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Outreach / Extension Activities

Year Name of the Work Department No. of

Beneficiary

1. Water (from borewell) and platform facility at Amolapam graveyard

Tezpur University

350

2. A one-month communication skill (English) for youths of nearby villages of Tezpur University

42

3. A project at village Jhawani to generate energy from locally available Biomass resources to be utilized for electrification, cooking, irrigation, agro-industry, etc.

600

4. Drinking water outlet to Napaam-Amolapam market area

1,600

5. Awareness and sensitization program on 12th August, 2014 in the M.V. School, Napaam among the womenfolk of Amolapam.

Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Woman Studies (CSCWS)

105

6. ‘Capacity Building Programme on Women Leadership and Participation’ sponsored by Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Youth Development, Tamilnadu on 27-28 November, 2014.

178

7. Programmes on the topic ‘Creative Expression’ on various issues of women like Witch Hunting, Maternal Heath, Women’s Liberation, Women and Violence on International Women’s day on 4th Mar, 2015.

182

8. Training programme on “Gender teaching: Pedagogical practices” on 16th March 2015. A group of 47 teachers from Tezpur, Nagaon participated.

47

9. Workshop cum training programme organized on 5th Jan,2015 at the Community level, Rikamari village

238

2015 –2016

10. Renovation and completion of the Crematorium at Napaam Village

Tezpur University

650

11. Created a toilet block at Napaam village 1300 12. Built the Monikut (holi place) of

Namghar (prayer hall) of Napaam village 350

13. Ten study tables provided to Class X students of Solmara High School

20

14. A skill training programme on making “Improved Cook Stoves” for villagers from Amolapam, Napaam and Jhawani.

70

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15. Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Woman Studies (CSCWS) conducted a meeting on October 3rd, 2015 with Global organization for Life Development (GOLD) at Rikamari regarding the issue of trafficking along with community people and police personals.

Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Woman Studies (CSCWS)

78

16. Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Woman Studies (CSCWS) conducted an awareness camp on Trafficking issues held at Jiyagabharu Village on 12th Oct, 2015

86

17. CSCWS conducted an awareness camp on Women Trafficking in collaboration with NGO Global Organization for Life development (GOLD) on 30/1/2016 at Gali Borbari, Jonai.

156

18. Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Woman Studies (CSCWS) conducted an awareness camp on Trafficking issues held at Bokagaon Mishing Village on 8th March, 2016

110

19. Under Project Gyan Malini NSS volunteers taught underprivileged children from adjacent villages of Tezpur University on Sundays

NSS 150

2016 –2017

20. Development of Radha Gobinda temple at Panchmile

Tezpur University

400

21. Main Gate and fencing of Napaam MV School

750

22. Toilet block of Sahitya Sabha Bhawan, Tezpur

650

23. Facelift of Ban Theatre, Tezpur (interior) and repair of its stage

2500

24. A sensitization programme on swine flu and other seasonal diseases at Napaam MV School

350

25. A drinking water outlet to Napaam MV School

600

26. Two career-counseling sessions for the students of Class X and Class XII of neighbouring villages of Tezpur University.

120

27. Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Woman Studies (CSCWS) on 25 May, 2016 conducted a meeting with the principals of Chariduar and Kalabari College and local people was held regarding drop outs.

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28. CSCWS on 26 May, 2016 organised an

interaction with the students of

Chariduar and Kalabari college on the

issue of Women and trafficking.

Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Woman Studies

86

29. on 28May, 2016 organised a meeting with

the villagers of Gohpur (Rajabari)on the

formation of village vigilance committee.

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30. CSCWS organised a community

awareness campaign on Child trafficking

at Napaam Panchayat, Sonitpur on 2nd

June 2017.

