VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Jnana Sangama, Belgavi-590018, Karnataka

A Report
on
AICTE Activity Points Programme
submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements
for the award of the degree of
Bachelor of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
by
NAME :
USN : 1DB18ME00
SEM : 5th semester

Department of Mechanical Engineering

DON BOSCO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Kumbalagodu, Mysore Road, Bangalore-560074
2020-2021
 DON BOSCO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Kumbalagodu, Mysore Road, Bangalore-560074
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Certified that under the AICTE Activity Points Programme, the following Phase 1
activities:

Certified that the AICTE Activity entitled “Activity Phase 1 – Two Weeks (“Swachh
Bharath Abhiyan”) is a bonafide work have been carried out by Sachin Nath P M
(1DB18ME051) in partial fulfilment for the award of Bachelor of Engineering in
Mechanical of the Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi during the academic
year 2020-21. It is certified that all the corrections/suggestions indicated have been
incorporated in the report deposited in the departmental library. The AICTE Activity
Points Programme Report has been approved as it satisfies the academic requirements in
respect of Activity Points prescribed for the said degree.

Duration: No. of Activity Points Awarded:

Signature of Evaluator Signature of HOD Signature of Principal

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The satisfaction and euphoria that accompany the successful completion of any task
would be incomplete without the mention of the people who made it possible and under
whose constant guidance and encouragement the task was completed.

We would like to express my deep sense of gratitude to Dr.Hemadri Naidu T, Principal,

Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Bangalore, for his timely help and inspiration during the
tenure of the course.

We would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Shivanna Professor and HOD,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, for his encouragement and support throughout the
project.

We consider it my cardinal duty to express the deepest sense of gratitude to Activity

coordinators, Manjunath M V, Rajeeva H S, Sri Ranga B K, Suresha K V, Assistant
Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering, for the invaluable guidance extended at
every stage and in every possible way.

We would like to thank Timmegowdanadoddi school Head master, Teachers, Grama

Panchayath Member shivakumar for his constant help and support extended towards us
during the course of the activity.

Finally we were very much thankful to all the faculty members of the Department of
Mechanical Engineering, my seniors, friends and my parents for their constant
encouragement, support and help throughout the Period of activity Conduction.

Thanks, and Regards

Sachin Nath PM (1DB18ME051)
Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1..............................................................................................................................1

Introduction – About AICTE Activity Points Programme and Activity Summary Sheet.....1

Introduction to swachh bharath activity.................................................................................2

CHAPTER 2..............................................................................................................................4

Pre-planning /Preliminary Survey/Feasibility Study.............................................................4

CHAPTER 3..............................................................................................................................5

Objectives...............................................................................................................................5

Work responsibilities.............................................................................................................5

CHAPTER 4..............................................................................................................................9

Skills learnt and experiences gained......................................................................................9

CHAPTER 5............................................................................................................................11

Conclusion...........................................................................................................................11

CHAPTER 6............................................................................................................................12

Photographs..........................................................................................................................12
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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION – About AICTE Activity Points Programme and

Activity Summary Sheet

AICTE Activity Points Programme is an ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR

EARNING 4 YEARS DEGREE PROGRAMME.

Apart from technical knowledge and skills, to be successful as professionals, students should
have excellent soft skills, leadership qualities and team spirit. They should have
entrepreneurial capabilities and societal commitment.

In order to match these multifarious requirements, AICTE has created a unique mechanism
of awarding minimum100 Activity Points over and above the academic grades.

Activity Summary Sheet

Major Head Total Sub Activity Performance Maximum Remarks
of Activity Duration/ Head appraisal/ Points
Week Proposed Maximum under this
points/ category
activity

Swachh 2 Weeks Swachh Bharath 75/50 20

Bharath Abhiyan

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Introduction To Swachh Bharath Activity

The students and Faculty of Department of Mechanical Engineering of Don Bosco

Institute of Technology visited Timmegowdanadoddi Village for an activity of Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan as advised by the VTU

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is one of the most popular and significant missions in the History of
India. This campaign was introduced by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, and was
launched on 2nd October 2014 to honour Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of a Clean country.

