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NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME (NSS)

Programe Officers : Dr. Karuna Jadhav
Introduction

  1. The National Service Scheme (NSS) is a Central Sector Scheme of Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. It provides opportunity to the students of MBA-I and MBA-II.

  2. 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 2021.

The NSS Badge Proud to Serve the Nation

Motto :

The motto of National Service Scheme is NOT ME BUT YOU Benefits of Being a NSS Volunteer: A NSS volunteer who takes part in the community service programme would either be a college level or a senior secondary level student. Being an active member these student volunteers would have the exposure and experience to be the following

  1. An accomplished social leader
  2. An efficient administrator
  3. A person who understands human nature
Major Activities

National Integration Camp (NIC)

NIC Organization

The National Integration Camp (NIC) is organized every year and the duration of each camp is of 7 days with day-night boarding & lodging. These camps are held in different parts of the country. Each camp involves 200 NSS volunteers to undertake the scheduled activities.

    Objectives

    NSS Objective

    1. Rich cultural diversity of India
    2. History of our diversified culture
    3. National pride through knowledge about India
    4. To integrate the nation through social service

    NSS Adventure Program

    1. The camps are held every year which are attended by approximately 1500 NSS volunteers with at least 50% of the volunteers being girl students. These camps are conducted in Himalayan Region in the North and Arunachal Pradesh in North East region. The adventure activities undertaken in these camps includes trekking of mountains, water rafting, Para-sailing and basic skiing.

    NSS Adventure Program Objective

    1. 1. Promote various adventure activities among NSS volunteers
    2. 2. Infuse the sense of love towards the various regions of India
    3. 3. Enhance leadership qualities, fraternity, team spirit and risk taking capacity.
    4. 4. Improvement of physical and mental strength
    5. 5. Exposure to new vocational possibilities

    Objectives of National Youth Festivals

    Objectives

    1. Make the volunteers aware of the various festivals celebrated in the country
    2. Remind the volunteers of the cultural importance of festivals celebrated in our country
    3. Provide a chance to the NSS volunteers to interact with the resource person/speaker/youth icons

    Youth Red Cross Unit

    Programme Officer: Dr. Anuradha D.

    Principles

    Youth Red Cross has the following three objectives -

    1. Protection of Health & Life.
    2. Service to the Sick & Suffering.
    3. Promotion of National & International Friendship, to develop the mental and moral capacities of the youth.

    Purpose of organizing

    The main purpose of organizing the Youth Red Cross

    1. Informing youth members and others the roles and responsibilities of the Red Cross and encourage them to contribute.
    2. Awareness on the care of their own health and that of others.
    3. Understanding and acceptance of civic responsibilities and acting accordingly with humanitarian concern, to fulfill the same.
    4. To enable the growth and development of, spirit of service and sense of duty with dedication and devotion in the minds of youth.
    5. To foster better friendly relationship with all, without any discrimination.

    Activities

    Youth Red Cross Activities

    1. Junior/Youth Red Cross development plan with approach of peer education.
    2. Leaders of tomorrow project.
    3. The school program under IPCD (INTERGRATED PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT) programme is called "leaders of tomorrow". The project focused on Health, Disaster Preparedness, Humanitarian Values and Be safe, Outreach community programme. 79 Government schools are part of the project.( Indian Red Cross Society, Tamil Nadu State Branch)
    4. Junior & Youth Red Cross -Youth peer education programme on HIV/AIDS
    5. National /State Level Camps
    6. The Indian Red Cross state branches organize Junior & Youth Red Cross interstate and inter- district camps to create a friendly environment for interaction and cultural exchange. The camp allows youth to share their Red Cross experiences and learn many activities.
    7. The Indian Red Cross Society provides opportunities to the youth to visit international camps and participate in youth exchange programs.