176

31. CSCWS organised Legal awareness programme on Women at Tezpur University during 1-2 Nov, 2016.

70

32. CSCWS organised Gender sensitization and legal awareness programme at Gurukul School, Tezpur on 29th Nov, 2016

150

33. CSCWS organised Sensitization programme on Women Trafficing on 21st Dec, 2016 at Bhalukpung Gaon, Sonitpur District

152

34. Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) organised a Skill development Training Programme on Pipe Fitting & Wall Painting” during 25-27 July,2016 at Tezpur University

Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE)

14

35. CIIE organised an Intra-University Sensitization Workshop on Introduction to Robotics, 30th July’2016 at Tezpur University

100

36. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan conducted in 6

villages of Napam Panchayat

NSS

9000

37. Under Project Gyan Malini NSS volunteers taught underprevileged children from adjacent villages of Tezpur University during Sundays

150

38. Conducted a door to door campaign as well as street plays on cash less transactions (Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyan ) and digital India amongst the traders and shop keepers in the vicinity of the university 2016-2017.

200

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Outreach/Extension activities of Teaching Learning Centre

Year Name of the Work Department No. of

Beneficiary

2018-

19

1. Addressing the Problems in

Second Language Learning:

Special Focus on Assamese and

English Teaching in Assam(At

HPB Girl's College, Golaghat,

Assam)

2. Motivating Undergraduate

Students to Acquire Reading and

Writing Skills(At North Guwahati

College, Assam)

3. Innovative Practices in Teaching

Learning Process(At B.H.College,

Barpeta, Assam)

4. Exploring Ways for an Outcome

Based Approach to Revitalize the

Teaching-Learning Processes in

Higher Education(At Jagiroad

College, Morigaon, Assam)

5. Outreach Program on Innovation

and Rejuvenation of Teaching in

Higher Education at Silapathar

College, Dhemaji

6. Outreach Program on Innovation

and Rejuvenation of Teaching in

Higher Education at Dera Natung

College, Itanagar

7. Outreach Program on Innovation

and Rejuvenation of Teaching in

Higher Education at SPP College,

Sivasagar

8. Outreach Program on Innovation

and Rejuvenation of Teaching in

Higher Education at Suren Das

College

Teaching

Learning

Centre

47

41

64

62

51

39

57

28

47

5

9. Outreach program on Innovation

and Rejuvenation of Teaching in

Higher Education at Namrup

College

Year Name of the Work No. of

Beneficiary

2019-

20

1. Two-Day workshop on ICT in

Management of Education at

Nowgong College, Assam

2. Two-Day workshop on ICT in

Management of Education at

Kaliabor College, Assam

3. Two-Day workshop on ICT in

Management of Education at

Chaiduar College, Gohpur, Assam

4. Two-Day workshop on ICT in

Management of Education at

Tezpur College, Assam

62

72

36

77

Year Name of the Work No. of

Beneficiary

2020-

21

1. One Week Faculty Development

Programme on Teaching Pedagogy

at RKB Law College, Dibrugarh

147

MEET WITH STUDENTS-An outreach activity to interact with students of

various institutions of Assam Sl. No. Name of the College Name of the Speaker Title of the Talk Number of

Students Attended

1 Tyagbir Hem Baruah

(THB) College

Date: 01-09-2018

Tridib Ranjan Sarmah

Department of Business

Administration

Entrepreneurship and

Start-up

146

Debajit Kumar Sarmah

Department of Law

Human Rights

2 Madhabdev College

Date: 06-10-2018

Parasmoni Dutta

Department of Cultural Studies

Value addition of Bio-

materials

150

Jyoti Prasad Saikia

Department of MBBT

Cultural Documentation

3 Lokanayak Omeo

Kumar Das College

Juri Barbora Saikia

IPR Cell

Intellectual Property

Rights

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Date: 31-10-2018 Nayan Moni Kakoti

Department of ECE

Robotics

4 Biswanath College

Date: 10-11-2018

Padma Shri Jadav Payeng

Conservationist

Man, Forest and Jadav

Payeng

250

5 Behali Degree College

Date: 16-11-2018

Ms. Bipasha Patgiri

Department of EFL

Endangered Language 200

6 Chaiduar College

Date: 17-11-2018

Purnima Devi Barman

Wild Life Biologist, Aaranyak,

Guwahati

Wildlife Conservation 275

7 Rangapara College

Date: 17-11-2018

Bikash Kalita

Co-founder, Life Skills Training

Institute, Guwahati, Alumnus,

Tezpur University

A-New-You 76

Total Number of Students Participated 1212

Coordinator of the Programme

Dr Sadhan Mahapatra

Department of Energy, Tezpur University

CENTRE FOR INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT

Year-wise list of outreach programmes:

April 2017-March 2018

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no

Activities Date & Venue Number of

Beneficiary

Sponsored by

1 Ground observational cum counselling visit

to orphanage, Nabaprabhat Ashram,

Tezpur

November 14, 2017

Nabaprabhat Ashram,

Tezpur

24 Tezpur University

Rs. 10,000/-

2 Orientation Programme for Internship in

rural and tea garden areas

December 9 , 2017

Guwahati-Kokrajhar-

Borpeta

14 UNICEF

Rs.55,750/-

3 Field visit to Army Training Camp,

Balipara, Sonitpur, (Orientation on role of

Indian Army with students of Child Rights)

February 22, 2018

Army Training Camp.

Balipara, Sonitpur

11 Tezpur University

Rs. 5,000/-

4 One-day special orientation workshop on

the “Child budget of Govt. of Assam 2018”

for the students of Napaam Model High

School and the PGDCRG students of CID.

March 28, 2018.

Napaam Model High

School, Tezpur.

39 UNICEF

Rs. 93,000/-

April 2018- March 2019

Sl

no

Activities Date &Venue Number of

Beneficiary

Sponsored by

1 Field Immersion Programme Sponsored by

UNICEF in collaboration with District

Children and Adolescent Cell, Sivasagar.

October 7-12, 2018

DCAC, Sivsagar.

11 UNICEF

Rs. 1,02,180/-

2 “Learn with Fun” on Children’s Day. November 14, 2018 50 Tezpur University

Rs. 5,000/-

7

Napaam Model High

School, Tezpur

3 Health Camp in collaboration with the

Health Centre, Tezpur University.

November 20, 2018

Nabaprabhat Ashram,

Nikamul, Tezpur

30 Tezpur University

Rs. 10,000/-

4 International Women’s day celebration

with girl school children; Screening of

Academic Award winning movie “Period;

End of Sentence”

March 8, 2019

Napaam Model High

School

35 Tezpur University

Rs. 14, 900/-(i)

5 Awareness camp on Child Rights March 20, 2019

Napaam Model High

School ,Tezpur

35 Tezpur University

Rs. 14,900/-(ii)

April 2019-March 2020

Sl

no

Activities Date Number of

Beneficiary

Sponsored by

1 Outreach programme on the occasion of

Children's Day in collaboration

with CWC, DCPU, Sonitpur at

SOFTSEED, CCI, Nikamul, Tezpur

November 14, 2019

SOFTSEED, CCI,

Nikamul, Tezpur

30 Tezpur University

Rs. 3,500/-

Outreach/Extension activities of Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE)

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no

Year Name of Outreach Programmes/ Place

1 2014-2015 Skill Development Training on Fabrication of Aluminium Building Material , 21-23 March,2015

2 2014-2015 Brain Storming Session for MSME projects, 21 March 2015

3 2015-2016 A. Mr. Paban Kr Laskar has participated in National Science Day at Nowgon with his innovation Polluted Air Purification Machine on 28th Feb’2016.

4 2015-2016 A. Local Innovator Mr. Sanjay Darjee, has taken 15 days training about electronics components at ECE department during 09.03.2016 to 30.03.2016.

5 2016-2017 Skill development Training Programme on Pipe Fitting & Wall Painting” during 25-27 July,2016

6 2016-2017 Intra-University Sensitization Workshop on Introduction to Robotics, 30th July’2016

Outreach/Extension activities of Tezpur University Teachers’ Association (TUTA)

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no Activities Date & Venue Number of Beneficiary Sponsored by

1 Flood Relief Camp August 11, 2019

Gutlong Area (K)

81 (Families) Tezpur University Teachers’

Association (TUTA)

Outreach/Extension activities of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, Tezpur University

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For Outreach/Extension activities of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, please click the links

1. http://www.tezu.ernet.in/notice/2020/January/UBA-Report.pdf 2. http://www.tezu.ernet.in/notice/2020/April/UBATU-COVID-19.pdf 3. https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/unnat-bharat-abhiyan-tezpur-university-focuses-on-

transformation-of-villages.html 4. https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-tezpur-university-conducts-gaon-sabha-to-

create-awareness-on-unnat-bharat-abhiyan.html 5. https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/tezpur-university-focuses-

on-rural-transformation-under-unnat-bharat-abhiyan/ 6. https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/tezpur-university-holds-

gaon-sabha-at-harigaon-under-unnat-bharat-abhiyan/ 7. http://www.tezu.ernet.in/dmass/MCJ-Web-News-Portal/post_details.php?p_id=81

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Extension/Outreach activities for last three years, 2018-19 : 2020-21

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Year Name/Nature of Work No. of Beneficiary

1 2018 UGC-SAP sponsored one day workshop on awareness

towards a healthy environment.

