Unnat Bharat Abhiyan

Q.  Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is for
- Published on 03 May 16

a. Adult literacy in rural areas
b. Connecting higher educational institutions to communities
c. Research in higher educational institutions
d. Use of technology in agriculture

ANSWER: Connecting higher educational institutions to communities
 
  • The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has launched a programme called Unnat Bharat Abhiyan with an aim to connect institutions of higher education, including Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISERs) etc. with local communities to address the development challenges through appropriate technologies.
  • The objectives of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan are broadly two-fold:
i) Building institutional capacity in Institutes of higher education in research & training relevant to the needs of rural India.
ii) Provide rural India with professional resource support from institutes of higher education, especially those which have acquired academic excellence in the field of Science, Engineering & Technology and Management.

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