NSS

The National Service Scheme (NSS) is an Indian government-sponsored public service program conducted by the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports of the Government of India. Popularly known as NSS, the scheme was launched in Gandhiji’s Centenary year, 1969. Aimed at developing student’s personality through community service, NSS is a voluntary association of young people in Colleges, Universities and at +2 level working for a campus-community linkage. Today, NSS has more than 3.2 million student volunteers on its roll spread over 298 Universities and 42 (+2) Senior Secondary Councils and Directorate of Vocational Education all over the country. From its inception, more than 3.75 crore students from Universities, Colleges and Institutions of higher learning have benefited from the NSS activities, as student volunteers.

National Service Scheme provides the students an opportunity to understand the community; identify its needs and problems as well as the solutions in which they can be involved by assuming social and civic responsibilities. NSS also provides students with the opportunity to apply their education in finding practical solutions to the problems faced by the individuals and the community at large. NSS aims at arousing social consciousness of the youth with an overall objective of personality development through community service. NSS enables students to participate in various programmes of social service and national development, and to help the community.

• Understand the community in which they work.
• Understand themselves in relation to their community.
• Identify the needs and problems of the community and involve them in problem-solving.
• Develop among themselves a sense of social and civic responsibility.
• Utilize their knowledge in finding practical solutions to individual and community problems.
• Develop competence required for group-living and sharing of responsibilities.
• Gain skills in mobilizing community participation.
• Acquire leadership qualities and democratic attitudes.
• Develop capacity to meet emergencies and natural disasters.
• Practice national integration and social harmony.

• To conduct regular meetings and plan NSS, Red-Cross and social outreach activities.
• To motivate students to actively participate in social service and community development programmes.
• To organize awareness programmes, blood donation camps, health check-up camps, cleanliness drives and other social service activities.
• To coordinate with government and non-government organizations for conducting outreach activities.
• To ensure discipline, punctuality and active participation of volunteers during events and camps.
• To maintain records and documentation of all activities conducted under NSS and Red-Cross.
• To prepare reports of activities and submit them to the concerned authorities.
• To encourage leadership qualities, teamwork and social responsibility among students.
• To organize special camps and village adoption programmes for community development.
• To create awareness among students regarding environmental protection, health and hygiene, and social responsibilities.