National Service Scheme

The National Service Scheme (NSS) is a Central Sector Scheme of Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. It provides opportunity to the student youth of 11th & 12th Class of schools at +2 Board level and student youth of Technical Institution, Graduate & Post Graduate at colleges and University level of India to take part in various government led community service activities & programmes. The sole aim of the NSS is to provide hands on experience to young students in delivering community service. Since inception of the NSS in the year 1969, the number of students strength increased from 40,000 to over 3.8 million up to the end of March 2018 students in various universities, colleges and Institutions of higher learning have volunteered to take part in various community service programmes.

ENROLLMENT

Applications for enrolment of the different units are invite at the beginning of the session by the NSS officer. A unit consists of fifty student’s and is headed by an N.S.S. officer nominated by the principal from among the members of the teaching staff in conformity with the laws of the university.

ACTIVITIES

• a) Cleanliness drive in the community in and around the campus and villages nearby.
• b) Instilling civic sense in the community and among the local people.
• c) Literacy drive by such schemes as conductive adults literacy camps and night schools.
• d) Assisting the authorities in drives against social evils such as drowry system and caste feelings etc.
• e) Plantation Schemes.
• g) Schemes for rural Re-construction.
• f) Any such scheme envisaged by the Govt.