Mysuru: Keeping the ethos and being responsible towards the society, the culture of Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara (SDM) Group, SDM Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD), the premier B-School in Mysore, took up the initiative to adopt five villages under the Central Government scheme. SDMIMD is allocated five villages – Bhugathagalli, Vajamangala, Hadjanna, Chamundi Betta, and Alanahalli – as part of the Central Government’s mission Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA).
UBA is conceptualized as a movement to connect higher education institutes with villages and local communities to address the developmental challenges in rural India through participatory processes.
The team comprising six faculty members, seven staff members, and 179 students conducted socially inclusive village household surveys in the adopted villages.
‘The survey greatly helped in identifying the developmental plan proposed in education, skill development, awareness building, necessities, etc. More importantly, the students are sensitized towards the rural environment and requirements. Such activities will make institutions to be socially inclusive’ thus said Dr N.R. Parasuraman, Director, SDMIMD.
SDMIMD will be submitting the proposal and activity plan to the Government under UBA in line with the development challenges faced by the people of the identified villages, said Dr Sunil M.V., UBA Nodal Office at SDMIMD.
