The National Service Scheme was started to establish a meaningful linkage between the campus and the community. Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation, had recognized that the country could not progress in a desired direction until the student youth were motivated to work for the upliftment of the villages/community. For Gandhiji the villages, where majority of the population lived, represent the country i.e. India. Therefore, for the national reconstruction and national resurgence it was deemed fit that the students and teachers should be properly sensitized and utilized for strengthening the Indian society as a whole with particular emphasis on rural community. Therefore, student youth, teachers and the community are considered the three basic components of the National Service Scheme.
Activities of NSS Volunteers
The activities under NSS are two-fold
1) Regular Activities - during the working days.
General orientation for NSS volunteers, career guidance by experts, campus beautification, skill development programmes (First Aid, Public speaking, Disaster management, Personality development), community development projects (Health, Road safety, Visits to homes, Consumer awareness etc.).
2) Special Camping - during vacation seven days camp at adopted village.
LIST OF INTERNATIOAL AND NATIONAL DAYS/WEEKS TO BE OBSERVED BY NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME
Sl. No. | DAYS | DATE |
01 | National Human Trafficking Awareness Day | 11th January |
02 | National Youth Day | 12th January |
03 | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti | 23rd January |
04 | National Girl Child Day/ International Day of Education | 24th January |
05 | National Voter's Day | 25th January |
06 | Republic Day | 26th January |
07 | Martyr Day | 30th January |
08 | World Leprosy Day | Last Sunday of January |
09 | World Cancer Day | 04th February |
10 | International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation | 06th February |
11 | World Day of Social Justice | 20th February |
12 | International Women Day | 8th March |
13 | No Smoking Day | Second Wednesday of March |
14 | World Oral Health Day | 20th March |
15 | World Meteorological Day | 23rd March |
16 | World Tuberculosis (TB) Day | 24th March |
17 | World Health Day | 7th April |
18 | World Heritage Day | 18th April |
19 | World Malaria Day | 25th April |
20 | Anti-Terrorism Day | 21st May |
21 | World No Tobacco Day | 31st May |
22 | World Bicycle Day | 03 June |
23 | World Environment Day | 05th June |
24 | World Day Against Child Labour | 12th June |
25 | International Day of Yoga | 21st June |
26 | World Sickle Cell Day | 19th June |
27 | World Population Day | 11th July |
28 | National Handloom Day | 07th August |
29 | Independence Day | 15th August |
30 | Sadbavana Day | 20th August |
31 | International Literacy Day | 8th September |
32 | International Peace Day | 21st September |
33 | NSS Day | 24th September |
34 | World Tourism Day | 27th September |
35 | National Blood Donation Day | 01st October |
36 | Communal Harmony Day/Gandhi Jayanti/International Day of Non-Violence | 02nd October |
37 | Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Unity Day | 31st October |
38 | National Cancer Awareness Day | 07th November |
39 | National Integration Day | 19th November |
40 | World AIDS Day | 1st December |
41 | World Human Rights Day | 10th December |
WEEK | ||
01 | National Youth Week | 12-19 January |
02 | Van Mahotsava Week | 1-7 July |
03 | International Literacy week | 8-14 July |
04 | Road Safety Week | 11th - 17th January* |
05 | Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Awareness Drive | 19th June to 03rd July |