Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) is a flagship programme of the Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, jointly promoted by UGC & AICTE and co-ordinated by IIT Delhi. It tries to link the Higher Education Institutions with a set of 5 rural villages so that institutions can contribute to the economic and social betterment of these village communities using their knowledge base and know-how. Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is inspired by the vision of transformational change in rural development processes by leveraging knowledge institutions to help in building an Inclusive India. The villages selected for the Project are Thalappalam, Kondoor, Teekoy, Poonjar Thekkekara (Kunnonni) and Moonnilavu.