Social Outreach - NSS

National Service Scheme (NSS)

Introduction

Popularly known as NSS, National Service Scheme was launched in Mahatma Gandhi’s Birth Centenary year, 1969. Aimed at developing student’s personality through community service, NSS, is a voluntary organization of young people in Colleges and Universities working for a campus-community linkage.,

The basic principle of the NSS programme is that it is organized by the students themselves, and both students and teachers through their combined participation in community service, get a sense of involvement in the tasks of nation building.

Vission

The National Service Scheme has a vision of mobilizing available resources to enable targeted young people, to become more educated and better prepared for national issues requiring urgent attention, through national service activities in deprived areas, within reasonable congenial conditions.

Mission

National Service is committed to deploying young graduates and diplomats of tertiary institutions on national service countrywide to supplement manpower shortfall and to provide re-orientation and entrepreneurial skills for post-national service employment, through Community Development Programmes.

Objectives of NSS :

	Understand the community in which they work
	To provide trained manpower to supplement and improve existing level of manpower mainly in the public sector.
	Identify the needs and problems of the community and involve them in problem-solving.
	Environment Enrichment and Conservation.
	Health, Family Welfare and Nutrition
	Programmes aimed at creating awareness for improvement of the status of women.
	Programmes for working during emergencies.
	Develop among themselves a sense of social and civic responsibility
	Practice national integration and social harmony
	To provide personnel for rural development and community action
	Introduction to a vigorous work culture
	Additional life skills
	An awareness of national and social problems requiring attention

Symbol

The NSS symbol is based on the giant "Rath Wheel" of the world famous Konark Sun Temple of Orissa. The wheel portrays the cycle of creation, preservation and release and signifies the movement in life across time and space. The wheel signifies the progressive cycle of life. It also stands for dynamism and progressive outlook of youth. The symbol thus stands for continuity as well as change and implies the continuous striving of NSS for social change.

Badge

The NSS Symbol is embossed on the badge. The eight bars in the wheel represent the 24 hours of a day. The red colour indicates that the volunteer is full of young blood that is lively, active, energetic and full of high spirit. The navy blue colour indicates the cosmos of which the NSS is tiny part, ready to contribute its share for the welfare of the mankind.

NSS Action Plan for 2011-12

	July 2011
Enrolment of students with the NSS NSS unit inauguration Campus cleaning drive
	August 2011
Independence Day celebrations with cultural programs HIV awareness programme Blood donation camp in the college Collecting clothes and stationary items Education for children from the neighbourhood in the college campus
	September 2011
Campus cleaning programme Teachers’ day celebration NSS foundation day celebration Visit to any old age home/ orphanage
	October 2011
Gandhi Jayanthi celebrations
	November 2011
Kannada Rajyothsava day celebration with cultural programmes Health camp Campus cleaning programme Free health check-up in the college
	December 2011
Special camp for 7days Health awareness programme and Yoga Classes Special lecturing programme in campus
	January 2012
NSS day celebration Republic day celebration Environmental rally (theme- save environment)
	February 2012
Blood donation camp in the campus Personality development programme for NSS students Campus cleaning programme Cultural programme (street plays)
	March 2012
Women’s day celebrations World forest day celebrations Academic year closing ceremony celebration Education for the children of the neighbourhood in the college campus

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