Maharashtra Institute of Technology under the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Programme with MIT Hospital, Aurangabad, and through special support from Savitribai Phule Mahila Ekatma Samaj Mandal organized a free Government Schemes Awareness Programme for the villagers.

Objectives of Program

1. To spread awareness about welfare schemes like Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana, Atal Pension Scheme, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana, and many more.
2. To strengthen the community’s access to the schemes being implemented by the Legal Services Authority and other departments of government.
3. Identifying and connecting people to welfare schemes ensures that fruits of welfare schemes are passed to eligible people.

Date and Venue

• 3^rd Nov,2019 at Narla,Bhavadi,
• 4^th Nov, 2019 at Shevta,
• 30^th Nov, 2019 at Shelgaon and
• 1^st Dec. 2019 at Waghalgaon & Bhoygaon.

Faculty Members Attended

• Dr. P. M. Ambad (Coordinator,UBA),
• Mr. Y. G. Thakare (Member)
• Mr. Nihit Agrawal (Member),
• Mr. Sameer Patil (Member),
• Mr. Shirish Rakhunde (Member)

Beneficiaries

Villagers from –

• Narla,
• Bhavadi,
• Shevta,
• Bhoygaon,
• Shelgaon and
• Waghalgaon. 

Maharashtra Institute of Technology under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Programme organized a free Soil Testing and Analysis Camp for the farmers. The soil testing provides a farm management tool with a potential benefit to the farmer of increased yields, reduced operating costs and superior environmental risk management. Additional benefits include improved crop maturity and quality, higher tolerance to disease and pest damage, and increased growth.

Objectives of the Camp

• To provide an index of nutrient availability or supply in a given soil.
• To provide a basis for fertilizer recommendations for a given crop.
• To evaluate the fertility status of the soil and
• To plan a nutrient management program.

Date and Venue

16^th Jan, 2019 and 01^st March, 2019 at Narla village.

Faculty Members From MIT Attended

• Dr. P. M. Ambad (Coordinator,UBA),
• Dr. Aniket Waikar (Member)
• Mr. Nihit Agrawal (Member),
•  Mr. Shafeek Sayyad (Member),
• Mr. Y.G.Thakare (Member)

Experts from MIT:

• Dr. D. T. Bornare,
• Mr. N. Brahmanathan

Beneficiaries

Farmers from

• Narla,
• Bhavadi,
• Shevta,
• Bhoygaon,
• Shelgaon and
• Waghalgaon

villages are benefitted.

1. Evaluation of cement Nala bund constructed under Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan 2017-18 in the Aurangabad district.

1. Technology Transfer for Ashramshalas

Objective: Tribal Development department intends to implement technological solutions for the focus areas identified by the department in Ashramshalas after vetting, assessment, and filed testing them under pilot conditions in a few selected places in partnership with CTARA by levering UMA.

Scope of the Project: The scope will be restricted to Ashramshalas. Three Ashramshalas in different geographical areas have been selected in consultation with Tribal Development areas as follows:

1. 1. Government Ashram School, Sakhare, District: Palghar
   2. Government Ashram School, Shirsole District: Dhule
   3. Government Ashram School Tembursoda District: Amravati

Focus Areas are as follows:

1. Drinking water availability
2. Sanitation facilities
3. Electricity
4. Green technology
5. Food storage
6. Security
7. Snake repellent
8. Septic tank
9. Solid waste
10. Biogas
11. Menstrual health

Project Value: 39.99 Lakhs

2. Tribal Skill Development of Tribal Youth:

Objective: TRTI has kept an objective for the overall management of the program to identify, mobilize, train, certify tribal youth by leveraging the network of UMA institutions spread across Maharashtra for implementation.

Scope of the Project: The scope will be restricted to Maharashtra’s tribal areas, and it is divided into two phases discovery phase and execution phase.

1. Discovery Phase: Compilation of innovations in different departments of IIT Bombay, UMA Institutions, and a few other institutions, their assessment of potential and relevance to demand-side fulfillment of needs is undertaken.
2. Execution Phase: During the execution phase, around 500-600 youths will be trained across Maharashtra. Per mandate given by TRTI, about 50% of the youths needs to be trained for innovation-based self-employment while the remaining 50% will be demand-driven wage-earning based skills.

