PDPU has undertaken community development initiative with an objective to be part of the growth of the surrounded villages and to sensitize and motivate university students to be a part of societal progress along with their own development.

To start with PDPU has organized summer workshop for the children between age group of 6 years to 15 years of 5 nearby villages namely Raisan, Koba, Kudasan, Sargasan and Por. The objectives of the summer workshops are to:
• Broaden their exposure & understanding
• Accelerate their learning process
• Build confidence
• Develop creativity
• To open new horizon for vocation

The response from the villages for the workshop was overwhelming. More & more children want to join the workshop to learn and to have fun.

More than 400 students from these villages are participating in the workshops. In the 3 weeks of time, children will develop their skills in art & craft, spoken English and basic computer literacy.

In art & craft workshop children worked with new age media like glass, wood and fabric and created stained glass painting, lacquer work wall panel, tie & die on fabric etc. The kind of colorful and creative work children have done, it left viewer in awe.

Students of computer workshop had fun with paint, when they got a ground to display their creativity in digital media. They also learn other basic software like MS office and Power Point, which are now essential in day to day life.

Like everyone, participants of the spoken English workshop want to learn English and want to speak in English. They learn English in fun way, where they play games, watch movies, enact role play but all in English and for English. The fear of foreign language is hardly seen here and children are ready to adopt the language, which is now consider as an international language and have become life skill.

Apart from learning, the fun part of the workshop is to get chance to interact with children of other villages and make more friends.

The way ahead:
The initiative is the first step towards exploring possibilities of developmental activities with the villages around. The success of the initiative has build a confidence in the idea and created a platform to have join consultation with village leaders and other stakeholder on how university and its students can get involved and support the development of the village.