UGC-SAP (DRS-I) sponsored one-day workshop was

conducted on 10th and 17th March 2018 at O.P Kanoi M.E

School, Natun Sirajuli, Sonitpur and Adarsha High school,

Ouguri, Nagaon respectively.

Activities conducted by the research scholars of Department

of Environmental Science, Tezpur University included -

demonstration on soil Erosion, explanation on

Vermicompost: its importance and utilization, learning from

Environmental games – species and habitat identification,

web of life, role play, sense development, nature hunt etc.

At the beginning of the workshop an interaction between

faculty members of dept. of Environmental Science and

students and teachers of the schools was held. There was

active participation of all the students of both the schools

that made the program a huge success. All the activities

conducted delivered the messages of environmental

awareness.

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2 2018 One Day Orientation Program on Assam Biodiversity

Portal’ in collaboration with ATREE on 28th March, 2018

at Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur

University. It was a project campaign on “Building of a

Biodiversity Information System for the State of Assam –

Assam Biodiversity Portal (ABP)”. It is a platform where

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scientific research community, diverse stakeholders and

general citizenry will able to communicate and share their

knowledge and information’s.

3 2018 World Environment Day 2018 celebration. It was a three-

day event including various competitions and programmes

on 1st, 4th and 5th June 2018. A workshop on “Smart use of

plastics” was held on 1st June 2018. Different competitions

(Painting, photography, debate, quiz, science exhibition)

were conducted on 4th June 2018 where participants from

Tezpur University and different schools of Tezpur

participated. Children from the orphanage Nava Prabhat

were invited to take part in various competitions. On the

final day i,e, 5th June, a cleaning drive was conducted where

Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Dean of Science, Dean of

Students welfare, Faculty members, members of Pragati

Women Association and students of Environmental Science,

Tezpur University actively participated. The day was ended

with a street play on “Beat plastic Pollution” by the second

semester students of Environmental Science, Tezpur

University. A stall of ecofriendly handicraft was also put up

by the students of Department of Environmental Science,

Tezpur University.

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4 2019 M.Sc. students along with the faculty members visited the

Kaziranga National Park on 17th March 2019 as a part of

their academic activity.

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5 2019 World Environment Day 2019 celebration.

The WED 2019 started with tree plantation followed by

painting and quiz competitions among the students of

Napam M.E. School on 5 June. A national seminar on

“Current Perspectives in Environmental Pollution:

Challenges and opportunities” was held during 7- 8 June in

concurrence with the celebration of World Environment

Day, 2019.

200

6 2019 One Day training program on “Sustainable Bio-waste

Management through Vermitechnology”, organized by

Institutional Biotech Hub in collaboration with Department

of Environmental Science, on 2nd October 2019

60

7 2019 Field trip to Turtle Surveillance Alliance (TSA) and “Pabhoi

Greens” in Biswanath Chariali, Assam on 8th November

2019

At Turtle Surveillance Alliance (TSA) Mr. Debajit Mahanta,

an active snake rescuer in India and a member of the TSA

team, gave tour of the TSA center at Biswanath Ghat and

also deliver a presentation on ‘Turtle and Snake

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conservation in North East India’ which was followed by

interaction with the students.

Next was a visit to ‘Pabhoi Greens’ also popular in the

region as Lakshmi Agriculture Multipurpose Project

(LAMP). Students have learnt and experience about organic

farming and other activities like fish rearing, fish breeding,

paddy cultivation, exotic vegetable cultivation, organic

manure and bio-pesticide production from the owner and

progressive farmer Mr. Neelam Dutta.

