In collaboration with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, and Yuva Vikash Kendra, Guwahati, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) Cell, IIT Guwahati organized a 15-day hands-on training on grill manufacturing for the Entrepreneurial Development Program (EDP) from December 01, 2020. Skilling young people in order to start their own small businesses was the main theme of the intensive training programme. 

A total of 11 young people from Rudreswar Tilingaon, Lothia Bagisa, Majgaon, Tetelia Gaon, Chakia Para, Ledo Bangali Gaon, Azara, Changsari, Jalukbari, and Uzan Bazar took part in the training programme conducted at the IIT Guwahati Central Workshop. 

One of the participants expressed that “Soon after getting this high quality and intense training from IIT Guwahati, I wish to start my own fabrication workshop in my village. I am also looking forward to attending more related training at IIT Guwahati to enhance my skills and to make my future business a bigger enterprise.”

The Goal of IIT Guwahati's Central Workshop

IIT Guwahati’s Central Workshop In-Charge Prof. Sukhomay Pal said, “The purpose of the workshop was to impart rigorous hands-on training on Grill Fabrication to the youth so that they can start their own small business.” UBA Regional Coordinator, Prof. Konjengbam Darunkumar Singh, adds, “The training is one of the initiatives from UBA Cell - IIT Guwahati, to leverage the state-of-art facilities here at IIT Guwahati, to accelerate rural development, by the creation of entrepreneurs. However, due to the pandemic protocol requirements, the training has been limited to a small number of participants.” 

Yuva Vikas Kendra, Project Executive, Ravindra Hanmattekar, “This training is going to skill the trainees, to initiate small businesses of Grill Fabrication, with minimal investment.”

Director, IIT Guwahati, Prof. TG Sitharam remarked, “IIT Guwahati, as a leading national institute of this region, is happy to work on enhancing rural livelihood and development for the holistic growth of the nation’.”

Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is inspired by the vision of transformational change in rural development processes by leveraging knowledge institutions to help build the architecture of an Inclusive India. The Mission of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is to enable higher educational institutions to work with the people of rural India in identifying development challenges and evolving appropriate solutions for accelerating sustainable growth.