Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is inspired by the vision of transformational change in rural development processes to be a part of the architecture of an Inclusive India. The Ministry of Education (MoE) has launched Unnat Bharat Abhiyan with an aim to connect institutions with local communities to address the development challenges through appropriate technologies. Sri GVG Visalakshi College for Women constituted Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Cell in the year 2019 as participating Insitute under Co-ordinating Institute –Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. The institution has social responsibility which aims to identify the development challenges and evolving appropriate skill oriented training to the adopted villages people and enhance their economic and social status.
The Mission of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is to enable higher educational institutions to work with the people of rural India for identifying developmental 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 professionals and to upgrade the capabilities of both the public and the private sectors in response to the developmental needs of rural India.
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan aims to build an understanding of the development agenda with institutions of higher education thereby fostering an institutional capacity and training relevant to national needs, especially those of rural India. It establishes extending a nexus between rural India and the professional resources of the institutions of academic excellence in the fields of Science, Engineering and Technology and Management.The major area of thrust and focus under UBA 2.0 are human development and economic development which need to be developed through continuous progress in Health, Education and Culture, Values and Perception Development, Skills and Entrepreneurship, Organic Culture and Cow-based Economy, Water Management and Conservation, Renewable Energy Sources, Artisans and Rural Industries, Basic Amenities and E- support, Development and Harnessing of Local Natural Resources.