NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME
National Service Scheme (NSS) has been introduced at Savitribai Phule Pune University in 1969 as a part of the academic programs and since then NSS has been functioning as a regular feature in the realm of university education. The overall objective of the scheme is educational extension and service to the community. It is a student-centered program in which projects are implemented by the NSS volunteers in the community in close collaboration with the community and thereby it provides vast scope to the student's interaction with the people and society.
At MIT Arts, Commerce and Science College, this programme is to inculcate the social welfare thoughts amongst the students and to provide service to the society without any prejudice and overall personality development through social service.
NSS volunteers work hard day and night to ensure that everyone in our society who is needy gets every possible help from them so that they can also enhance their standards and lead a life of dignity in the society with all of us. The volunteers themselves learn a lot from the people in villages and community through various activities.
Most of the Government and Government departments implement various types of schemes and plans through NSS volunteers as a channel to reach upto the end stakeholder and hence students get the opportunity to be in touch of the current issues.
These activities are conducted by college through NSS volunteers and NSS Programme Officer under guidance of Principal.
Special residential camps are conducted every year in adopted village to understand the rural socio economic issues. The camp is usually located in a rural village or in the suburbs.
The aim of National Service Scheme: 'Development of the Personality of college Students through Community Service'
The motto of NSS: 'NOT ME BUT YOU'
Objectives of NSS
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To understand the community in which the volunteers work
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To understand themselves in relation to the community in which they live
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To identify the needs and problems of their community and involve themselves in the problem-solving process
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To develop among themselves a sense of social and civic responsibilities
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To acquire the leadership qualities and democratic attitude
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To develop the capacity to meet emergencies and natural disasters
National Service Scheme – Activities
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Clean Village programmes
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Tree Plantation programmes
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Participation in State Republic Day & National Republic Day
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Hemoglobin Check-up / Blood Donation Camp
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Participation in Disaster Management Training Programs
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Blood Donation Campaign & Camps
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Bund / Bandhara Construction for water management
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Training on "Plice Mitra” in Pune Ganesh Festival
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Career Counseling, Employability & Personality Development
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Visiting schools, orphanages, & Govt. hospital
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Non-Schooling Children Survey and Child Labor Survey
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Road Transport Campaign
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Anti Tobbacco/Drug Campaign
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Awareness of Cleanliness on occasion of Anant Chaturdashi/Ganesh Visarjan (Indrayani River)
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Awareness of Cleanliness on occasion of Aashadhi/ Kartiki Ekadashi Vari
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Cleanliness Drive on the College Campus
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Celebration of the Birth and Death Anniversaries of the Leaders and Social Workers
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Organizing various types of rallies in the city for the purposes like Tree Plantation, AIDS Awareness, Literacy Awareness , Collecting Funds for Social causes, Cleanliness
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Providing the opportunities to the students to attend various District , University, State, National level camps
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Developing leadership qualities among the students.
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Organizing Blood Donation camps, cultural activities, and social activities in the adopted villages.
Mr. Arvind Shankar Wagaskar
Asst. Professor, NSS Programme Officer