Natonal Service Scheme

National Service Scheme (NSS) was introduced in 1969 with the primary objective of developing the personality and character of the student youth through voluntary community service. "Education through Service' is the purpose of the NSS. The ideological orientation of the NSS is inspired by the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi. Very appropriately, the motto of NSS is "NOT ME, BUT YOU". An NSS volunteer places the community' before "self".

Objectives of NSS

NSS aims at developing the following qualities/ competencies among the volunteers:

• To understand the community in which the NSS volunteers work and to understand themselves in relation to their community
• To identify the needs and problems of the community and involve themselves in problem-solving exercise;
• To develop among themselves a sense of social and civic responsibility;
• To utilize their knowledge in finding practical solutions to individual and community problems;
• To gain skills in mobilizing community participation;
• To acquire leadership qualities and democratic values;
• To develop capacity to meet emergencies and natural disasters;
• To practice national integration and social harmony.

NSS attempts to establish meaningful linkages between 'Campus and Community', College and Village' and 'Knowledge and Action'.

Benefits of NSS

A NSS volunteer who takes part in the community service programme would either be a college level or a senior secondary level student.
The main benefits of joining the NSS are:

• 5% reservation in admission or as chosen by the institute.
• The NSS gives an excellent opportunity to use a part of spare time to understand and help the poor and the underprivileged fellow countrymen living in slums and villages.
• It allows the volunteers to train themselves as the future leaders and decision-makers of the country.
• It gives the training to equip the volunteers with the minimum required skills to carry out programs.
• It gives opportunities to take part in inter-collegiate / inter-university / inter-state camps and exchange views with students from other colleges/universities/states.
• NSS Volunteers gets preference in Admission / Employment.
• National Integration camp, Adventure Programme, State level as well as National Level programme.
• It helps in acquiring leadership qualities and democratic attitude.
• It provides diversified opportunities to students in colleges and universities to develop their personality through community service.
• It developer a sense of involvement in the task of nation building.
• Volunteer's interaction with the slum dwellers and villagers expose them to the realities of life and bring about a change in their social perception.
• It helps in developing positive attitude, self-confidence, courage & patience.
• It helps in developing his / her skill to perform certain jobs, quality of an organizer, an administrator and development of personality as a whole.
• He / she gets opportunities to see the community closely and thus gets an experience of human nature in relation to his / her environment.
• Gets the opportunity to meet the people from different walks of life.
• He/she gets the opportunity to participate in various National / State level programme such as National Integration, Motivational Lamps, value-oriented self-development camps, Adventure camps, workshops, youth exhibition, cultural programmes etc.
• The NSS volunteers may get appropriate weightage if he/she completes 2 years in NSS and gets the certificate signed by the authorities.
• The College may give preference to such NSS volunteers in matters of admission, promotion and other privileges as decided by them.
• NSS volunteers representing the college in the RD parade and involved in volunteering during a natural calamity or attending national-level camps conducted by the Government of India are also eligible for 5 additional marks