The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, has launched a Mission Mode Project on “SMART VILLAGE”, aligned with the Prime Minister’s vision of “Viksit Bharat @ 2047.” 
Under this initiative, six villages located in different climatic regions of India have been identified, namely Sawaipura (Pali District, Rajasthan), Janakpur (Raisen District, Madhya Pradesh), Junakimandal (Jorhat District, Assam), Kusunpur (Kendrapara District, Odisha), Chumathang (Leh District, Ladakh), and Bhada (Kachchh District, Gujarat).  This pilot project focuses on integrated village development by improving key development indicators through indigenous CSIR technologies, following the guiding principle of ‘Lab to Land. 
This mission has been initiated by the Nodal Laboratory, CSIR–Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, in collaboration with thirteen participating CSIR laboratories. The participating laboratories include CSIR-IHBT, CSIR-CIMAP, CSIR-NEERI, CSIR-CRRI, CSIR-AMPRI, CSIR-SERC, CSIR-CSIO, CSIR-IICT, CSIR-CLRI, CSIR-NIIST, CSIR-NGRI, CSIR-CMERI and CSIR-CEERI. Initial support was given by Rajasthan Government and Bal Raksha Bharat (Save the children) as an implementing agency. These laboratories are deploying a range of technologies in the areas of habitat planning and development, infrastructure, village roads, agriculture and allied technologies, farm based livelihood, renewable energy, eco-kitchens, groundwater management, wastewater management, disaster risk reduction, environmental protection, digital connectivity, education, and healthcare. The mission also includes evaluation and impact assessment through the Village Development Index.
The national launch of the mission was inaugurated by Member of Parliament, Pali Shri. P. P. Chaudhary, and Chairperson of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on One Nation, One Election and Dr. (Mrs.) N. Kalaiselvi, Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) and Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, along with Professor, Pradeep Kumar Ramancharla, Director, CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee, Shri Lakshmi Narain Mantri, District Magistrate (DM), Shri Mukesh Choudhary (Chief Executive Officer), Dr. Mahendra Singh Mehata (Additional Chief Executive Officer, Rural Development, Pali), Shri Vishal Sipa (Additional Chief Executive Officer, Panchayat Raj, Pali), Shri C.P. Verma (Executive Engineer, Rural Development), Shri Hari Singh Rajpurohit (Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj), Shri Puran Kumar Shani (Sub-Divisional Magistrate), Shri Manmohan Meena (Block Development Officer, Rohat), and Shri Dilip Singh (Village Development Officer, Chotila Gram), along with scientists, who were present at the event. This program will be coordinated by Dr. Kishor Kulkarni, Principal Scientist (CSIR).

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