8 2019 The Centre for research on the Economics of Climate, Food,

Energy and Environment (CECFEE) hosted its 5th Annual

Workshop in collaboration with Department of

Environmental Science, Tezpur University at Tezpur

University. It was a two days’ workshop held on 10-11

November 2019. Program Director of CECFEE, Prof. E.

Somanathan highlighted the aimed of the Workshop is to

bring together a cohort of economists, ecologists, and policy

makers to tackle the problems of climate change and the

human-wildlife conflict that we are witnessing today.

Researchers and academician from diverse background

witnessed discussions on the impacts of air pollution,

measuring health impacts of natural disasters, and forest and

wildlife conservation among other issues.

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9 2020 Field trip to Nameri National Park and Balipara Foundation

on 31st January 2020.

M. Sc. 4th Semester students (2018-2020 batches) along

with a few research scholars accompanied by the course

coordinator Dr. Santa Kalita and Dr. Ashalata Devi visited

Nameri National Park crossing the Jia- Bhoroli rivers by

boats. We trekked the jungle along with a forest guards

observing variety of plants, birds, butterflies, bugs, insects,

giant squirrel, and wild elephants. It was a refreshing and

new experience. Later, we visited the Balipara Foundation

where we were given a guided tour around the campus and

acquainted with the medicinal plants and trees growing

there. We gained knowledge of their work in the community

through documentary and interactive session.

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10 2020 World Environment Day 2020 celebration. It was celebrated

in a different way due to the COVID-19 pandemic

nationwide lockdown. The celebration comprise of four

events namely, tree plantation, webinar, Online Photography

competition and Online Painting competition. The first event

of the programme was ‘Tree plantation’ which was led by

Prof. Vinod Kumar Jain, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of Tezpur

University by planting trees on the University premises on

5th June, 2020. Prof. Jain delivered a webinar on

“Environmental concerns and overview” on the same day at

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3.00 pm to 4.00 pm as an event of second session of the day.

The session was hosted by Dr. Ashalata Devi. Online

Photography and Painting competitions were also organized

on the theme “Biodiversity during pandemic COVID-19 or

Post COVID-19”.

Extension Activities of the Department of Mass Communication & Journalism,

Tezpur University

2018 - 2020

Project NAYA SOCH (Networking and Action by Young Adults for Social Change)

Children constitute

approximately one-third of the world’s

population and there is growing

sensitization about the fact that no

country can meet its

development agenda without

molding the young minds to make

them more socially responsible

citizens. The young generation plays

an important role in realizing

sustainable change and it is imperative to empower them with accurate education, skills &

opportunities to shape their thought processes and nurture them as advocates for desired change.

The NAYA SOCH initiative conceptualized by the faculty & students of M.A. Communication for

Development, Tezpur University in 2017 aims to enhance the capabilities of a few such young

minds and make them aware of their human rights while ensuring they fulfill their social obligations.

The underlying intention is to boost their confidence and help them utilize their true potential to

accomplish requisite changes in themselves, their families and their communities, thereby inducing

the much-needed transformation in the society at large.

The pilot experiment started in three schools in Napaam village near Tezpur University, Assam

- Fakhrudin Ali Ahmed High School, Borghat, Panchmile Higher Secondary School and

Napaam MV school. Specific issues were identified that needed immediate action by the

community. The campaigns held thereafter were strategized to leverage the use of communication

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as a tool to spread awareness about those issues and mobilize the community members to venture

into their own development agenda.

The major objectives of this initiative encompassed –

❖ To make the children aware of their human rights and social responsibilities;

❖ To upskill them as agents for social mobilization; and

❖ To empower them with necessary communication skills and enable them to bring about

constructive changes in their community with respect to the issues identified.

The Modus Operandi

NAYA SOCH was determined to train the school students and help them realize their worth in

bringing about tremendous changes with small efforts. The students of Semester III, Communication

for Development, Tezpur University divided themselves into three groups and chose one school

each in their vicinity. Every year since then, the C4D students have been engaging with the school

students in a sustained manner and carrying out participatory campaign activities along with the

students on various issues.