The major objective of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is to spread the awareness of cleanliness
and the importance of it.

The concept of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is to provide basic sanitation facilities like toilets,
solid and liquid waste disposal systems, village cleanliness, and safe and adequate drinking
water supply to every person.

The activity of Swachh Bharat Abiyan by Mecchanical Department of Don Bosco Institute of
Technology was span around 13 days with different kind of activities for each respective
days, the students and the teachers were completely happy and enthusiastic to work for the
betterment and the cleanliness of the different parts of village such as schools as well as the
temples around the village.

The residents of the village were very welcoming and they also helped in the cleaning
process, especially Mr. Siddharth who was a grama panchayat member of
Thimmegowdanadoddi village who took an active part almost every day to clean the
premises of the village and to help us.

On the first day of the activity, before visiting the village, the faculty as wells as Principal
Mr. Hemadri Naidu and HOD Dr. Shivanna had briefed us about the activities that the
department has planned to undertake in the village and had consulted the students on how the
activity can be undertaken in a better way.

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The village had arranged an inauguration event to welcome the students and faculty at the
Higher Primary school in Thimmegowdanadoddi, the teaching staff and the students of the
school were very welcoming and they welcomed us with the Morning Prayer.

There was lot of places to clean in the village and each and every other place was tougher
than the previous one to clean but due to our hardwork and continuous strive to achieve the
goal we were able to clean each and every location with utmost perfection that we could
achieve, this activity brought the teamwork and unity of the mechanical department together
as one.

During these COVID times we have been informed on how important it is to keep our
surroundings and the neighborhood clean and tidy and Swachh Bharath Abhiyan is more
important now than ever.

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CHAPTER 2

Pre-planning /Preliminary Survey/Feasibility Study

Feasibility study provides a comprehensive understanding about a project or plan.

Furthermore, a feasibility study identifies potential challenges and problems while executing
the plan or project. Moreover, a feasibility study takes into consideration all relevant factors
to be considered in the implementation of the project or plan.

The preliminary survey was done by the faculties and guides of the activity and the students
were informed about the daily activities that they should do before the activity started
through a program flow.

The college management had provided us with all the equipment such as the paint, the paint
brush, pickaxe etc which were required for the volunteering work. We were also given with
all the safety equipment such as gloves etc.

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CHAPTER 3

Objectives
The objectives of the Swachh bharat abhiyan activity were:-

 To spread awareness of clean and hygiene surrounding and environment.

 To clean the school and other public premises of the village.
 To teach the school kids about the importance of cleanliness.
 To guide the village residents on how to keep the surroundings and environment
clean.
 To clean Someshwara Swamy Temple.
 To clean Basaveshwara Swamy Temple.
 To make the village cleaner than what it was before.

I can proudly say that the students and faculty of Mechanical Department have achieved all
the above mentioned objectives of the activity by the end of the duration of the activity.

The objectives may sound basic and easy but it was never an easy thing to achieve but with
the efforts of each and every student and the faculty with the coordinators and help of the
village residents we could achieve these objectives.
The village of Thimmegowdanadoddi is cleaner than what it was before and we students
have raised awareness around the residents of the village.

Work responsibilities
The day wise activities were spread around three sessions with a tea break and lunch break in
between.

The day was divided as :-

 Session 1 :- 9:00 am to 11:00 am

 Tea Break :- 11:00 am to 11:30 am
 Session 2 :- 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
 Lunch Break :- 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
 Session 3 :- 2:00 am to 5:00 pm

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DAY 1 : 08/03/2021
This was the first day and before leaving the college the HOD Dr. Shivanna and
Principal Mr. Hemadri Naidu along with other faculties of Mechanical Department had
briefed us on what we were needed to do for the activity and the importance of it, after the
briefing session we were taken to the Timmegowdanadoddi village by our college van.

