About NSS

National Service Scheme, popularly known as NSS, was formally launched on 24th September, 1969, the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation. National Service Scheme is a student – centered programme and it is complementary to education. It is a noble experiment in academic extension. It inculcates the spirit of voluntary work among students and teachers through sustained community interaction. It brings our academic institutions closer to the society. It is a link between the campus and community, the college and village, knowledge and action. The overall aim of NSS is the Personality Development of students through community service. It gives an extension dimension to Higher Education system and orients the student youth to community service.

Aim of NSS

• To make education more relevant.
• To bring students them face to face with the rural situation.
• To Provide opportunities to the students to play their role in planning and executing development projects.
• To encourage students and non-students to work together.
• To develop qualities of leadership.
• To Emphasize dignity of labour and self-help.
• To emphasize need for combining physical work with intellectual pursuits.
• Encouraging the youth to participate enthusiastically in the process of national development and promote national integration.

Objectives of NSS

• To understand the community.
• To understand themselves in relation to their community.
• To identify the needs and problems.
• To involve them in problem solving process.
• To develop among themselves a sense of social and civic responsibility.
• To utilize their knowledge in finding practical solution to individual and community problems.
• To develop competency required for group living & share the responsibilities.
• To gain skills in mobilizing community participation.
• To acquire leadership qualities and democratic attitude.
• To develop capacity to meet emergencies and natural disasters.
• To practice national integration and social harmony.

NSS MOTTO

• The motto of NSS is ‘NOT Me But You’.
• It reflects the essence of democratic living.
• Upholds the need for self-less service.
• Helps to Develop Appreciation to other person's point of view.
• Show Consideration to other living beings.

NSS BADGE

• The NSS symbol is embossed on the NSS badge. The NSS volunteers wear it while undertaking any programme of community service.
• The Konark wheel in the symbol has eight bars which represent the 24 hours of the day.
• The Red colour in the badge indicates that the NSS volunteers are full of blood. i.e. lively, active energetic and full of high spirit.
• The Navy Blue colour indicates the cosmos of which the NSS is a tiny part, ready to contribute its share for the welfare of mankind.

NSS LOGO

• The symbol of the NSS is based on the ‘Rath’ wheel of the Konark Sun Temple situated in Orissa.
• These giant wheels of the Sun Temple portray the cycle of creation, preservation and release, and signify the movement in life across time and space.
• It stands for community as well as change and implies the continuous striving of National Service Scheme for social transformation & upliftment

NSS DAY

• NSS was formally launched on 24th September, 1969.
• The birth centenary year of the Father of the Nation.
• 24 September is celebrated every year as NSS Day with appropriate programmes & activities.

Last Updated :-Fri, Jun 23 2023