There has been an emphasis on using

participatory communication tools such as

puppetry, posters, theatre, videos, wall

magazines to generate awareness on the issues

of focused interest. The C4D students

trained the school children in the production of

different media tools and facilitated the

production of participatory videos and audio

programmes by the school students. The

students in each of the schools also organized awareness events on various issue.

The NAYA SOCH awareness campaigns have been well received by the various stakeholders

involved including school teachers, participating students and the local community. The young

children filled with both curiosity and enthusiasm proved to be the conduits of knowledge and

information to their respective society and accomplished great changes by learning simple things.

MA - C4D students from TU have played a critical role in the final accomplishment of the campaign

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at three different locations while sowing the seeds of much needed social change at the grassroots

level of our nation, i.e. its rural dwellings.

Major activities and achievements during 2018-19

Focus Area Activities Objectives Outcomes

Awareness

generation

regarding

‘Cleanliness’

The Dept. of MCJ through a

core team of students and

teachers engaged with the

children of the Fakhruddin

Ali Ahmed High School on a

weekly basis for four

months to enhance their

communication skills and

impart knowledge about

different modes of

expression.

The children were educated

about child rights and

encouraged to stand up for

their human rights and

voice against any form of

violation

With facilitation from the

MCJ team, and with their

newfound confidence, the

students of class 8 were

able to carry out a

participatory

communication campaign

within the school to create

awareness about

cleanliness using various

To create

awareness about

clean & hygienic

surroundings among

the students and

nurture them as

messengers for

achieving the

desired change in

their immediate

environment

-The communication

skills and

confidence level of

the participants was

boosted in the

direction of

achieving the

desired results by

behavior change.

-The school and its

surroundings have

become visibly

cleaner. Littering

has stopped.

Students now

regularly make use

of dustbins.

Handwashing

practices have

improved.

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communication tools like

wall magazine, role plays,

poetry etc.

On 27 November 2018, the

Dept. of MCJ supported an

event in the school which

was a formal culmination of

the entire campaign where

various stakeholders

including parents,

community members etc

attended.

Sports as a

tool for

development

The department facilitated

the formation of a Sports

Club in the Napaam MV

school which was to be self-

managed by the students.

Office bearers were

chosen.

The department donated

several sports equipment

and learning resources to

the school and also

facilitated the development

of the school playground

with help from the Tezpur

University Horticulture

Section.

Weekly sports activities and

a major year-end sports

event was organized with

This intervention

was designed to

help the students

understand the

importance of sports

in their life, both for

physical fitness as

well as mental well-

being. In addition to

making them aware

of sports, the

campaign was also

designed to bridge

the gender gap

among fellow

students and

transform them into

advocates of social

change that uses the

playground as a

platform to bring the

-There was a visible

increase in

participation of

students in sports

activities

-The gender gap in

participation of girls

in sports activities

was bridged

- Attendance in

school improved

- Children became

aware of their rights,

particularly right to

play,

- Self-management

of the Sports Club

enabled children to

become more

confident and

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technical and financial

support from the

department of MCJ.

community together

in a fruitful manner.

articulate about their

needs and rights

Safe drinking

water

The department organized

capacity building of the

Class 8 students of

Panchmile H.S. School for

over 4 months whereby

they were training about

various communication

tools incl. drama, role plays,

puppetry, wall magazine,

etc. and about child rights.

Various competitions/

activities incl. drawing

competition, extempore

speech sessions, poster

making, slogan writing etc.

were organized among the

students to create

discussions around the

issue of consuming clean

drinking water.

To inculcate the

habit of consuming

clean and safe

drinking water by the

school students

To sensitize them

about the hazards of

water borne

diseases and

consequences of

unhygienic water

intake

To develop a

sustainable chain of

influence where the

primary

stakeholders of the

campaign shall

motivate the

secondary and

tertiary stakeholders

to adopt the practice

of utilizing clean

drinking water

Children became

more aware and

conscious about

safe drinking water

practices. They

started carrying

boiled water to

school from their

homes instead of

drinking tap water in

the school.

The participant

children were able to

improve their

confidence as well

as communication

skills.

Major achievements during 2019-20

Focus Area Activities Objectives Outcomes

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Nutrition During August to November

2019, the department

organized a series of

dialogical sessions, like

knowledge sharing,

individual food habit sharing,

discussions as well as quiz

sessions with the children of

Napaam MV school that

helped test their knowledge

on nutrition and impart

insights into various aspects

of good food habit.

