National Service SchemeIIT Kharagpur

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan: Possible Initiatives

Annual Camp Brainstorming, 2014

Dec 3, 2014

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan at IIT Kharagpur

All-round development of villages • education • sanitation• Income generationKey participants• NSS: have been working at more than 20 villages

around IIT Kharagpur; experienced in working closely with government agencies responsible for development and NGOs

• RuTAG• RDC• AGFE and other departments and centers

Inputs for this brainstorming session• Experience of NSS,

RuTAG, RDC and AGFE

• Survey of more than 1200 households at 20 villages and slums around IIT Kharagpur simultaneously done on Nov 1-2

Key findings of survey• Meager

income level

Key findings…• Predominance of

non-engineered houses

Key findings…• Lack of

access to an engineered toilet

Key findings…• Excessive use

of firewood

Key findings…• Literacy rate comparable to national

average but lack of college / technical education

Possible initiatives?• Short term

• • •

• Intermediate term• • •

• Long term•