We reached the Higher Primary Schoool Timmegowdanadoddi after around 30mins of travel
as we reached the school we had an inauguration ceremony headed by the staffs and faculty
of DBIT as well as the staff and faculty of the school, the inauguration was started by a
prayer and a briefing by the faculty of the school was done.

In the second session we were addressed by the coordinator on the program flow and how we
need to do the activity

After that we went to the survey of the location and we discussed on how to clean those
locations in the third session.

DAY 2 :09/03/2021
The second day was the actual day when the activity began, that is the cleaning and
the awareness program began, we had to take up all the tools and the start the cleaning on
this day.
This day we had to cover and clean the whole Someshwara temple, even though the Temple
was not big there was a lot of work to do, we had to clean the weeds and bushes that was
grown around the vicinity of the temple with the help of a towel, it was a tiring day, it took
all three sessions to clean this day, but we were glad that we got good lunch to energize in
between the cleaning process

DAY 3 : 10/03/2021
Today was the day to clean the Basaveshwara temple, this was a smaller temple
compared to the Someshwara Temple that we cleaned on the previous day, we had to walk
around 2-3KM to reach this temple, it was out of the village, even though the temple was
small, this temple had way more bushes and weeds covering it than the previous temple, we
all had to work together to finish cleaning this or else we couldn’t complete cleaning this
temple in a day, I could always here the sound of the shovel hitting the mud or the pick axe

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hitting the root of the weeds and shrubs which was growing around the temple, after all the
work of hitting and cleaning the shrubs and weeds, that was for the day 3.

DAY 4: 12/03/2021
We had a holiday yesterday and it was much needed to re energize our body and mind
from all the work we have done. Today we did not have to walk or travel much because it
was the day to clean the Higher Primary School of Timmegowdanadoddi and we were very
excited for it, we cleaned the surrounding areas of the school and made a channel for the
water to flow properly at the outer borders of the school.

DAY 5: 13/03/2021

Today we had to paint the school walls and make it look as new, the paint and all the
accessories were provided to us by the college, we were required to paint the walls of the
school and give the school a brand new skin, it was a really tiring work due to the hot and
humid temperature but we finished it off by separating and dividing the work to smaller parts
and the 5th day was wrapped up.

DAY 6: 15/03/2021

Today we had to clean the RO Water Plant of Timmegowdanadoddi, the amount of

weeds and shrubs around that place was shocking, it was literally covered with weeds all
over, there were climbers surrounding the pipe which connects the tank which was placed at
an height of 30 feet it was very tiring work to clean off those climbers from those pipes then
we removed unwanted trees and plants covering the plant’s facility carefully without
damaging the water pipes connecting the RO plant to the village as this was one of the main
water source of the village.

Day 7: 16/03/2021

We had to clean the Shanimahatma Swamy Temple which was near to the school it
was a big temple we cleaned it nicely which even the villagers liked and we even got the help
from our co-ordinators and faculty and the help of Mr. Shivakumar.

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DAY 8: 17/03/2021

On this day we worked all three sessions and completed the painting of the remaining
parts of the school, some of my classmates even painted the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi,
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Bhagat Singh and Dr. B R Ambedkar on the walls of the school
which I hope that will motivate the students to learn the values of these great personalities
and could implement it into their personal lives, this was a really good day and we completed
the work very easily. The staffs and the faculty of the school also liked the portrait of these
great personalities and they congratulated my classmates who painted it.

DAY 9: 18/03/2021

We had almost completed most of the cleaning of the villages and its surrounding
now we had to clean the newly tarred road and remove the rubbles and sand which was
covering the road which caused hindrance while riding the vehicle and this could have
caused serious threat to lives of the residents of the village residents, we sweeped and
cleaned the road and removed the sand off the road on this day.

