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NSS

National Service Scheme

‘The Best Way to Find Yourself is to Lose Yourself in the Service of Others’ --- Mahatma Gandhi Ji

The National Service Scheme (NSS), a public service flagship programme of the government was launched in the year 1969 to celebrate the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi. During five decades of its existence, it has successfully spread its wings nationally and internationally through values and virtues of selflessness, altruism and compassion towards nation and society. The sole aim of the NSS is to provide opportunities to young students to engage in nation building activities related to social upliftment and community development by giving hands on experience. Each NSS student volunteer devotes 120 hours in one academic year for delivering his services to NSS related work.

NSS-Institute of Home Economics, is one of the most active committee of the college. It works to sensitize young minds to contribute for the welfare of the society by organizing various activities throughout the year. It carries out several community outreach programmes and also works in collaboration with a plethora of organizations such as NSUT, Daadi ki Rasoi, Mental Health Society- VOICES, NAB, Helpage India, Muskaan and Manzil. Beside this, the students are actively engaged in the programmes and campaigns within the college campus as well as extend their services through voluntary work in different NGO’s, at grassroot level communities and in collaboration with other colleges and institutes. The faculty and students actively participate in environmental up-gradation programmes, historical monument cleaning campaigns, tree plantation drives, campus cleanliness projects, blood donation camps, conducting webinars, health and nutrition education related awareness campaigns and demonstrations for the economically weaker sections of society.
Apart from this, NSS, IHE endeavors to sensitize students to use their creative abilities and skills in order to bring in meaningful changes in their life and in society.

Some of the activities carried out by the NSS volunteers in past are listed below:

  • A month-long campaign “National Road Safety Month” was observed on the theme “Sadak Suraksha- Jeevan Raksha” by organising events as a webinar on ‘Road Safety’, poster making competition on the sub-theme “Save Yourself to Save Your Family”, and virtual oath taking ceremony on ‘Pledge for A Safer India’.
  • International Women’s Day was celebrated on the theme ‘’Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world’ by organizing activities such as: quiz on ‘Empowered Women and their Contribution in Society’, online meet session on inspirational stories of women around us, and attending walkathon at JLN stadium. The event was organized to raise awareness about the status and dignity of women among the students and recognize their efforts and contributions in our lives.
  • Celebrating ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ to commemorate the beginning of celebrations of 75 years of India’s Independence. Activities which were organized as part of celebrations included online Symposium on “Women and the Quest for Freedom in Independent India”, Inter-College Quiz Competition on ‘India’s Journey for Freedom’, and conducting cleanliness drive at Lodhi Garden.
  • World Environment Day was celebrated by organizing mass pledge campaign, poster and slogan competition, demonstration on application of antimicrobial finish on facemask, and talks by eminent speakers.
  • Workshop on ‘First Aid and CPR’ was organised in collaboration with Safe Life Foundation in online mode.
  • Cleanliness and Plantation Drives were organised under the programme ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ to clean the college campus and nearby community park- MayFair Gardens and taking part in ‘adopt a plant’ campaign.
  • Awareness Campaign on ‘Clean and Green Diwali’ by designing eco-friendly products and practices such as making Diyas and Rangoli as well as taking pledge for observing green Diwali.
  • Celebration of 125th Birth Anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose by screening documentary on the life and history of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose followed by a quiz competition.
  • Organising Food Donation drive in collaboration with an NGO Daadi ki Rasoi.
  • Organising Blood Donation Camps in the college campus.
  • To celebrate International Yoga Day, NSS IHE organised week-long activities for staff and studnets to create awareness about Yoga, its importance and its requirement in daily life for holistic development.
  • Observing ‘Tika Utsav’ or vaccine festival in the country from 11th to 14th April 2021, to encourage people for getting corona vaccination. Various innovative and informative activities under ‘Awareness Program on ‘Corona Vaccination’ were conducted such as Digital Poster Making Activity on ‘Close the Immunisation Gap’; Covid Vaccine Myth Busters Reel Pod and conducting a webinar on ‘Trust, Protect: Covid-19 Vaccine Works.
  • Organising motivational speeches and talks through online and offline medium. To name a few, webinars on varied themes such as ‘Handholding for special needs and Autism’, ‘Living well with kidney disease’, ‘Oral hygiene awareness’, ‘Suicide prevention: Let’s talk!’, ‘Menstrual Hygiene’, ‘Waste to Wonder’, and ‘Let’s Manage PCOS’ were organised.
Various other important events, and national and international days were also celebrated by NSS volunteers such as Kargil Diwas, World Nature Conservation Day, International Youth Day, Independence Day, World Human Rights Day etc. as part of NSS related work. Some glimpses of the various activities are presented here:

Celebration of International Day of Yoga (IDY – 2021)- ‘Health Boot Camp” 

Blood Donation Camp

Cloth Donation Drive

NSS Volunteers Team 2019-2020

Food Donation Drive in collaboration with ‘Daadi Ki Rasoi’

Food Donation Drive in collaboration with ‘Daadi Ki Rasoi’

Cleanliness Drive in IHE Premises

Screening of documentary of the life and history of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 125th Birth Anniversary

Celebration of International Day of Yoga (IDY – 2021)

Blood Donation Camp

Cloth Donation Drive

Volunteers taking Swachhta Pledge

Food Donation Drive in collaboration with ‘Daadi Ki Rasoi’

Movie Screening on Swachh Jeevan Swasthh Jeevan

Planation Drive by creating Poshan Vaatika in order to celebrate Poshan Maah