Participatory creative

designs (Wall magazines,

posters) etc. were facilitated

by the department and these

were put on display in the

school.

The department also

collaborated with the Dept.

of Paediatrics, Tezpur

Medical College and

facilitated the visit of a

Paediatrician to the school

to educate the children and

teachers of the school about

right nutrition and answer

their queries.

To generate and

sustain awareness

on need for the

basics of balanced

diet, regular water

intake, and

exercising/physical

activity.

To ensure

adherence to a

well-thought-out

food chart, and

enshrined hygienic

practices of the

mid-day meal

preparation

process.

The children have

become more aware

about the

requirements of a

balanced diet and

timely intake of food.

Children who were

earlier skipping

breakfast started

taking breakfast

regularly.

Children formed the

habit of drinking

adequate amount of

water which led to

decrease in the

earlier frequent

occurrence of

urinary infection

among the children,

particularly girls.

Dept. of Pediatrics,

Tezpur Medical

College committed

to holding regular

health camps in the

school

Outreach activities during COVID-19 pandemic

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1. Distribution of food packets & voluntary donation to PMcare fund: The employees of

the University has voluntarily donated one day’s salary to PMcare fund. In addition to the

voluntary donation to the PMcare fund, the employees of the University have also

distributed food packets to nearby villages, viz. Amolapam, Napam, domestic helper to

TU families, Sulab personnel (people engaged in sanitation work) working during

lockdown in campus and some were distributed to "Naba Pravat Orphanage" at

Ketekibari, Tezpur.

2. Face shields for medical staff to fight COVID-19: The University made two uniquely

designed face shields for medical staff to fight against COVID-19. One face shield is 3D

printed and the other was made manually in the central workshop of the University.

a. 3D printed face shield: The 3D printed face shields were jointly developed at

Embedded Systems and Robotics Lab and Applied Photonics and Nanophotonics Lab

at the University, which are supported under the funding of The Department of

Science & Technology (DST), Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and eYantra Project (IIT

Bombay) and Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi respectively.

b. Manually prepared faces shields: The manually prepared face shields were designed in such a way that the front visor can cover the complete face along with the

ears and down to the chest and it is adjustable. The face shield also has a better air

circulation from the top to the bottom giving comfort to the user while inhale and

exhaling.

The University has dispatched the face shields to Tezpur Medical College & Hospital,

Gauhati Medical College, Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute, Borgang Catholic

Hospital. Civil Hospital, Tezpur.

Aerosol box for medical staff: In order to help the health-workers/medical

staff fighting against COVID-19, the University developed low-cost, relatively light-

weight aerosol box for health-workers currently handling COVID-19 patients. The

boxes have been fabricated manually at the central workshop facility of the

University. A team under the supervision of Prof. Pabitra Nath of Dept. of Physics

made the Aerosol boxes aiming at reducing exposure to medical personnel by

blocking aerosols. The University has dispatched first batch of boxes to Tezpur

Medical College & Hospitals (TMCH) and Tomo Riba Institute of Health and

Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh.

3. Centrifuge Machine for medical staff: Department of Molecular Biology &

Biotechnology has shared with Tezpur Medical College & Hospital (TMCH) a

centrifuge machine and some other resources for testing of COVID-19 samples at

TMCH lab which is recognised by ICMR.

4. UVC germicidal chambers develop at Tezpur University: The University has

developed UVC-germicidal chambers to ensure better safety for the employees of

the University. The chamber is useful to sanitize mobile phones, car keys, wallets

etc. which are otherwise difficult with chemical solutions. So far, seven UVC

germicidal chambers have been developed and currently installed at different

places within the campus. The locations are - Administrative building, Dean's

Building of SoE, Academic building II, HSS building, Energy Department, SBI Tezpur

University Branch and, SAIC. The members involved in developing the chambers are

Naba Gogoi, Dhruba Deka, Pankaj Bharali, Tridip R Nath, Mohandra Das and Pulin

Kalita. The team has been mentored by Prof. Pabitra Nath, Dept of Physics, Tezpur

University.