UBA Cell

UNNAT BHARAT ABHIYAN CELL, NLUO

A. WHO ARE WE?

The Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), the flagship programme of the Ministry of Education, was founded to breathe life into the idea of attaining self-sufficient ‘village republics’. Through optimum usage of local resources, Higher Education Institutions capabilities and environment friendly technologies, it aims to fulfill the requirement of food, clothing, health care, livelihood and education in rural areas.

The UBA cell of NLUO, established in 2018, intends to enrich the five adopted villages through structured community outreaching. It runs with five off-shoots: Swachh Bharat, Sikshit Bharat, Swasth Bharat, Swavlambi Bharat and Sampann Bharat. The five villages adopted under the programme are Dompada, Kushpangi, Naraj, Mundali and Amarendrapur, situated in Cuttack district of Odisha.

To work effectively with a focus-oriented approach, the UBA Cell of the University is further divided into 3 sub-committees with the following heads:

Horticulture Committee (In accordance with the Swachh Bharat vision)
Education Committee (In accordance with the Sikshit Bharat vision)
Medical Committee (In accordance with the Swasth Bharat vision)

B. VISION AND MISSION

The Vision of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Cell of NLUO is to holistically develop our adopted villages in terms of both Human Development and Material (economic) development.

To provide knowledge and feasible solutions in order to improve the livelihood in rural areas lies at the key consideration while implementing the vision of the Cell. The Cell also aims to work towards the developmental processes of Gram Panchayat so as to enable village clusters to achieve sustainable development and better quality of life.

The flagship programme launched by the Ministry of HRD, now the Ministry of Education strives to identify developmental challenges and bid appropriate solutions for accelerating sustainable growth of the people of rural Odisha. In hindsight, it aims for a transformational change in rural development processes by leveraging knowledge institutions to help build the architecture of an Inclusive India. The UBA cell of National Law University Odisha is fortunate enough to adopt five villages under the programme, namely: Dompada, Kushpangi, Naraj, Mundali and Amarendrapur.

C. ACHIEVEMENTS

D. TEAM

Faculty Advisor/UBA Coordinator by MoE – Dr. Kuntirani Padhan

Student Members –

S.No.	Name	Year	Post
1.	Shayant Pathak	5th	Mentor
2.	Rae Kusumika	4th	Convenor
3.	Vanshika Visen	3rd	Co-Convenor
4.	Srishti Choudhary	3rd	Secretary
5.	Shakti Soni	3rd	Member
6.	Vedant Mishra	3rd	Member
7.	Richa Rout	3rd	Member
8.	Siddharth Shankar	2nd	Member
9.	Naveen Singh	2nd	Member
10.	Srijan Kumar	2nd	Member
11.	Manu Jalaj	2nd	Member
12.	Alok Singh Mourya	2nd	Member
13.	Anwesha Nanda	2nd	Member
14.	Bhoomi Goenka	1st	Co-opt
15.	Simone Mukherjee	1st	Co-opt
16.	Pragya Basu	1st	Co-opt
17.	Anshika Pal	1st	Co-opt
18.	Mallika Jain	3-year LLB	Co-opt

E. Links –

F. CONTACT US Faculty Coordinator, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan –

Dr. Kuntirani Padhan: +91 9556030948
Anuj Shukla (Mentor cum Convenor): +919636561846.

email ID – uba@nluo.ac.in

G. ANNUAL REPORT

H. Field Trip

Health Sensitisation Camp and Registration of ABHA Health Cards

A Health Sensitisation Camp, under Swasth Bharat offshoot of UBA, was conducted at the Mundali village, Cuttack in order to spread awareness regarding registration of health cards which have been made available by the Central Government to uplift the status of healthcare at the grass root level where there is usually no access to proper and streamlined healthcare facilities.

The Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, established by the Ministry of Education has five offshoots, one of which is Swasth Bharat which primarily aims at disseminating information and awareness regarding healthcare facilities which exist in the status quo however have failed to reach the marginalized sectors of the society due to lack of literacy and an equitable access to resources.

With the aim of reducing these gaping holes in the existing policies and it’s implementation, this field trip was organised. The programme began with the members of the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Cell conducting a skit. The skit depicted and explained the importance of ABHA Health Care Cards and its benefits. Due procedure of making the Abha healthcare card, under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme of Central Government, which allows for the card holders to avail free healthcare services in any medical establishment across the state is also explained. The skit also apprised the village community of the multiple benefits that can be construed from having the health card.

Subsequently, the members of the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan assisted the residents of the Mundali village in registering their own cards while also solving their queries and doubts. The day ended on a high note with the health camp recording an enthusiastic turnout from the members of the Mundali village and the UBA successfully registering fifty three (53) healthcare cards in total. It was a great achievement for the Cell and Unnat Bharat Abhiyan look forward to conduct more such activities in its five adopted villages.

Skit on Career Counselling and Information on Scholarship Schemes at Naraj School

The Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan 2.0 Cell of NLUO went on a field trip on 17th of October to Sidheswar Vidyamandir, Naraj headed by Smt. Swapnashree Pattnaik.

Numerous activities were undertaken during the field visit. Members of UBA presented a short skit based on career counselling to make the students aware about the career counselling sessions of UBA. The cell made a presentation about the different scholarship schemes that the students could avail. There was a quiz on general knowledge conducted by UBA members for the students as a fun activity. The UBA cell, NLUO donated whiteboards, markers and dusters to the school. The students were given refreshments. The students were also given survey forms to help them regarding scholarships.

With all of these mentioned, it was a very successful field visit headed by the faculty advisor of UBA cell, NLUO Dr. Kuntirani Padhan, Coordinator Mr. Durbadala Mantry and Mentor Anuj Shukla.

Exposure Visit with Civil Trainees on Value of Higher Education at Dompada

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), the flagship programme of the Ministry of Education, the Cell of the University intends to enrich the five adopted villages. In furtherance of the same, the cell has been running a career counselling programme for the past two months in an attempt to educate the students about their career alternatives and their financial viability.

We conducted a programme on 19th October 2022 at Dompada, one of the adopted villages in the Cuttack district. The trainees of various job holders who passed the civil services test attended this programme. The cell’s members presented a skit outlining the value of higher education and encouraging the public to contact the cell’s counsellors if they needed any additional assistance. Furthermore, the villagers raised their concerns and questions they had in their mind and those were effectively answered by Dr. Kuntirani Padhan, our faculty advisor. The cell’s members additionally interacted with the trainees and acquired some really helpful information and guidance. The state visits experiences were also shared by the civil servants, who also appreciated the cell’s efforts to promote the general improvement of the adopted villages.

We would like to express our gratitude to Dr. Kuntirani Padhan, our faculty adviser, for her constant support and guidance which made it possible for us to undertake this entire visit. Additionally, the visit would not have been possible without the coordination and facilitation of Mr. Durbala Mantry, the coordinator of the programme.