessary inputs on technologies to be implemented in the field.

Steps of preparing Village Development Plan

• Identification of the village and key persons for knowledge input
• Social Mobilization through hamlet meeting and village meeting.
• Conducting primary survey and secondary data collection.
• Analysis of data, identification of problem, issues and potential.
• Interaction with the villagers and conducting Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) for the feedback.
• Identification of agricultural mechanism for enhances productivity, available traditional technique for employment generation, increasing rural livelihood, improvement of basic facilities and improvement of quality of life.
• Obtained input from the key persons and preparation of integrated village development plan.

Action Plan

• UBA Cell or committee as per the interest (Faculties and Students) is formed
• Team visited villages with proper discussion with Village people.
• Awareness program is conducted about UBA in every village.
• To report on every visit and copy to IIT Delhi.
• To find out feasible solution for every problem.
• To implementation of planed activity with UBA team.

Grant received :

Total grant received is of Rs.50,000 for survey of 5 villages in year 2019-2020.

Technology Development Proposals

Four Proposals are being sent to the Ministry for funding on Technology interventions based on the problems identified in villages in year 2020-2021, Estimated costing of each proposal was Rs.1,00,000.

(1) e-Learning (Dabhon, Gram Panchayat-Gargaon)
(2) Surya Sakshamta: Pragati Ka Sulabh Marg (Ambiste Kh. Village) (This proposal is processed by SEG and waiting at CI.)
(3) Bio Toilet: An Ecological Initiative (Aapti Village)
(4) Installing Sanitary Pad Dispensing and Disposing Machines (Amgaon Village).

Our college got a fund of Rs.50,000 on the date 01/06/2021 for the proposal "Surya Sakshamta: Pragati Ka Sulabh Marg" out of 4 proposals.
Village where it is to be implemented: Ambiste Khurd, Tahsil- Vada, Dist- Palghar, Maharashtra, India.
Team members of UBA team: Dr.Gresha Bhatia,Mrs.Indu Dokare and Dr.Sushil Dhuldhar
Co-ordinator of UBA team: Mrs.Manisha Joshi.