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6 2020 | Spectrum | Volume 14 Number 2

SRM adopts eight villages under MHRD’s Unnat Bharat Abhiyan program

STAFF WRITTER Ambassador Initiative, Ban
on Single-use Plastic Awareness
Under the Unnat Bharat Programs, RO Water Plant
Abhiyan (UBA), the flagship Project, School Improvement
program of the Ministry of by providing furniture and
Human Resource Development electrical appliances, Smart
(MHRD), SRM Institute of Classroom, Medical Camp and
Science and Technology Distribution of Educational
(SRMIST), Kattankulathur Learning Kits for Science Lab and
has adopted eight villages. Swachhata Hi Seva Campaign.
Apart from this SRMIST has
The aim of this program is also donated furniture worth
to transform rural India. Based Rs.2 lakhs to a Govt. Middle
on the guidelines layout by School, Thenmelpakkam village,
MHRD, SRMIST has adopted the Kattankulathur Panchayat union.
villages of Anjur, Pattaravakkam,
Thenmelpakkam, Orathur, For all these commendable
Nattarasampattu, Chettipunniyam, efforts, SRMIST was awarded
Kalivandapattu, and Kolathur. Rank 1 for Swachh Campus
Ranking 2019 by MHRD, Rank
Out of 59 project proposals 1 for “One Student One Tree”
submitted by SRMIST for the project and Rank 3 for “Clean
upliftment of rural people in and Smart Campus” by AICTE.
these adopted villages, three
projects were funded by UBA The institution has undertaken
during the academic year 2018- umpteen projects in the form of
19. They are - End-To-End its Corporate Social responsibility
Integrated Rationing System schemes, Swachh Bharat Summer
for Distribution of Provisions Internship, awareness campaigns
have been completed at Anjur to make the villages ODF, and
village, Reverse osmosis plant, to ban single-use plastics and
and RO water plant installed at tree plantation.
Government School of Orathur SRMIST has completed many
village and Versatile Anaerobic community development activities
reactor for Households to Yield such as PRAKRIT - SRMIST,
Biogas by Utilizing waste and ENACTUS Implemented
(KISAN VAHYU) at Orathur a community development
village. project under UBA in Anjur
village. This project helps and
Apart from these, various trains women of Anjur village
development projects such in “Paper bags making” in order
as Swachh Bharat Summer to improve their livelihood
Internship, Student Solar through an entrepreneurial
approach. Recently UBA funds for
The institution Technology Intervention through
COVID-19 sub-category SEG
has undertaken have been released to SRMIST
on 3 July 2020. The project
umpteen projects is a Gesture-based automatic

in the form of water tap controller in the RO
Plant system: A Step towards
its Corporate COVID free community.
Due to Pandemic situation
Social SRM Group of Institutions, under

responsibility the patronage of its Founder
Chancellor and Perambalur
schemes, Swachh MP Dr. T. R. Paarivendhar
distributed 1000 packets of relief
Bharat Summer materials containing rice, wheat,
dhal and other groceries worth
Internship, Rs.5 lakhs to the needy people

awareness of its 8 UBA adopted villages
through the Chengalpattu district
campaigns to administration. The event was
attended by Pro Vice Chancellor
make the villages Engineering and Technology, Dr.
C. Muthamizhchelvan, Deputy
ODF, and to Registrar of SRM Dr. Antony
Ashok Kumar and SRMIST’s
ban single-use Associate Director & UBA nodal

plastics and tree officer Dr. V. Thirumurugan. A
few bags were distributed to
plantation. villagers by SRMIST’s Vice
Chancellor Dr. Sandeep Sancheti.