The Central University of
Orissa adopted five villages
adjacent to the University
for its Socio-economic
Development on 25th
September, 2015. This
initiation was taken under
the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan,
started by the Government of
India to bring
transformational changes in
the rural development
process by leveraging
knowledge institution to
help build the architecture
of an inclusive India. Prof.
Sachidananda Mohanty,
Vice-Chancellor of the
University inaugurated "Unnat Bharat Abhiyan" programme of the University,
organised at Chikapar
village of Sunabeda.
Speaking on the occasion
Prof. Mohanty said "Charity
begins from home" and the
development of the
University should be started
from the local villages. The
University announced the
adoption of five adjacent
villages named Chikapar,
Chakarliput, Rajpalama,
Balda and Nuaguda. The
Vice-Chancellor also
stressed the need for local
area development of the
villages, concentrating on
education, health care,
adult literacy, sanitation
and skill development among
the rural people. The
University will take
initiative on field work for
village survey. Activities
will be conducted for
educational and Computer
literacy programme for the
village students of age
group 12 to 20 years,
coaching of village students
for various competitive
examination and for
proficiency in English and
mathematics. People from the
five adopted villages
expressed their enthusiasm
for this initiative.
On 27th September, 2015,
by going door to door of the
villagers, Vice-Chancellor
interacted with the people
and listened to their
problems and also explained
the goals of the Unnat
Bharat Abhiyan.
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