Objectives
To engage faculty and students of higher educational institutions with rural realities, enabling them to understand and assess grassroots challenges.
To identify, customise, and implement innovative existing technologies or develop new solutions that meet the specific needs of rural communities.
To leverage the knowledge, research capacity, and resources of educational institutions for the effective execution of national and government development programmes in rural regions.
To connect higher education with community needs, creating a meaningful cycle of knowledge transfer and societal impact that contributes to sustainable and inclusive rural development.
To reorient academic curricula and research so that they are more responsive to rural challenges and national development priorities.
Functions
Adopt and work with rural communities/cluster of villages to conduct situational analyses and need assessments that identify developmental priorities.
Organise field visits, surveys, and village engagement activities involving faculty and students to understand socioeconomic contexts and grassroots challenges.
Facilitate the transfer and local adaptation of appropriate technologies developed by academia to meet rural needs in areas such as water, energy, sanitation, agriculture, education, and health.
Collaborate with government bodies, Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), NGOs, and local stakeholders to enhance both implementation and impact of developmental solutions.
Promote participatory research and community-driven problem solving, encouraging students to co-create solutions and iterate improvements based on feedback from rural stakeholders.
Support capacity building and skill development initiatives in rural communities through training, workshops, and awareness campaigns conducted by institutional teams.
Document and monitor outcomes of interventions to ensure sustainability and assess developmental impact over time, aligning with outcomes expected in national outreach programmes.
Report activities, outputs, best practices, and impacts in institutional records and quality assurance frameworks (like NAAC) under the extension and outreach criteria.
Name of the Member
Role
Designation / Department
Dr. Mahesha K
Chairman
Principal, SKIT
Dr. Satish K
Convener
Civil Engineering
Mr. Mohan Kumar AR
Member
Mechanical Engineering
Mr. Satish S
Member
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Ms. Suma Alagiriswamy
Member
Information Science & Engineering