Project Value: Rs. 1,03,45,000

1. UMA orientation workshop organized in association with CTARA IITB for 12 empanelled institutes under Unnat Maharashtra Abhiyan on 19th August 2017.
2. Jalyukta Shivar (JYS) assessment at Jambhala, Tal: Gangapur, Dist. Aurangabad from 8th Sept 2017 to Dec. 2017.
3. Attended training program on “ Improving the performance of rural water supply and sanitation sector in Maharashtra” organized by CTARA, IIT, Bombay, UNICEF, Mumbai and IRAP, Hyderabad at RIT, Sakharale, Islampur on 24th – 26th, September 2017
2) Collected DPR from ZP office, Aurangabad for study purpose from 14th – 22nd, November 2017 Visit to Nandrabad (Tal: Khultabad, Dist: Aurangabad) village for inspection, evaluation and data collection of rural water supply scheme on 24th & 25th, November 2017
3) Signed MOU with DSAO, Aurangabad for Third-Party audit of the cement Nala band constructed Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan 2017-18 in Aurangabad District on the 27th February 2019.
1. TRI – Party MOU in process for technology transfer for the development of AshramShala’s Shirshole Ashramshala is allocated to us.
2. TRI – Party MOU in process for skill development of tribal youth of the Dhule and Nandurbar district.
3. Visit to Daulatabad (Tal. & Dist: Aurangabad) village for inspection, evaluation, and data collection of rural water supply schemes on 28th & 29th November 2017.
4. Visit to Nandrabad and Daulatabad villages to inspect household water supply connections and policy analysis with Dr. Harish Kumara (IRAP, Hyderabad) on 13th & 14th December 2017.
5. Desk work with Mr. Praneeth Kadambala (CTARA, IIT, Bombay) for understanding DPR and analysis of collected field data on 21st December 2017. Team members are as follows:
6. Visit to Daulatabad with Mr. Praneeth Kadambala (CTARA, IIT, Bombay) for tracking whole RWS Scheme from source to distribution network by GPS and collecting necessary information regarding VWSS committee and policy analysis from GP officials on 22 Dec. 2017
7. Mr. Praneeth Kadambala (CTARA, IIT, Bombay) given hands-on training on Jal-Tantra software, design of RWS scheme using excel, Plotting scheme on Google-Earth and preparation of sample report for Daulatabad scheme on 23rd December 2017, Team members are as follows:
8. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between MIT and Center for Applied Research & People’s Engagement (CARPE). Activity started in Dec 2017.
9. Preparation of report & presentation of both the schemes (Daulatabad & Nandrabad) & submitted to UMA officials on 1st -13th, January 2018
10. Attended fieldwork follow-up workshop on “Improving the performance of rural water supply & sanitation sector in Maharashtra” at Amrutvahini College of Engineering, Sangamaner organized by CTARA, IIT, Bombay, UNICEF, Mumbai and IRAP, Hyderabad on 15th – 16th, January 2018.
11. Working on a UMA proposal with TRTI (Tribal Research and Training Institute). The proposal involves imparting skills and entrepreneurship training to tribal youth by leveraging the UMA mechanism. The initial pilot will be implemented at a few sites and then scaled up depending on the experience.
12. Attended a Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan Assessment workshop organized by Prof. Ram Meghe Institute of Technology & Research in association with TDSC of CTARA-IIT Bombay under the Unnat Maharashtra Abhiyan (UMA) Initiative on 4th and 5th February 2018 at Prof. Ram Meghe Institute of Technology & Research, Amaravati, Maharashtra
13. Organized a Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan Assessment follow-up workshop in association with TDSC of CTARA-IIT Bombay under the Unnat Maharashtra Abhiyan (UMA) Initiative on 5th and 6th July 2018 at Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
14. In association with the Center for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA), IIT Bombay Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan Assessment work and survey for drinking Water Situation for three villages (Ambegaon, Takaliwadi, and Pachpirwadi) was carried out in Gangapur Taluka. The work was completed in 4 months.
15. Organized a One day NGO workshop in association with The Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG). IIT Bombay under the Unnat Maharashtra Abhiyan (UMA) initiative on 25th September 2018 at Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The objective of this workshop was to identify suitable problems from rural areas of the Marathwada region.
16. Proposal to Hon’ble Chairman, Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan, Aurangabad district for the Cement Nala Bund (CNB) Concurrent audit work under Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan for the year 2018-19 is in progress.