DAY 10: 19/03/2021

By this day we had already cleaned almost all the places of the village and now it was
time for the awareness campaign/roadshow which was to raise the awareness of the residents
of the village on cleanliness and good hygiene,

we used the slogans “Swachh Bharat, Sresht Bharat” for our campaign which was well
received by the residents of the village, we were careful on not to shout the slogan too loudly
which could have disturbed the people as most of them were old aged and would have not
likely taken it in a positive way. We went around the whole village and I hope that we have
raised the awareness on cleanliness and hygiene issues.

DAY 11: 20/03/2021

This was the last day of the activity and this day we had to raise the general
awareness of cleanliness among the people of the village on to keep the neighborhood clean
and tidy and how to maintain the cleanliness on those places which we have cleaned.

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CHAPTER 4

Skills learnt and experiences gained

I truly value my experience and treasure everything it has thought me. Volunteering lets
us experience and learn things that we otherwise would not have learned; volunteering opens
doors for us that we may not have been able to open before. Volunteering provides us with
guidance and tolerance which we may use in the future to aid us in our decisions. At first
glance, volunteering may seem to only benefit those who are helped, but on a deeper level, one
can realize that volunteering benefits the volunteer as much as, if not more than, those who are
helped. Not only does volunteering make a difference in one’s community, but it also helps the
volunteer become a smarter, happier, friendlier and more caring individual.

Some of the important skills that I learned and was able to improve during the activity are :-

 Excellent communication, interpersonal and team building skills.

 Good listening skills.

 Creative thinking and problem solving abilities.

 Compassion and the ability to empathize with people’s life.

 Knowledge and the ability of understanding the social issues

I strongly believe that all these skills will play an important part in my life to make myself a
confident individual who can face any situation in this present uncertain world, I even
believe that the employee will find me as a better fit for their organization due to these skills
which I gained overtime during volunteering,

Volunteering bolsters your confidence when you realize that you have gained the ability to be
less socially awkward! Employer’s love this as it means that:-

 You will be able to network and make small-talk with clients, and

 The office will not be a black hole of silence and discomfort.

Managing people is something you don’t get as much exposure to during university, nor do
you get heaps of it from a part-time job. This is where volunteering definitely comes in.
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The one major situation that comes to my mind when I speak about the skills learned is
when we had to paint the school building of the village that we had went to, the problem was
that school building was huge and we had less time to finish the painting work, so once we
found the problem we had to work on how to solve this, we all came together and called all
the students to work in a collaborative manner so that we could finish this within the given
time, we all started to work as a team and planned each and every stages on how and where
to paint first and last and who takes rest when and who paints when and due to our
collaboration we were able to finish the project within the allotted time, I think that this was
an important part of our volunteering experience as it had deeper impact on our cognitive
thinking and working as team to finish the task without any vested interest or ego. This
situation helped us to gain and mould skills such as:

 Teamwork and collaboration

 Cognitive thinking

 Time management

It was such a great experience to volunteer to the community which helped us volunteers to
gain new skills and which helped the community by the service we provided.

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CHAPTER 5

Conclusion
By completing the Swachh Bharat Activity we were able to achieve the following outcomes :

 Clean and neat Someshwara Swamy Temple.

 The removal of shrubs and weeds around the Basaveshwara Swamy Temple and it’s
overall cleanliness.
 Neat and tiny Shanimahatma Swamy Temple and its surrounding.
 Clean and newly painted Higher Primary School and its surroundings in
Thimmegowdanadoddi.
 Clean roads of the village and now the vehicles can move easily without any risk of
slipping or skidding
 The residents of the village were more aware about the importance of clean and neat
surroundings of the village.
 Clean RO Plant and now the village residents doesn’t have to worry much about the
pipes being damaged because of the roots of the weeds and shrubs.

In conclusion I would like to say that I would love to continue volunteering and
provide something to the community as much as I can, this was such a great experience
which moulded my skills and which would help me in my career and my life in general.
This activity has been an eye opener and a good exposure for the students on the life in
the village and this experience has made us more humble towards our personal lives,
even the students of our college has learned the importance of cleanliness and good
hygiene and how important it is to our daily life.

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CHAPTER 6
Photographs

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