Admission Open 2019-20

Report on UBA activities

• As per the objectives of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology has started surveys at its adopted villages. Data are collected on villages as well as from a few households in each of the adopted villages. To build rapport with villagers, we have started arranging awareness programmes, tournaments, camps, Gramsabhas. Under these activities, a football tournament was arranged at sawney village on 04 Dec 2022 and a menstrual hygiene and awareness campaign, and pad distribution were arranged at Zitlang and Chewribotey on 15 Dec 2022. Few of SMIT students Ms. Asmita Mukherjee, First Year CSE, Ms. Chahat Bagla, First Year CSE, Ms. Binapsha Pradhan, First Year CSE and Ms. Rajshri Tamang, First Year CSE have volunteered at these events. Dr. Saumya Das, Assistant Professor, IT Department, SMIT, Ms. Jhuma Sunwar, Assistant Professor, CSE Department, SMIT and Mr. Biswa Gurung, Attender, AI & DS Department are directly associated with UBA activities from SMIT.
• Villagers have shown their sincere gratitude to Unnat Bharat Abhiyan and the Director, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, for taking these initiatives for their upliftment. Special thanks to Associate Director (SA), SMIT for his constant encouragement and support for these activities. Also, thanks to HODs of all departments for making the staff available for these activities. Thanks to Head Admin, SMIT for making the vehicle ready for village visit always. We also appreciate the finance team for managing the UBA seed grant fund and disbursing them as needed. We promise to conduct more such activities for the upliftment of our adopted villages in the future.

Some glimpses of these activities are captured here.