NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME (NSS)

Year of Establishment: –June 2004-05

 

What is NSS?                 

National Service Scheme (NSS) is a broad movement for building social commitment motivated by the motto ‘Social service is the real service to God’. Through this scheme, youth power can be utilized for building a self-reliant country. Volunteers voluntarily participate in this national work to find the basic and local level problems of the society and activate the youth to solve them. National Service Scheme is a noble experiment in academic expansion. It encapsulates the spirit of voluntary work among the students and the teachers to sustain community interaction.  It brings academic institutions closer to the society. It shows how to combine knowledge and action to achieve the desirable results leading to community development.

History:

National Service Scheme (NSS) was launched during 1969, the birth centenary year of Mahatma Gandhiji, in 37 universities involving 40000 students. NSS is an extension dimension to the higher education system to orient the student youth to community service while they are studying in educational institutions. It is being implemented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. It is being implemented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India.