Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), a flagship programme of the MHRD on rural development through use of affordable technologies is actively adopted by Rohini College of Engineering and Technology. IIT Delhi is the coordinating institute of UBA. This programme intends to implement the technological solutions to the rural problems. The programme also envisages to link some of the students’ research projects to issues related to rural villages.

Five villages have been adopted by RCET namely Agasteeswaram, Kanyakumari, Marungoor, Mylaudy, Thovalai under the MHRD Flagship Scheme. One of the villages Agasteeswaram, where activities related to rural development is going on through students project. The other village is Mylaudy adjacent to the RCET campus where the faculty and students actively participates in using the affordable technologies for improving the quality of life of the village people. Rs. 50000 has been provided by as a fund for rural development and for the betterment of the village, students are undergoing survey in order to know the issues faced by village people like education, health, sanitation, drinking water, solid waste management, affordable housing technology, use of renewable energy etc. Participation of the villagers are encouraged in the UBA programme. A good number of faculty members are members of the UBA Cell and are involved in this programme. With the above activities in place, village community would rest assured that there is a group of faculty members and students whom they can approach for any problem.

Faculty with the students visited the village to discuss with the villagers and school teachers to understand their requirement and appraise them about the technological interventions which can be adopted by our college.Frequent visit help students to understand the real need of the society and their day to day issues. Already some technological interventions are suggested for the betterment of the villagers.