Recent Trends of Rural Development through Community Engagement Programme

Abstract: The basic objective of Tagore's philosophical vision towards life was to create a harmonious, natural and synthetic way of living, which he aimed to restore rural life by his rural reconstruction programme and the development of self-sufficiency and effective cooperation among general masses in society. Tagore wanted to organize the rural areas so that the villages could provide their necessities on cooperative basis. The framework of rural reconstruction for mass level community development and in what way dissemination of information could be possible through rural extension programmes always emphasized by Tagore with many informative activities. In the present scenario, the Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan (UBA) 2.0, which is launched by the MHRD, aims to bring transformative change in rural development by involving higher education institutes in active collaboration with rural communities through research and development. The article aimed to impart Tagore’s visionary philosophical model on rural development through the process of contempory constructive community engagement programme.